At the core of high performance is self-image.

The number one thing that holds people back or propels them to succeed is self-image.

Jim's Newman's Release Your Brakes is an operator's manual on how to expand your comfort zone and improve your self-image.

A lot of success is just not quitting!

This week's episode covers a critical trait of those who succeed.

The ability to endure and persevere.

More than once I have assumed I knew what was best for a client or customer.

When you do that you do it at your own peril.

It is a lesson I have learned the hard way!

This week's podcast is a great lesson in why listening to people telling you why your dream won't work is so dangerous.

As Dan Peña told me 26 years ago "Don't listen to the morons!"

We have all procrastinated until we are ready.

The truth is you are never truly prepared and waiting until you have everything perfect waiting for a day that almost never comes. 

How to begin from where you are with the tools you have is this week's episode.

The number one thing I see that holds people back from greater success is self-image.

People often brag to cover up their insecurities and it is incredibly liberating when you get to the place where the person who you care most about what they think of you is YOU!

This is the number one question I get asked during my free 15-minute calls.

In this episode, I answer that question.

Most of us are faced with times when we question if what we are doing will work and whether it is time to throw in the towel.

That is what this episode is all about and a great lesson in what temporary failure and defeat can teach us by Napoleon Hill.

This week I am going to cover two critical questions that you should ask about any marketing piece or elevator pitch you create.

Thanks to my friend Paul for pointing me to one of the best marketing pieces I have ever seen.

This podcast features a list of the reasons for failure from a speech Dan Pena gave in 1993.

It is as true today as it was 26 years ago.

These excuses are fatal to success.