During seasons of high stress related to faith, family, or field of endeavor, people are tempted to jettison the source of their discomfort. Unfortunately, dramatic (and often irreversible) release of the tension tends to result in personal and relational trauma. In this episode, Tom talks about better strategies for finding resolution.

Keeping a journal can be a powerful tool for self-awareness. Gaining clarity on personal vision--and impediments to that vision--can be the difference between staying stuck or getting to the next level.

The coronavirus has dramatically affected the entire world. Government proclamations to "stay at home" have changed familiar patterns. While most of us are somewhat off balance, there is a silver lining. There are four gifts to be found in these odd wrappings: time, others, activities, and discoveries.

Success demands doing the right things. It also requires avoidance of the wrong things! Three sure ways to ensure failure are unwise financial entanglements, lack of industry, and being a troublemaker. Theses three will keep you broke--and eventually broken.

Nobody succeeds alone. Establishing and sustaining functional networks is vital to success. This episode unpacks how networks are formed, what networks should deliver, and how to make a good network great.

Selecting the appropriate conflict resolution strategy, while using the appropriate voice, is a prerequisite for next-level living. Much pain, alienation, and loss can be avoided by internalizing the lessons contained in this episode.

Managing personal thinking alone is not enough to get to the next level. Next-level living requires partners! One must think well AND network with others who are doing the same. The Three Laws of Performance give insight on how to do exactly that.

Four different lenses or worldviews dramatically affect quality of life. Only one, however, does so in a positive way. Putting all four options on the table makes for an easy assessment--and an easier choice. Embrace the fourth scenario!

Many people are frustrated, in their quest to achieve personal success, due to deep-seated thinking patterns. These patterns lurk below the surface in the subconscious mind—just waiting to torpedo efforts to attain new outcomes. Working the affirmation process backwards provides a limbic “depth charge” to expose and eliminate these impediments to next-level living.

Self-talk is the most important component of the input network. Careful management of self-talk through personal, positive, present tense affirmations activates the creative subconscious to move toward desired goals. The result is like having a secret ally that shows up at just the right time. And who wouldn't want that?