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“On a daily basis, I go from task to task, event to event, responding to the world’s demands, reacting to urgencies, emails, and deadlines. I don’t have any ‘thinking time’… to reflect, to reconnect to my deeper purpose & motivation.”
​--a reader wrote.

If that describes you, then this post is for you…

Schedule Self-Care First

When I schedule my calendar, self-care comes first:

• Several times in each workday, I take a 60–90 minute break, which can include a snack, dog walk, and alwa…

​How are you being, as you go about your tasks and your work?

Are you anxious, struggling, and “just want to get it done”?

The quality of your work tends to match the quality of your being.

You have no guarantees of your results — you can only control how you do the work. Therefore, why not work from joy… instead of anxiety, boredom, or frustration?

​Your state of being is your top priority, because the only thing you truly can control is your inner life.

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​The quality of…

Oftentimes, we let relatively minor circumstances, like being a little tired or feeling like watching videos, get in the way of keeping our commitments to ourselves, i.e. doing the right thing.

This is how people become victims of life: doing the right things only when we feel good or when conditions are perfect…

Feel Good ➜ Do Right

To act purposefully, to live more into our potential, we must flip the above equation, and understand that if we act rightly, we end up feeling good.

This is …

​I write often about the importance of building our ideal audience. To create a community of people who are our true fans, who love our work and presence.

However, that doesn’t mean we should aspire to be their guru…

Here’s what I see as the difference between having a true-fan audience, and being a guru:

In some ancient traditions, a guru is a revered spiritual guide. Some gurus command near-total devotion of their students. I respect the freedom to practice religion however one wis…

My new book -- The Principles of Authentic Business: Create a Sustainable Livelihood from the Heart -- describes the philosophy of how I do business differently than I used to... and differently from the mainstream.

Some people have asked me about the spiritual influences behind my work. In this video I reveal the books that have made the biggest difference for me. More importantly, it's the values resulting from those books and spiritual beliefs that inform my business today.

​Here's the vide…