Ever have one of those days when you just don’t feel like getting out of bed?

Ever get so overwhelmed you just want to hide away?

Ever have someone piss you off so much you just feel mad at the whole world?

Well, that’s how I woke up today.

Normally I’m up around 5:30, sucking down a liter of water, making coffee and excited to write you a blog post and conquer the day.

But not today.

I told Devon I feel like I have male PMS.

Yes I’m a motivational speaker. Yes I’m an influencer and people count on me to inspire them and help coach them to the next level.

So why am I sharing this with you?

Because it’s real.

I don’t care who it is… Tony Robbins, Ed Mylett, Brendon Burchard…

EVERYONE has their down moments.

But what separates the peak performers from the rest is that the peak performers refuse to stay down!

How?

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At 28 years old, running my own network marketing company that had just quadrupled in revenues in the past year, I was suddenly thrust into a role that was pushing me to my limits.

From a leadership standpoint, I had led tens of thousands of people as a distributor and I had run marketing companies with a handful of employees. But as our staff continued to grow, I was managing so many things it was making my head spin.

I made a decision to start studying management (corporate leadership) with a near obsession. I read everything I could get my hands on from corporate management experts like Jack Welch, Ken Blanchard and Peter Drucker, among others.

I could give you a ton of lessons from that study, but there’s one I want to highlight today that’s been a foundational component to my success in running companies, and even more so, in building an organization.

It can be summed up from a quote from Peter Drucker…

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There is so much advice on leadership it can be overwhelming.

• Hundreds of podcasts
• Thousands of books
• Hundreds of thousands of articles & blog posts online

Trying to decipher what makes you a great leader can make your head spin.

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This morning I was up at 5am and by 5:10 out on the streets for a little over a mile run. As my feet were pounding the pavement, I reflected back on the day yesterday.

I must have had a dozen people reach out to me by either email or social media thanking me for my influence in their life in one shape, form or fashion.

I’ll be honest, it feels good.

Then I got to thinking about a shift I made many years ago that made a huge difference.

You see, I had a handful of heroes in network marketing who inspired me greatly and that made a great positive impact in my life. People like Dexter Yager and Bill Britt from my time in Amway… Mark Yarnell and Richard Brooke from their books… Tony Robbins from his books and audios.

They inspired me and it felt good to have that inspiration…

But no matter how much I got inspired by them, I never seemed to be able to have a breakthrough in my business.

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A white man’s thoughts and feelings of helplessness regarding the death of George Floyd…

I wasn’t planning on sharing my thoughts about George Floyd’s death and certainly not racism in America as I don’t pretend to be any kind of expert. But this has been weighing so heavily on my heart the past few days, it’s all I can think to write about this morning.

Just in case you don’t know the story, the police were called on George Floyd for using a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. The incident ended with a police officer suffocating and killing Mr. Floyd… despite his pleas and bystanders pleas for mercy. A quick check at CNN or FOX will give you no shortage of information.

Video footage released thus far, does not show any evidence of Mr Floyd resisting arrest. But even if there was evidence of that, it appears very clear that the officer was beyond excessive in his use of force. [Read more…]