People become successful in part by having relationships with people who have already found success. Of all the self-improvement information out there – whether to build wealth, get fit, invest in real estate, or knock some strokes off a round of golf – the ultra successful have mentors to learn from, go brain-picking, and get […]

Contrary to what our culture tells us, the most wealthy people have lived a life (or at least several early years) of frugality before becoming wealth and rising to the top.  Unfortunately, we get caught up thinking that we need the new iPhone, new shoes, new car, the vacation to Fiji – all right now. […]

I catch myself asking “why me?” more often than I’d like to admit. Someone cuts me off on my way to work, the low tire pressure light comes on in my car, or the client sends me back a draft motion with more questions and comments when I have a filing deadline in thirty minutes. […]

Successful people are expert list makers. Throughout our day we have hundreds of thoughts popping into our heads about things that we know eventually need to get done. When we fail to capture these thoughts in writing at a place we can refer back to, these unrecorded thoughts can easily contribute to greater stress and […]

Successful people take action.  They do not ask whether they can do something, they just go out and do it. When we approach life like this, things seem to work themselves out on their own in ways bigger and better than we could have imagined. We spend too much time in fear of failure, in […]

I constantly catch myself saying “yes” in order to please someone else. I end up trying to do three things at once stressing myself out about being late and often letting down those that I care most about.  I am working on crafting my “no.”  Successful people have mastered the art of saying, “no.”  Too […]

Success lies on a big pile of failures. I think there is a misconception when we fail. We tend to believe that when we do not succeed at something on the first attempt, we will forever be unable to successfully achieve that goal. But when we commonly identify as “successful,” such as Abraham Lincoln, Tom […]

I struggle with this one.  I love to talk and sometimes can be a bad listener.  It is natural for us to want to talk about ourselves, our thoughts, our experiences, or what we did over the weekend.  We love to feel heard.  This can especially be true in a one-on-one conversation.  I will sit […]

This should be a no-brainer but I am shocked at how many people I knew while in law school or in the legal community today who are “too busy” to exercise regularly. The reality is, you are too busy not to exercise regularly.  In my own experience, I am always pleasantly surprised with how my […]

Remember the classic story about the tortoise and the hare?  The hare is so fast, frantic,  arrogant, and cocky that he takes a nap in the middle of the race against the slow-moving yet persistent, tortoise.  When the hare wakes up from his nap, the tortoise – who is calm, centered, focused, and persistent – […]