In life we have to decide how much of life we really want. If you want more in life, that means you have to give up more of your life to get more. There are exceptions to the rule but for the majority of us, we need to decide what is enough. If

November 14th - Get the easy stuff right

Nov 14th, 2022 1m 22s

A lot of success comes down to getting the easy stuff right like showing up for a meeting on time, having proper hygiene, being nice, having a great attitude, and having the correct grammar in your emails. This takes effort and time, but if you

November 13th - Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better

Nov 13th, 2022 1m 34s

We live in a competitive society and it shows. Back 30-40 years ago, if you had a college degree there was a high likelihood that you could get a really good job and be fine for the rest of your life. Now, a bachelor's degree is not enough to g

November 12th - How long does it take the average person to become a Marine?

Nov 12th, 2022 1m 27s

This is a trick question because you can't be an average person to become a Marine. For many Marines, they have people come up to them and say they thought about being a Marine but then they didn't do it. Us Marines like to roll our eyes becaus

November 11th - The easy day was yesterday

Nov 11th, 2022 1m 16s

Life is constantly going to be more and more complicated as we get older as we add responsibilities to our plate. So we need to ensure that we are training our body and mind to handle that increase in responsibilities. So the only easy day shou

November 10th - He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others

Nov 10th, 2022 1m 16s

If you want to live the good life, self-mastery over one's self is going to get you there. Once I started working on yourself by becoming physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually stronger, that's when you’ll be able to start seeing re

November 9th - The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Nov 9th, 2022 1m 28s

We have to realize that 2 plus 2 can be greater than four if you bring the right twos to the table. If you substitute your skills with a piece of paper and pencil instead of a computer, you won't be able to go as fast if you had a computer help

November 8th - Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny

Nov 8th, 2022 1m 31s

The way they train circus elephants is that as babies they put a heavy chain on the elephant's leg and then they pull and pull but can't break the chain. Eventually they just stop trying. Then what happens as an adult, only a rope is on the ele

November 7th - You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf

Nov 7th, 2022 1m 12s

The world is changing and we can't stop it. If we stay the same as a person, then that wave is going to crush us. The wave is likely not coming for a while but what you can do in the meantime is learn how to surf. There are a ton of skills that

November 6th - What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessing in disguise

Nov 6th, 2022 1m 28s

Winning the lottery could be one of the worst things that could happen to someone. Within a few years, 70 percent of them go broke. While losing a job, could be one of the greatest things that happens to someone. Now they are free to do what th

November 5th - You never step into the same river twice

Nov 5th, 2022 1m 31s

The next time you go to a river that you've already been to and step in it, realize that the river is not the same. It might look the same but sediment has changed under the water, the water is different, there might be new species in the river

November 4th - Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

Nov 4th, 2022 1m 28s

The things we buy will eventually break or become obsolete but a memory can bring us a lifetime of happiness. Things will never stay the same but we can be happy that they happened. You don't have to spend a lot of money on things to have a goo

November 3rd - Make every ripple into a wave

Nov 3rd, 2022 1m 34s

Small actions can lead to great results. Just going to bed early, brushing your teeth, meal prepping, writing in a journal, and going for walks can lead to big breakthroughs in your life. The great UCLA basketball coach John Wooden would teach

November 2nd - Find the bottlenecks in your life

Nov 2nd, 2022 1m 27s

If you look at your life, where are the parts where there are four lanes of traffic merging into one lane? If you ever sat in traffic before, you know lane mergers cause serious traffic. So you need to either expand the lanes or remove the cars

November 1st - Don't have too many chefs in the kitchen

Nov 1st, 2022 1m 22s

When you have too many chefs in the kitchen, then that can create problems. They all want to do things their way but there is not enough resources to get everything done their way. So then productivity goes down. So the best solution is for eit

October 31st - Complaining is draining

Oct 31st, 2022 1m 27s

Complaining is something that is ineffective. It does nothing to move the ball forward. To stop complaining, you can either stop focusing on that issue or complain but then say you're going to do something about it and actually do it. That's wh

October 30th - Realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion

Oct 30th, 2022 1m 19s

If we want to fall down hard in life, a sure fire way is to let hubris, delusion, or your ego get out of control. It makes you think that everything is okay, when it really isn't. It can cause you to be in a relationship that is falling apart o

October 29th - We suffer more often in imagination than in reality

Oct 29th, 2022 1m 30s

As people, we tend to make things worse in our heads than they actually are. We can give a presentation and we could develop an end of the world scenario if we don't perform well. You can ask someone out and they say no, but guess what, your li

October 28th - Remember the three second rule

Oct 28th, 2022 1m 21s

If you want to do something, follow the three second rule. If you see someone you want to talk to, you count to three and then you proceed to go to that person. If you wait any longer than three seconds, you're likely not going to do it. After

October 27th - Two ways to be wealthy

Oct 27th, 2022 1m 16s

When it comes to becoming wealthy, there are two ways to become wealthy. To get everything you want or to be satisfied with what you have. Either one is a choice and that's fine but you have to realize that one is going to be easier to obtain.

October 26th - Every time you take action, you're rewiring your brain

Oct 26th, 2022 1m 31s

When it comes to doing something new, you're creating new connections in your brain. But the thing is, it's kind of like walking to the mailbox with six feet of snow between your front door and the mailbox that is 30 ft away. So when you make t

October 25th - Create Minimal Viable Products

Oct 25th, 2022 1m 30s

There is nothing worse than spending tons of time and money on something and then you find out that it was all for nothing. When you're working on something new and you have a timeline, most of the time, it's just best to come out with somethin

October 24th - Don't make a mountain out of a molehill

Oct 24th, 2022 1m 15s

One of the keys to overcoming any obstacle in your life is to look at the obstacle as objective as possible. Try to take out the emotion where you start getting all angry or you panic and can't think. When you do this, then you're adding more c

October 23rd - The worst distance between 2 people is misunderstanding

Oct 23rd, 2022 1m 25s

A lot of things can go wrong if you misunderstand someone. It makes for a great comedy but it's not fun in real life most of the time. It can cost you a lot of money or reputation if there is miscommunication. A NASA spaceship exploded in the a

October 22nd - The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal

Oct 22nd, 2022 1m 21s

It's okay to be wrong since no one is perfect. The wrong thing to do is be wrong and then continue to be wrong after you realize that you're wrong. To be successful in life you have to be willing to be wrong because that's how you can discover