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In this episode, I talk about my Personal Goal Playbook. A friend of mine recently commented that every day he reads his personal vision statement and then he reads his goals -- and then he writes down the 3 things that he needs to do today to make progress toward achieving those goals, some of which are long-term goals.

I realized I didn’t havea personal vision statement, per se. I do have goals, quarterly and longer-term, which reminded me of a leadership program in which I participated in 2008. I related to the group of the way in which I want to run my life – it wasn’t structured like a vision statement, more like a Personal Goal Playbook, but I thought I would share the dozen or so items to which I committed in 2008 – and I believe have served me well.

I hope you get some value from my Personal Goal Playbook.  Enjoy!

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Dr. Mark Goulston is a CEO and future CEO coach and advisor to founders and entepreneurs.  He is a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches,  host of the top-rated podcast My Wakeup Call, which I was a guest on, and the author or co-author of nine books which have been translated into 42 languages, with his book, "Just Listen," becoming the top book on listening in the world. 

He speaks internationally, is a Founding Member of the Newsweek Executive Forum and a mentor at Cambridge University Technology and Innovation division.

Website:  https://michelangelomindset.com/

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In this episode, I talk about something that is in my friend, Justin Breen’s new book. The book is called “Epic Life - How to Build Collaborative Global Companies While Putting Your Loved Ones First,” and I definitely recommend you pick it up.

The chapter I want to talk to you about today is Chapter 26 – Be the Buyer.  It really resonated with me and made me focus on whether we want to be the seller or the buyer in the transactions of our life, regardless of whether or not we are the actual “buyer.” Justin’s concept completely flips on its head the mindset that ‘the customer is always right.’ It’s actually quite brilliant, who is the customer or client you really want to work with? Who will get the most value out of what I do? 

I think you’ll enjoy today’s episode, especially the three take-aways from Chapter 26.  Enjoy!

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Bruce Werner is the Managing Director of Kona Advisors, LLC, which provides governance and advisory services to middle-market businesses. His range of assignments has included board formation, strategy, finance, M&A, succession planning and all facets of family business consulting.

Bruce works with private company owners, in the $10M - $100M revenue range to solve the problems that keep them awake at night. It starts by defining an ownership strategy, and from there, he develops a business strategy to help owners achieve their life goals. From there, he helps to source the capital and talent to fuel growth, leads M&A mandates, provides suitable governance structures and provides conflict resolution. In the latter stages, he helps owners implement succession and exit plans, so that his clients WIN THE GAME OF LIFE.

Bruce is an experienced outside director, having served on numerous boards during periods of growth, restructuring and crisis management.

Bruce recently published his new book Your Ownership Journal – 12 Secrets for Personal and Business Success, which I’m excited to dig into.

Bruce is a Forbes.com columnist, and he writes and speaks on ownership and governance issues impacting the middle market.

You can reach Bruce at (847) 910-2025 or at [email protected]

You can learn more about Bruce at the following:

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brucedwerner/@bdwerner
Website (personal): https://BruceWerner.com
Website (business): https://KonaAdvisors.com
Forbes.com Website:  https://forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/people/brucewerner1/?sh=3a290ec946cc
Other: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-faculty/bruce-werner/

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In this episode, I talk about resistance, or more specifically, resisting resistance. 

I recently read a couple of books by author Steven Pressfield.  The first is The War of Art, and the second is Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be. I became very enamored of this resistance thing, which both of these books are largely about. In his mind, resistance is the thing that we all need to be able to overcome, or to achieve not only what we want, but to keep what we have.

Pressfield describes resistance as a very powerful force, like a gravitational-like power force, sort of; its sole mission is to keep us from achieving what we want to achieve, keep us distracted from achieving what we want to achieve. 

We all know about this thing called resistance – we might call it different things, we call it laziness, we call it procrastination, we call it fear, we call it all of these things.  And we all need to overcome it, whatever we call it.

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Catherine A Sanderson is the Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology at Amherst College. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University.  Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, as well as the Introduction to Psychology course for The Great Courses. In 2012, she was named one of the country's top 300 professors by the Princeton Review. 

Professor Sanderson has written trade books on parenting as well as how mindset influences happiness, health, and even how long we live (The Positive Shift). Her latest trade book,  Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels (Harvard University Press) and internationally as The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and Inaction (HarperCollins), examines why good people so often stay silent or do nothing in the face of wrongdoing. For a preview of the topics addressed in this book, watch Catherine’s TEDx talk on the Psychology of Inaction, which describes the factors that contribute to inaction and provides strategies we all can use to help people act, even when those around them are not. 

Catherine lives with her husband, Bart Hollander, and three children - Andrew, Robert, and Caroline - in Hadley, Massachusetts. 

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In today’s episode, I talk about “ditching the ditches.”  Have you ever thought about the purpose of ditches along the side of the road?  Other than to prevent unsafe accumulation of rain water on the roadway surface, what is the purpose of a ditch?

If I’m driving along and happen to see that a car has driven off the highway and into the ditch, assuming there are no injuries, it reminds me of life.  I remember that almost every road in life has ditches on either side, and while you don’t want to end up in a ditch, they do serve a much greater purpose in life, which is to let you know when you are veering off course. 

Lots of things in life can help put you into a ditch – problems with money, relationships, habits, business, family, neighbors, additions, self-image, and happiness are just a few examples.  The trick to keeping yourself out of ditches is to see, acknowledge, and deal or get help with your problems before they take you off the road you belong on.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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Andrew Hays is a master beer brewer, a lawyer, an entrepreneur and a world traveler. His firm, called HaysFirm LLC, is a collaborative partnership between Andrew and his wife, Antonia. It specializes in estate, probate, trust and business law, including restaurant law and obtaining liquor licenses. 

Although the firm is based in Chicago, it’s set up intentionally to run from wherever Andrew and his family happen to be – whether that be Costa Rica, Croatia or Colorado. That model was inspired on a train station platform in 2014 – way before working from home became the thing it is today – and we’ll dig deep into that.

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Website: https://haysfirm.com/

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In this episode, I talk about my “Peace” being my property.  My Peace, P-E-A-C-E being my property.  I recently came across something called “The Art of Peace” written by Morihei Ueshiba, who was a Japanese martial artist, and the founder of this discipline called Aikido. This gentleman lived from 1883 to 1969. And the Art of Peace is a collection of teachings by Ueshiba. One of his teachings really resonated with me, and made me realize that my happiness and my peace start with me.

It’s very easy to blame someone or something for things that are not right in our lives and wallow in self-pity, but the truth of the matter is that my peace is my property.  My property, my inner peace, my happiness, how I feel about myself, I am 100% in control of what I determine and choose that to be.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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With his background in manufacturing and chemical engineering, Gary Mottershead believes it’s important for specialists to consider themselves entrepreneurs first. In 1999, Gary founded GCP Industrial Products, which has grown to become the largest importer of sheet rubber into North America. Today it has become a forward-thinking, digital-first inspired industry leader. GCP sources materials from various countries around the world and was one of the first to make inroads into China. 

Gary has been a Strategic Coach client for over 30 years and associate coach for over 25. He and his wife are proud grandparents and the parents of two entrepreneurial grown children.

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