Here we are at just past 6 weeks since I made the commitment to take one bold action per day for 66 days. If you want to hear previous updates about this commitment, check out my podcast, Master Your Mission, on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play Music to get caught up.

Just a quick recap to bring you up to speed—on February 21st, I committed to taking one bold action per day for 66 days. I made this commitment to

1. Show other people that taking action toward accomplishing their life goals is not as scary as it looks.
2. Make taking bold actions a habit—or second nature—in my life. (Sidenote: According to studies, it takes 66 days to form a habit.)

I defined a bold action as one that 

• Moves me out of my comfort zone and closer to my goals.
• Defies an irrational fear that I’ve allowed to hold me back in the past.

To make this fun for you and me, I also challenged you to take one bold action per day toward something that you want to accomplish in your...

On June 11, 1997 sports history was made. One of the greatest performances ever was made by a flu-stricken Michael Jordan in game 5 of the NBA finals against the Utah Jazz. If you’re a sports fan, you know that particular game well, and you can probably remember where you were as you watched it just like any other major event in your lifetime. 

Michael Jordan was visibly sick throughout this game. He looked weary and wasn’t himself, but somehow he pushed his way through the entire game. The series was tied 2–2 and Utah was in the lead as the clock ticked down to under a minute to play. With less than 30 seconds left on the clock, His Airness drained a game changing 3-pointer that gave the Bulls the lead and helped them win the game. They went on to win the Championship in the very next game, and Jordan’s performance, even while sick, will live on forever as a pivotal moment in basketball history. 

Jordan beasted out 38 points and 7...

It can be an emotional roller coaster, it can be stressful, it can be one of the toughest things you’ve ever done in your life, but it can also be one of the best decisions you’ve ever made. How would you know though?

If you’re thinking about starting a business, you may be wrestling with whether it’s a good idea for you. To help you out, I made a list of reasons you shouldn’t start a business. 

You’ll have to make tough decisions.

You’re the business owner which makes you the boss. It’s pretty likely that you’re going to be the only person working for your company in the beginning. No one but you will be able to make the hard...

One thing about new business owners is that so many want the title of CEO. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter that the business hasn’t made a dime yet. People tend to love that title because it’s sexy. 

It’s impressive to be able to introduce yourself at networking events as the CEO of your business. Business cards and websites are a little bit cooler when your name is followed by “CEO”. Surely, you can shut the haters up when you tell everyone that you’re the CEO of a new business. Wanna impress potential baes and get more dates? Just tell people you’re a CEO when they ask what you do for a living.

When you’re starting out, it’s great to consider yourself the CEO of your new business (because you are), but are you also willing to be the customer service rep, the sales rep, the admin assistant, the project manager, the janitor, the receptionist, the mail clerk, and any and all other roles you’ll have to...

Have you ever had a broken toilet that only worked if you jiggled the handle the right way? You start out telling yourself that you’ll get around to getting it fixed, but you only remember that it needs to be fixed at the worst possible times. Then before long, you don’t even notice that it’s broken any more. Every time you use it, you automatically jiggle the handle to make it work the right way, because now, that’s what you’re conditioned to do and have grown accustomed to accepting.

You get so used to the toilet being broken that you forget it’s not normal for the toilet to be broken. You forget how abnormal it is to have to take the extra steps that it requires to operate the toilet when you could very easily just flush it, were it fixed. 

Sometimes in life, we get so used to things being broken that we forget what it’s like for things to be normal. We allow ourselves to get conditioned to dysfunctional relationships,...

In my last podcast episode, How Feedback Can Help You Grow in Life & Entrepreneurship, I made the point that feedback and advice from the people we trust in our personal lives can be as valuable as reviews can be in business. That advice can help us find opportunities to make improvements in life that we need to make in order to grow—just like in business.

It takes a very open minded person with a strong desire to grow to accept criticism and advice gracefully, but I don’t think that it is a good idea to just blindly accept all advice and feedback that comes your way. Not all advice is good advice and not all advisers have your best interests in mind. Knowing when to accept advice and when to reject it is just as important as being open to it in the first place.

There are times when you must determine whether or not you should take someone’s advice or incorporate their feedback into your life. Here are some questions you can consider as you make your...

Every now and then, I have to be introspective and check myself when I know I’m being closed minded and stubborn. I had one of those moments last week after I got two pretty solid pieces of advice from two different friends, at separate times, on the same day.

You may remember my story of The Brutal Advice That Changed My Life, and how much I attribute a single piece of harsh advice with helping me make changes for the better in my life. In short, twenty years ago, a friend of mine told me that I was the type of person who allowed things to happen to them instead of making things happen for them. Sometimes I wonder if I would have made the same life choices if that friend hadn’t essentially bitch slapped some sense into me with that brutal comment.

Back to last week though. One friend gave me career advice, and the other friend gave me love advice. Both unsolicited. These friends are trustworthy people whom I admire and value, and neither of them would have any...

When you have a great idea for a business, you usually feel an undeniable sense of urgency to get started right away. You feel like you need to hurry up and make your idea a reality before someone beats you to it. 

But somewhere deep down among the layers of emotion that you have once you start planning your business, is this ugly creature called Doubt. Doubt can rear its ugly head at the most inopportune times and completely kill all the momentum that your sense of urgency gave you. 

That doubt leads to fear and that fear causes you to procrastinate. You put off going balls to the wall with your idea because you don’t have the right laptop, or you need a new camera, or your ink pens don’t write right, or any other silly excuse you can make. 

Why does it feel like I’m talking directly to you? Because I am!

I’ve been there. I’ve made up all sorts of excuses for why I wasn’t ready to...

When you’re trying to think of the perfect business idea, it can be hard to tell whether an idea you have is a good one or a bad one.

Before you start spending large amounts of time and money on starting your business, you should validate your idea to verify that it is viable. Here are some practical questions you can ask yourself to verify whether your business idea is treasure or trash.

Has it ever been done before?

Innovation is great, and if you’re an inventor, creating something that doesn’t exist might be right up your ally. For the most part though, if your business idea is for something that doesn’t currently...

Chuck and I talked through the idea for his book, and sensing that Chuck wasn’t very confident in his talent and ability to write the book, I suggested that Chuck start writing a blog. I explained how writing the blog would capitalize on his sense of urgency, help him build his confidence, and that he’d get better at writing and expressing his point of view with each blog article he published.

Reluctantly, Chuck agreed to start that...