Shark Theory

March Madness is fun to watch nowadays because of all the parity amongst players and how even the underdog can beat "the big name" schools. What if we took that underdog approach toward winning in life?

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. The advantage of the underdog
2. Winning on a big stage
3. How to perform under pressure
4. The 50/50 odds are in your favor

A few months ago, I was advising a client on how to handle a situation with upper management. Today I discuss the same principles of conflict resolution.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. Mutual agreeance on a percieved problem
2. Creating a "to Fix" list
3. Non-Negotiables, Needs, and Wants
4. Tailoring Expecations

Want to be irreplable? Be the person who holds it all together. Take the principles of glue to your workplace and life.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. Why it's not good to have too much of the same thing
2. Relabling positive and negative
3. How to act like glue
4. Becoming your own kind of glue

I use to admire the beauty of the countless aspen trees in Colorado...until I learned I didn't want to be like them.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. The danger of group think
2. Power vs Poison
3. Riding the Right Wave

Intimacy is required for sustainable growth, and I'm not talking about just with your romantic partner. Today we discuss the "other" intimacy.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. Career Intimacy
2. Erasing the Part time
3. Growing the ultimate relationship

While preparing to record this podcast, I left the bread from my would-be avocado toast in the toaster oven too long.... We all make mistakes, but they don't have to define us or doom us to failure.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. How it looks isn't important
2. The truth about mistakes
3. Rectifying a mistake

The classic nursery rhyme "the itsy bitsy spider" contains the blueprint for all we need to know as adults to reach goals despite our adversities.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. Spout Vision
2. Unlikely Allies
3. Why you HAVE to be yourself always

While looking at an empty journal of mine, I looked at the title.."burn after writing." It's a mentality to help you grow quicker.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. The Zero Draft
2. Give yourself permission to suck
3. "Don't suck" mindset
4. The joys of not being great

My Friend Megan Reilly, who's an amazing speaker and co-owner of an international dance studio, sent me a picture of her dad hitting his 3RD Hole-In-One. Do you know what the odds of even getting one hole-in-one are?

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. A hole-in-one mindset
2. Why the odds don't matter
3. How to get lucky

Yesterday I got a chance to sit down with my friend Jim House, known professionally as The Book Carver. After a great conversation, I contemplated what it really means to carve our own niche or path in life.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

1. How to carve a path
2. Trusting the Energy
3. How to win more efficiently