You have decided to kick a bad habit. You are excited and you make a plan. You believe you can do it! You start but you soon discover that something does not work. What happened? Often you are the victim of what is called Positive Illusion! This week I was in Xiamen running a leadership [...]

This is the fifth and last post in a series of 5 introducing the POWER framework. The last letter in POWER is R, which is Reinforce. When we start to change and beat the monster, each step is important. We are doing things that are often new to us or things we haven’t done in [...]

This is the fourth post in a series of 5 introducing the POWER framework. It is time for the E, which stands for Engage and it is all about PEOPLE! Success is a team sport, and you will accomplish so much more when you are supported by someone else. Many people think they can beat the [...]

This is the third post in a series of 5 introducing the POWER framework. The W in POWER stands for Without, and it covers all the stuff that you need to avoid to successfully beat the monster. More often than not, people miss this step. They don’t realize that they have to give up things to [...]

This is the second post in a series of 5 introducing the POWER framework. The O in POWER stands for Outline, and this is where you outline your action plan. What are you actually going to do to beat the monster? The 30 day challenge requires you to take action every single day. It entails [...]