Best-In-Class with A.J. Madden

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The Three Gifts Only Best-In-Class Leaders Give:  Simplicity, Stress Reduction, Self-Esteem

1.  The Gift of Simplicity—Simplifier 

Best-in-class leaders simplify things so everyone finds success faster and easier. 

2.  The Gift of Stress Reduction—Stress Reducer 

Best-in-class leaders reduce the unnecessary stress of others by being expert listeners and relentlessly focusing on solutions. 

3.  The Gift of Self-Esteem—Self-Esteemer (True Believer)

Best-in-class leaders give self-esteem by catching people doing things right and believing in the greatness inside them. 


I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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How To Choose (And Be) the Best Partner In Business or Life (The Five Keys)

1.  Be positive (no mindless negativity) 

2.  Be frugal

3.  Give your best effort in all areas of life: health, work, relationships, happiness

4.  Be kind and useful (and do no harm)

5.  Have a learning and growth mindset



I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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Best In Class Product Review:  Coach Icon Racer Jacket

The Coach brand has a rich history that began in 1941 with the founding of a family-run leather goods company in New York City

Dream It Real

-Supports young people from historically underrepresented and marginalized communities through grants, mentorship, product, and volunteer time

-121,000 HOURS SPENT SERVING COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY

-5,279 SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED

-OVER $75M DONATED SINCE 2008

Product features 

-100% lamb leather

-Inspired by traditional racer silhouettes

-Lightweight

https://www.coach.com/coach-story.html

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Seven Business Lessons From Ristorante Pesto (The #1 Restaurant In Philadelphia and #4 in the U.S.)

The definition of Best-In-Class:  100% commitment to the HIGHEST STANDARDS in everything you do.  How you do anything is how you do everything.

1.  Be brilliant at the BASICS 
2.  Sweat the SMALL STUFF 
3.  Honor YOUR WORD
4.  Do a little EXTRA 
5.  Be an EXPERT LISTENER 
6.  Be KIND and USEFUL 
7.   Get ONE-PERCENT BETTER EVERY DAY

https://ristorantepesto.com/

Ristorante Pesto is the number-one rated restaurant on TripAdvisor in Philadelphia out of 4745 restaurants.

Ristorante Pesto has been voted the #4 for BEST EVERYDAY EATS Restaurant in the U.S. by TripAdvisor.com for 2023.

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Dr. Corey Phelps—Dean at Penn State Smeal College of Business on Elite Strategy For Your Work and Life

Learn how to apply high-level business strategy in a simple way to your work and life!

Corey Phelps is an award-winning business school professor and executive educator with deep expertise in strategy, innovation and leadership development. His decades of academic research combined with his work with thousands of executives have shaped his approach to developing strategic leaders and building innovative, future-ready organizations.

Corey is the John and Karen Arnold Dean at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. Formerly the Dean of the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business and professor at McGill University, HEC Paris and the University of Washington, he holds a PhD from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Corey’s acclaimed recent book - Cracked It! How to Solve Big Problems and Sell Solutions Like Top Strategy Consultants - was published by Palgrave Macmillan. 

Corey has worked with thousands of leaders from hundreds of organizations in 30+ countries.  He Understands the challenges of being a senior leader in a dynamic industry because he is one.

https://coreyphelps.com/

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The 5 Habits of The Most Effective, Respected, and Admired Managers 

⭐️Manage checklists, deadlines, and standards not people.  These three things are black-and-white, yes or no, binary.  They always let people know where they stand.

⭐️Relentlessly identify and coach up your lowest performing team member in terms of attitude and/or performance in a way that inspires them and lets them keep their dignity.  Your success and failure as a manager will be based on the number of difficult conversations you have.

⭐️Always take on the most difficult customer and employee situations.

⭐️Do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it.

⭐️Relentlessly give self-esteem and reduce the unnecessary stress of your people.  Catch them doing things right, believe in them, and listen to them.


I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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The 3 Vital Roles of a Winning CEO (Or Any High-Impact Leader)

1.   Learner-In-Chief

Spend fifteen minutes to an hour every day learning from the best of the best experts.

“Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.” -Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway 

2.  Head Coach

Coach up one person every day.  Give self-esteem to your people, reduce their unnecessary stress, and challenge them to be their best. 

