What if the very thing you’re most proud of is actually the thing holding you back? For years I was a self-professed perfectionist and I counted it a major strength and had no clue it was silently sabotaging my productivity. When I realized that perfectionism wasn’t fostering my productivity and instead feeding my procrastination my […]
My first book took me years of Self-reflection can be a beautiful, helpful, and positive practice but it can also be an overwhelming, damaging and negative experience. The process of analyzing your thoughts, actions and behaviours, when it’s done right, is an invaluable tool to success. So, whether you’re a beginner or self-reflection guru we […]
I had no idea how to write a book when I started writing The Kingdom Identity Crisis. I was just doing the best I could and running to YouTube when I needed help. While YouTube was informative I would have to spend hours of searching and watch a couple dozen videos to get the answer […]
You will only ever be as successful as you believe you can be. Therefore what you believe about yourself and your potential are pretty important. Unfortunately it’s all too common that our beliefs about ourselves are limiting rather than freeing. Luckily, you can change your beliefs. You can actively choose to overcome limiting beliefs and […]
Fiction is often seen as less than nonfiction when it comes to learning and personal growth. The question is can you learn from fiction? Is someone’s imagination a doorway to inspiration and invitation to knowledge? Over the past 4 years I’ve read 222 books. 174 of those books were fiction. These books taught me that […]
Have you ever had the sudden and overwhelming realization that you don’t like the life you’re living? It feels like nothing you’re doing makes any sense. You start to ask questions like: Why am I here? What am I doing? Am I making a difference? Is this it? What’s the point of my life? Most […]
A great productivity system is one that can adapt and grow as your life changes. I’ve wasted plenty of time trying to find the “perfect” system, routine or product that would solve all of my productivity problems. I read books like The 12 Week Year, Deep Work, Building a Second Brain, The 80/20 Principle, What […]
Habits. They can be powerful, having both a positive or negative impact. Habits are simple: they are “a settled or regular practice, especially one that is hard to give up.” Habits are little tasks or practices that we do regularly, they can be things we’ve chosen to do or that have become habits unknowingly. Some […]
As a reader there are some books that cross your path that leave a mark. Books that become a part of you. This is a list of 5 books that have left a mark, that have become a part of me and how I live my life. #1 – The Crossroads of Should and Must […]
As a natural night owl learning to optimize my morning routine to set a foundation for my days didn’t come easily and the only reason I even pushed to become a morning routine was the overwhelming evidence of early rising’s incredible benefits. There is a pattern that has been observed among highly productive and successful […]
Did you know that the English word ‘perfect’ comes from the Latin word ‘perfectus?’ It means “completed, excellent or accomplished.” However, the modern definition of perfection is instead “faultless, immaculate, something which doesn’t have a weakness.” This modern definition is what many women are operating out of internally, and often battling. Perfectionists tend to believe […]
We all have the same 24 hours each and every day. 24 hours. How is it that we all have just 24 hours and yet it seems like some people build an entire business, write their thesis, solve world hunger and still make it to the gym while others are applauding themselves for having accomplished […]
Clean the garage Finish the dishes Mop the bathroom floor Call the bank Prep Tomorrow’s Meals Your to-do list is constantly growing. You have a million and one things to remember everyday; appointments, tasks, shopping lists, chores, projects, work, relationships, you name it and you mind is trying to keep track of it. The question […]
Your mindset runs your daily life. The day you expect to have is typically the day it will be. If you expect to have a fun and exciting day you start to subconsciously look for the fun and exciting moments and at the end of the day what you remember is the fun and exciting […]
Listen, I get it, writing a book is a colossal undertaking. Staring down the blank page can be one of the scariest moments of your life and the only thing worse is not knowing where to start! Lucky for you, this step-by-step guide will get your book from just an idea to a physical manifestation […]
One of the biggest dream killers is also one of the most ignored and overlooked. These little assassins slip in slowly, quietly and unfortunately unnoticed. They can be nearly undetectable and far more deadly than expected. They affect your work, your home life, and your dreams. What are these dream killers? Distractions.
If you are not growing then you become stagnant. To be stagnant is to be waiting for death. That sounds dramatic I know, but in nature stagnation truly is the beginning of the end. To avoid becoming stagnant you must be moving, preferably forward, and to do that you must be growing. Leonard Sweet put […]
Waking up completely drained, feeling like I didn’t get any sleep at all used to be an everyday occurrence. Starting my day on an empty energy tank pretty much guaranteed my days would be challenging. The truly sad part was that I had believed my exhaustion to be normal, and that there was nothing I […]
My first book took me years of dreams, months of writing, weeks of editing and endless revisions before I could finally publish. My second book? From idea to published, only 90 days. You could chalk it up to magic, to perfect timing, or maybe skill (I promise it’s not this one); but what if I […]