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Why You’re Failing

Today I have a dose of tough love for you. And I’m taking the medicine too, so we’re in this together. I had a training session for some of my students last night and when polled 74% of them did not have a business plan. No plan at all for success. It was shocking but [...]

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Do It Today

This is a post that’s taken me a while to write.  On May 17th my niece and friend Denise was killed by her ex-fiancé in a murder suicide. It’s horrifying to type those words but I still feel numb.  It’s as if your brain just shuts off the pain because it is too overwhelming to [...]

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The Myth of False Momentum

Last weekend, I was on a total Dave and Buster’s kick. If you’re not familiar, it’s a huge arcade for kids and adults. I took my 6 year old nephew Ronin there on Saturday and he pooped out after a few hours “Aunt Susan, I’m TIRED of shooting!” I admit it, I love the shooting [...]

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Why I Delete Emails

I get a *ton* of emails daily from this website and various other websites I have around the web. One ongoing issue that I keep running into is the appalling lack of, well, anything really in the emails I get. Usually it goes like this.. 1.  I get an email that I can barely decipher. [...]

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NBC Cancels Tony Robbins

This is a very sad commentary on NBC and the general public. After two episodes, NBC is feeling motivated to yank Tony Robbins’ reality show from its summer schedule. Effective next week, NBC will air repeats of game show “Minute to Win It” in the Tuesday night slot instead of “Breakthrough with Tony Robbins.” While [...]

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