“Reinforce the positives and the rest will take care of itself.”  -Bill Walsh, 3x Super Bowl champion head coach of the San Francisco 49ers

3.  Chief Time Officer 

Relentlessly focus on the most important things, and say no to almost everything else.  Identify and complete your one to three most important tasks every day.

“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.  I just say no to everything that is not moving me toward my one or two most important goals.” -Warren Buffett 


I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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The Two Keys To Learning At An Elite Level That Will Transform Your Life 

1.  Model Mt. Rushmore 

STUDY AND MODEL the absolute best of the best in your discipline or field.  Make your thoughts, words, habits, and days look like theirs.

2.  Learn From The Best Of The Best Coaches And Mentors

Once you identify someone as a true expert who has something important to teach you, SHUT UP AND LISTEN. Be humble, relentlessly curious and coachable.

I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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Two Simple Proven Tools To Instantly Elevate Your Mood, Turn Around A Bad Day, And Feel Great 

Tool #1:    Gratitude, Get Moving, Give and Serve

Whenever you need a boost, focus on one or all three to instantly feel better.

1.  Gratitude.  Think of one thing you’re grateful for.  Think about how whatever is happening to you, someone else has it worse.

2.  Get moving.  Get up and move.   Do just one thing.  Go for a walk.  Or do the dishes.  Or do one small thing that gets you closer to a goal.

3.  Give and serve.  Help one person.  Share some positive words.  Be kind and useful.


Tool #2:  6-2-7 Breath, Stand Up Straight, Smile At A Stranger

1.  6-2-7 Breath by Dr. Jason Selk

The Navy SEALs have a saying:  calm is contagious.  I like it a lot.  I’ll go one step further:  emotions are contagious.  Life is short, how we feel is a contagion to those around us.  Kids are sponges, they pick up on things.  When I am around people who are anxious, I am anxious.  When I am around Debbie downers and people who are bummed out, I find myself being bummed out.  When I am around angry people, I find myself getting irritable.  -Dr. Eric Potterat

2.  Stand Up Straight

With posture, there is this interesting element of identity.  When you maintain proper posture, and you are standing up straight, it’s a representation that you are proud of yourself and you are OK to be who you are, and you don’t need to shy away from others. You are proud to be alive and you’re happy to be alive.  People are going to immediately identify that you have unusual posture.  That’s good, because everyone around you has bad posture.  So do it, it will have a very positive effects of encouraging others to be aware.  It’s really hard to maintain bad posture when you are around someone who is maintaining good posture.  It has really positive effects on everyone that you are around. -Bryan Johnson

3.  Smile At A Stranger

Smile at strangers. Because the positive energy I put out comes back to me.  I want to make other people feel good, safe, happy and seen.  -Mike Dolce


A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people make life-changing breakthroughs both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

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The 12 Best Life Habits For Health, Wealth, and Happiness

1.  READ BIOGRAPHIES of people who had great successes and who have overcome great challenges.

2.  Plug all your personal and professional activities into a DAILY SCHEDULE and work off that, not a to-do list.

3.  TRACK YOUR SPENDING and follow a MONTHLY BUDGET, SAVE AND INVEST at least 20% of your income, have at least ONE YEAR OF LIVING EXPENSES in the bank, and maintain all the important INSURANCE coverages.

4.  SAY NO to almost everything that doesn’t have to do with your most important goals and priorities in the key areas of health, work, wealth, relationships and happiness.

5.  Cultivate a POSITIVE MINDSET. 

6.  Create a daily and weekly SPIRITUAL PRACTICE (prayer, meditation, reading spiritual text, volunteering, attending religious services, spending time in nature, etc.).

7.  Keep your MEASUREMENT AT YOUR BELLY BUTTON less than half your height in inches.

8.  Practice BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU, MUAY THAI AND RESISTANCE TRAINING so you can protect yourself and your loved ones if necessary. 

9.  Do ZONE TWO CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE for thirty minutes three days per week or more.

10.  Have at least THREE TO SIX TRUSTED ADVISORS (a mentor, a coach, a therapist, a doctor, an expert, a respected friend or family member, etc.) and speak with them regularly on:  1) your biggest challenges, 2) the things you’d like to improve, and 3) the goals you’d like to achieve.

11.  VOLUNTEER once per week in service of others.  

12.  Surround yourself with KIND AND POSITIVE PEOPLE WHO DO THEIR BEST.


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