You Can Get Out When You Puke — Achieving Greatness — Part Four

You Can Get Out When You Puke — Achieving Greatness — Part Four

Last week, we talked about the larger lesson and how your relationship to fear and discomfort is the answer to achieving greatness. Let me repeat. Your relationship to fear and discomfort is the answer. In other words, whatever you’re doing, whatever project, initiative, business, partnership, etc. Whatever it is, greatness only happens when you want…

You Can Get Out When You Puke — The Discomfort Question — Part Three — Clear and Open

You Can Get Out When You Puke — The Discomfort Question — Part Three

Now, we’re going to get granular about embracing discomfort and how knowing what that entails helps you achieve greatness. In part one of this series, I talked about the tortures of my early springboard diving career and promised I’d tell you more scary things about it. Every diver faces a very specific moment of fear…

You Can Get Out When You Puke — Productive Emotional Discomfort — Part Two — Clear and Open

You Can Get Out When You Puke — Productive Emotional Discomfort — Part Two

Last week, I gave you the assignment to examine your relationship to physical, mental, and emotional discomfort. Did you embrace the discomfort and do the work? If not, go back, and do that right now. It’s common for people to be familiar with the benefits of physical discomfort related to exercise; less so with the…

You Do It, Too – Part Two – The People and Business Problems You Complain About - Clear and Open

You Do It, Too – Part Two – The People and Business Problems You Complain About

Last week, we discussed American politicians and their flaws. Oh… And we also talked about how you’re exactly like all of them—no exceptions. It’s just a matter of degree. Now, I’ll give you a real-world example to compare against your own business problems. I have a group of about ten mid-level managers I meet with…