What We Think
You can’t pour from an empty cup. Fill up often.
– Julie Jakopic
What We Think
You can’t pour from an empty cup. Fill up often.
– Julie Jakopic
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Get What You Want…See Opportunity
It's a crazy time and everything feels like it's changing but as I've said before, the goals don't have to change, the methods of achieving them do. Two weeks ago, I ran my annual Don’t Await It, Create It conference. It's usually a three-day event at a beautiful...
Get What You Want…with Integrity
This week I have struggled with this email. What can I say about getting what you want that honors the moment and is helpful to a community of readers from across the country, across the political spectrum and at all levels of their careers? I come to this as a writer...
Get What You Want…Don’t climb it all at once
Dreaming is fast. Doing is slow consistency. Much as we’d like it to be different, you don’t dream a dream, snap your fingers and its done. The people who make their dreams come true do it over time with consistent progress. When you climb a mountain, you don’t take a...
Get What You Want…No Resolutions
That's right. I don't believe in them. I do believe in goals and plans. Multiple action plans. So as we close 2020 and ready for 2021, what do you want? What will it feel like when you get it? What are three to five ways to get there? If one doesn't work, you have...
Get What You Want…What are you looking for?
Most of the time, you find what you are looking for. Look for problems, you'll find problems. Look for solutions, you'll find solutions. Even in this year of things that didn't happen, lots of things did. This week is one of high expectations and hopes and fears. Most...
Get What You Want…Get a Team
I really believe that 2020 or not, we can get what we want. But I don't believe we get it alone. Not really ever but especially in 2020. It takes support to do the big thing. People who believe in you. People who question everything. People who can connect you. People...
Get What You Want…Be You
I don't know about you, but I have a bunch of habits that kinda work for me, but don't fit the rules that are supposed to be better. I have what some would say are terrible study/writing habits. I like to stay up late, with music or video playing in the background as...
Get What You Want…Baby Elephant Syndrome?
Sometimes getting what you want means changing how you think. We all tend to suffer from “baby elephant syndrome.” Baby elephants, it seems, were traditionally trained by tying one of their front legs to a stake in the ground. No matter how hard they try they can’t...
Get What You Want…Gratitude
It may sound a little sappy, but one of the most important things you can do on the road to what you want is to recognize what you already have. In this wild ride of 2020, many of us are missing friends, family, work, travel, and all manner of things. I know I do....
Get What You Want….No Small Fish
It's no secret that I help people figure out what they want and get it. What is a secret is part of my approach? So many people only admit to part of what they want. They shrink their desire to fit what they think they deserve or they think they can get or they think...
Get What You Want – Sometimes You Gotta Wait
I know, I know, I am always saying not to wait. So what's up with me? I need to clarify. When there is an action within your control, don't wait, or at least not unless it is a purposeful decision. But sometimes our actions depend on others' decisions and actions and...
No Matter What
As I write this, polls are just closing on the east coast and won't close on the west for a few hours. Tomorrow will arrive no matter what we know and don't. Don't get me wrong, the outcome of the election matters. It matters a lot. But your goals, your dreams,...