Change Your Life | Rock the World

with Don Green
Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation

Don is about as pleasant a person as you could ever speak to in your life. I know, because I just spoke to him. And I recorded it for you to listen to. How about that?

What did we talk about? Why the life and work of Napoleon Hill, of course. You’ve most likely heard of Napoleon Hill, but like most of us, you may not know a lot about him or his work.

Well, luckily, Don is here to educate us about the man’s importance and his influence. Napoleon Hill was one of the most important success and achievement experts in history, and his book “Think and Grow Rich” is pretty much the gold standard for anyone interested in self improvement.

There is a ton to learn from Napoleon Hill about how you too can be successful, and there is also a ton to learn from Don Green, who says rather convincingly that he isn’t in it for the money. He has a passion for what he does (Something to consider, yes?). So give this interview a listen and do some learning. I hope you like it.  Read more...

Hi kids,

Some quick news. I wrote a new article that was just posted on pickthebrain.com called “What Are You So Afraid of?”.

It’s all about getting over your fear of failure and finally taking those all important first steps towards the changes you’ve been wanting to make.

So, yeah, it’s about what I always write about, except maybe not so poorly written this time. You be the judge. You can read it here:

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/what-are-you-so-afraid-of/

I hope you like it.

Extra special thanks to Erin Falconer at Pick The Brain for posting this for me.

It probably sounds weird to hear someone tell you to take a vacation, since we all love vacations so much, and look forward to them almost all of the time, but believe it or not, there are still a lot of folks who need to be told.

You might be surprised by the number of people who never actually get around to taking any free time. And you might be surprised by the negative effects that can have on you.

How do I know? Because that was me. That was me for many years.

I worked a job where I was given 5 weeks of vacation time each year. And each year I’d use maybe 3 or 4 days. And even those were hard to get out of me.

I figured that if I missed a day of work, then who was going to do my job for me while I was gone? No one. And so it wouldn’t get done, and when I got back from vacation, I’d have that much more work to do to catch up.

And that was a giant pile of horse shit.  Read more...

I guess I’ve been fixated on this here subject of personal responsibility lately, because for some reason, I’m still rollin’. I guess there’s just a lot to say about it. Or at least, a lot of different ways to say the same thing.

If you’re like me, then you probably know a lot of people who are quick to make excuses so they can get out of doing whatever it is they’re supposed to do – or to get out of making any real changes in their lives. Changes that they supposedly want to make.

You know the kind: they complain about their life, and when you offer some ideas about fixing it, they just say that they can’t because of X, Y and Z. And then they keep complaining.

It’s actually pretty easy to come up with a reason why not. If you want to find one, you’ll find one. Maybe it’s just human nature, or maybe we’ve just gotten too lazy, or maybe we just need to believe something so badly that we’ll contort our brains into coming up with whatever is necessary.  Read more...

Recently, my friend Dan Callahan wrote a little something on his blog about his mentor Jack Jackson, who recently had some medical complications, and Dan wanted to be sure to point out the amount of impact that Jack had on him and others during his many years as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation coach.

You can read Dan’s post here: http://www.rehabilitation-center.org/blog/purpose-of-life

I left a comment there in response, but I wanted to expand on what I wrote in full article format, if I may.

Dan made a great point about how important it can be to make a positive impact on another person, and I said that I agree and I mentioned how, as a result, I often recommend teaching as a possible career path for anyone who’s looking for a new line of work, and looking for something that they might find fulfilling and gratifying.

I realized that I recommend that to a lot of people, but I’ve never mentioned it here before. Which is pretty stupid of me. Sorry about that.

But here I am now. So let me explain what I’m talking about.  Read more...