If we lack the courage to start...

We have already finished.

Thinking back, we may be able to recall what we have never started, but
wanted to, and what we never started...lies in the "bone pile".

We can always resurrect what we have wanted to do, by making a plan to
get it going.

What usually stops us from starting is our excuses and our focus on
what can go wrong or the road blocks that may get in the way.

But with a little courage, we can focus on the result and the
anticipated benefits and outcome, once we do begin.

Otherwise - if we don't start...we are already finished.

Yours in "Starting" - Coach

Call the Fire Department...

Because someone's game is on fire!

We can all see and feel when someone's game is smoking hot.

Whether it's in our own lives, someone else's, even a company or a team.

Sports is a great example...once a person or a team is firing on all
cylinders, they go on unstoppable streaks, and can't seem to lose.

What's the difference between being cold and "on fire"?

When the training, focus, intent and passion...have become one.

Yours in "Go do it" - Coach

Distracted?

Sure, we all have been distracted before.

But, occasionally our focus stays on the distraction long after the
distraction is gone.

Someone cuts you off in traffic, or is rude in the grocery store...each
scenario is short, and they are in and out of our lives in less than 5 minutes.

So why do they stay in our head for the rest of the day, coloring our
every thought and action?

Answer that question correctly and you've solved the puzzle.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Muddy Waters...

Said it all, back in the day..."You can't spend what you ain't got, and
you can't lose what you never had".

So maybe we need to focus on spending what we got...and get it out in
the world, because we all have a lot...a massive heap of contributions to offer.

And if we can't lose what we never had, we must not be preoccupied with
losing or loss of any kind.

So let's spend what we've got, and don't even think about what we never had.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Simplicity counts, but...

That doesn't mean details don't.

We all seem to be in the search for more time.

And for those of us that aim to streamline and simplify our lives, we
need to be mindful that the details don't get thrown out along the way.

Details are what makes the process, and in our process to put a little
simplification into our lives, we need to pay attention to what makes
up the process.

We can compartmentalize our tasks, but keeps our tasks in the process.
We can streamline our efforts, but our efforts still need to be
included. We can simplify our lives, but keep our lives as the focus.

All in all - it's all in the details.

Yours in "Details" - Coach

It sure would be nice...

If we were able to achieve everything that we set out to do, when we set out to do them.

But life always changes and it seems to change our focus on what was important in the past, to what is important in the future.

So don't worry about not achieving everything we set out to, just focus on what makes the most sense as time passes.

Just like popcorn, some of them pop and some of them don't.

But the ones that do, are the ones that got most of the energy.

Yours in "Focus" - Coach

Having a challenge...

Slowing down? Maybe we just need to change our focus a bit.

The world keeps on going around and around, so it's up to us to find
the places where we can take a break from it all and "get whole".

What most consider a waste of time, could be our perfect haven.

Lines, airports, flying, driving, and waiting for the doctor can be
excellent times for all of us to breathe a little deeper, think about
what we want to think about...and just be ourselves.

There's no need to hurry up those situations - it just gets us back in
the fast pace of life, sooner...so maybe we need to focus on relaxing
instead of being anxious - because one will help...and the other one
won't.

Yours in "Creating Your Own Haven" - Coach

What keeps many people...

From the future they want...is usually the past.

Thinking, dwelling or having regrets about the past, sucks the energy
and focus out of our ability to create what we want our future to be.

Driving forwards, while looking or focusing on what was behind, soon
gets you into a wreck...and the same thing can happen with our lives

We need to look forward, for when we focus on what we want in our future, that future will soon come into focus.

Yours in "Forward Focus" - Coach

May is Health Awareness Month!

It's that time of year again, to focus a bit on our physical health, so
we will be blogging about health in the month of May.

Why not, the weather is warming up a bit, and it's time to get outside
and move the gift that we were born with, while examining other things
that can also affect our health.

Throughout the year we seem to focus on all that life brings us,
whether it be work, relationships, family, or just plain getting things
done...which are all great, but if our bodies and our health are going
down hill, those things become less important...when they don't have to.

Let's all unite in month of May and focus on our health, so that all
the other things that are so precious in our lives can be experienced
and appreciated for years to come:)

Yours in "Focus on Health" - Coach

Usually, nothing comes today...

But today.

And that's the very reason we need to keep at it - for the things we
want.

We like to call it - "Focus - Time - Repetition".

"Focus" on what we want, give it "Time", and with "Repetition" - we can
achieve anything.

Want a better body? Great - "Focus" on what will make it better, give it
'Time" and then "Repeat".

The same is true for anything in our lives, business or personal.

Yours in "Focus - Time - Repetition" - Coach

We are Powerful beyond measure.

My friend and mentor Tom Mendoza, Vice Chairman of Network Appliance (#1 on Forbe's list of 100 Best Companies to work for) delivered a Powerful speech at one of the companies yearly sales conventions...

It was titled "The Power of One".

All Greatness starts with "One"...one Vision, one individual, one focus,
one goal.

In understanding the "Power of One", we can create anything, and with
the attraction and focus of the "Power of One", other people and other
things, can unite in the same direction - creating a domino effect that
can achieve or conquer whatever is started by "One"...

So let's embrace the "Power of One" and the Greatness that follows,
allowing the process to unfold.

Yours in the "Power of One" - Coach

Do you have an albatross...

Hanging around your neck?

Some of us do - it's that thing that we can't shake, get better or get
rid of.

It can be that nagging challenge that we have been not addressing with
current health condition or that bothersome item that has not been
dealt with. It may even be our inability to get out of that rut.

Whatever our albatross is - it needs to go.

So make a plan, focus and that albatross may as well keep the tens on,
because a beat down is coming, and the feathers will fly!

Yours in "Taking Control"- Coach

Focusing on just...

A few things, sometimes makes the experience better.

No matter what we focus on, the focus raises all of our senses to take
it all in.

Unlike a Buffet...You're eating a crab leg, thinking about the pizza,
and you eat the pizza thinking about the roast beef, and you eat the
roast beef thinking about the waffle....there are too many choices and
they all seem to blend together,.until it all tastes the same.

It can be the same when we are doing anything, with too many choices or
options, our senses can be overwhelmed and our experience and even the
outcome can be diminished from what it could of been, if we just focused on a few things.

So, for a great experience for most of what we do, focusing on the few,
can have a sweet effect on our experience and on the results that follow.

Yours in "Focusing" - Coach

It's not a record unless it Spins.

That's the way it goes, and everyone at Zappos sure did "Spin it and Win it".

We broke the all time sales record yesterday and it was the culmination of the whole team, giving what we got.

In all areas, we banded together and faced the economic headwinds with
a beautiful plan, determination and focus - to give our valued
customers and recipients of Holiday gifts, exactly what they wanted,
making this time of year just that much more enjoyable.

And being in Las Vegas, it doesn't snow much, but it was no surprise,
that I woke up and looked around the valley and saw all of the hills
proudly dusted with snow.

Looks like the powers that be, gave Zappos a big seal of approval...by putting "icing on the cake".

Yours in "Well done Team, Well done" - Coach

Focus on Frustrations?

You bet!

We face challenges everyday, and some we like to tackle, if they are
presenting a challenge to us that we don't mind tackling.

But some challenges, we don't like to tackle...and can be frustrating -
that's the boil.

All we have to do in those instances, is "Spin it and Win it" -
figuring out how to turn those challenges into something we don't mind
doing, or imagine the great feelings we will get after we do it.

No matter what the frustration is, let's face it' some things just need
to be done...and we might as well have fun doing them.

Your is "Spin and Win Frustrations" - Coach