Servant Leadership – 5 Tips To Lift Your Team

Servant leadership is the idea of a leader who shares power with his/her team, uplifts their people, and helps others develop and perform at their best. Today I want to share 5 things that are huge components to servant leadership, and that will ultimately lift you & your team to the next level. 1. Humility

Actions Over Intentions

Actions Over Intentions What means more, actions or intentions? As soon as you read that question, you probably immediately answered “actions,” and of course, that’s the right answer. Despite knowing the answer immediately, in John Maxwell’s book, Leadership Gold, he points out something that most people probably aren’t consciously aware of. Here’s what he says…

Mental Diet – Where’s The Power?

What are you feeding yourself? More specifically, what are you feeding your mind? The same way that regularly eating junk food leaves you with a flabby physique & health risks, the things that you digest mentally determine how healthy your mind is. And your mental health is arguably more important than your physical health in

Rise & Shine! Why you need to get up early & how to do it

Successful people wake up earlier, it’s a fact. If you want to take your life to the next level, I guarantee you that starting your day early will be a huge component. You wanna shine? You gotta rise! Here’s why… First, the world doesn’t run at 5 am. Most people don’t have their eyes open

Level Up

If you study leadership at all, nothing in today’s post should be new info to you. Regardless, it’s extremely important. I want to talk about John Maxwell’s five levels of leadership. It’s important to understand the five levels, to know where you’re at, and to work to level up. Level 1 – Position – If

You’ve Arrived

”Potential means you haven’t done anything yet” -Bill Parcells Potential is great. Past success is even better. But once you feel like you’ve arrived and can sit back and chill, your potential & past success mean nothing. Have you ever heard of Ryan Leaf? He had a huge college football career at Washington State, he

Championship Consistency

Tonight is Game 3 of the NBA finals & it’s the 4th year in a row that we’re watching my Cleveland Cavaliers face off against the Golden State Warriors. Four years in a row where all eyes are on LeBron & Steph Curry. There are 30 teams in the NBA, averaging 14 players each.  That’s

2 Minute Warning

We’re approaching the end of May. This is your two-minute warning for the first half of 2018. It’s time to revisit your vision that you had at the beginning of the year. What goals did you set for yourself? Where did you see yourself at the end of the year? Now look at the scoreboard.

Change Your Perspective: Take Yourself To The Next Level

I want to talk to you today about perspective. We all know that perspective is the way that you look at things, but did you ever consider that it’s one of the biggest things that holds people back? In today’s post, I want to share with you 3 ways that a different perspective is going

Motivation: The Problem & The Solution

There is a huge problem with motivation. Don’t get me wrong, motivation is important, but by itself it is fickle. Motivation is based on emotions and emotions are temporary. If you wait to feel motivated to do something, then until the motivation strikes, you’re not getting anything done. In John Maxwell’s book, “The 21 Irrefutable

Pick Your Pain

I want to talk about pain. Particularly I want to talk about pain when it comes to determining your goals and aspirations. I think a lot of people take the wrong approach when it comes to goal setting. It’s easy to decide, “I want to be a millionaire.” What’s not easy is the pain and

Rejection: Crippled or Closer

Rejection is an inevitable part of life. Whether it’s dating, career success, or anything else, you are definitely going to face rejection in life. Not only are you guaranteed to face rejection, but it also comes with some really uncomfortable feelings. The most successful people weathered rejection. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school

The One Thing That Determines Success vs. Failure

What’s up gang? I’m coming to you today with one thing that is guaranteed to dictate if you succeed at anything in life. It may seem that I’m oversimplifying things by saying that there is just one thing, but if you stick with me here, I promise you that this will hold true. Yes, there

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

When I started out as a young entrepreneur, the best business advice I got was “You will never get as good of a return on investment as what you’ll get by investing back into yourself & your business.” This statement can’t be true enough. I have people ask me all of the time, “Simon, where

3 Rules For Successful Money Management

Numbers don’t lie & winners keep score! We’re taught this from a young age with our grades in school, our achievements in sports, it’s an inevitable part of life. No matter what stage of life you’re in, it’s extremely important to actively manage your finances. I personally work with a lot of young business professionals,

It Ain’t Sexy

We all know what’s “sexy” to us. In other words, what we’re attracted to in life. Whether it be somebody with a nice physique, or an exotic car, or someone who carries themselves with confidence and has influence with other people. These are all things that most people would consider “sexy.” It’s easy to see

Why I Use The F Word

No, I’m not referring to the “F word” that you may have been thinking. I’m referring to FOCUS! You can smash your life goals when you apply F.O.C.U.S. strategies. F – Find Your Passion – It’s difficult to be truly successful if you hate what you do. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to

3 Steps To Using Competition To Achieve Your Goals

I’ve always been a competitor. It’s in my blood, it fuels my GRIND, and it’s greatly responsible for the success that I’ve had in life. In today’s post, I want to tell you how to approach your life as a competitor, and I can tell you from experience, it’s guaranteed to help you achieve your

5 Things to Increase Productivity

If you’re anything like me, it seems like there’s not enough hours in the day sometimes. Grinding at work, balancing time with your family, and tending to the everyday tasks in life can be overwhelming. I want to share with you five things that I do consistently to increase productivity & better manage my time.

Leaders Are Readers: My Top 5 Books I Recommend And Why

Leaders are readers! Today, I’d like to share five of my favorite books. If you haven’t read them, you need to check them out! 1. How To Win Friends And Influence People, by Dale Carnegie If you’re going to pursue leadership, you must be able to connect with people. Even if you’re not in leadership,