Whenever things aren’t going your way, whenever business is slow, whenever health issues arise, whenever you find yourself in the middle of a losing streak; there’s a tendency to go searching for a quick and innovative fix. You pay for some innovative marketing system to help your business grow, you buy some magic pill that [...]
Darrin Donnelly
It is important for all of us to take a step back from time to time reflect on what it is we’re doing for a living. Is my work fulfilling and am I doing my job to the best of my ability? Is my current profession the job I was born to do? Am I [...]
We all know that too much stress is bad for us. It leads to poor health, poor decision-making, and, poor results. But what do you do if you’ve chosen a high-stakes, high-pressure, always-changing profession? Is stress unavoidable for the coach, athlete, entrepreneur, or parent? The truth is, regardless of your profession, there are proven techniques [...]
What Bill Snyder did at Kansas State is almost inconceivable. In 1989, Snyder took over the worst program in all of college football and turned the Wildcats into a top-10 team within just seven seasons. The Hall-of-Fame coach has led K-State to more than 200 wins, 18 bowl games, nine seasons with 10 or more [...]
There are many things we don’t control in life. That’s a sometimes painful fact we all have to accept. But, as Yogi Berra points out, it’s the things we DO have control over that determine our success or failure… I think your life depends on your attitude. How you face things says a lot about [...]
Want to know what your life will look like a year from now? Listen to what you’re saying when you talk to yourself. Your self-talk determines your future. The above passage is from my book, Relentless Optimism, and it concisely sums up exactly why the way you talk to yourself is so important. Self-talk determines [...]
