Finish Stronger Than You Started

Finish Stronger than You Started Be honest: Do you look back upon your life in regret or celebration? "We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt" – Harry F. Banks (Canadian Soldier) If your answer is regret, then make today the day that regret ends. If you live a [...] Click Here > Get More

Focus Like a Samurai

Samurai Focus Walt Disney had the confidence when nobody else did to risk it all on building a crazy concept called a theme park. This was Walt’s big, crazy, not-for-him dream. Walt would gauge the value of an idea by how many successive “no’s” or negative comments he received when sharing his idea. When he […]

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Samurai Success Depletions

Samurai Success Depletions A lot of my students ask me all the time, “Shane, how do I go from dreaming, wishing, planning, hoping that my goals will turn out to actually making that happen?” Good question. You need a plan You need a plan, roadmap or a blueprint for something that is going to connect […]

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Productive Focus – Five Great Tips

Five Great Tips for Better Productive Focus You can easily boost your productive focus each day and get more done twice as fast with half the effort. Staying in a state of productive focus can be incredibly difficult at work sometimes. We often spend a lot of time procrastinating and goofing off doing other things […]

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Samurai Art of Imperfect Action

Imperfect Action will guide you to greater levels of achievement and success.The other day I was teaching at our Aikido Dojo (Japanese Martial Art School).  I was observing a relatively new student attempting to perform a new technique that she was learning.  She was doing fine until suddenly she moved in the wrong direction, colliding […]

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Cost of Free

The Cost of Free How often do you seek out a free app, template or some other freebies in your online travels? Free is great, but sometimes there is a large cost of free. [ez_box title="5 Minute Clarity Quote" color="orange"] "When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet." – [...] Click Here > Get More

90 Day Challenge

I beat my 90 Day Challenge by 2 days! Back on July 8, 2013, I publicly declared a 90 day challenge.  I call it the sunrise challenge. The Goal:   Capture a picture of 60 out of the next 90 sunrises. This goal meant something to me as I know your goals are deeply personal and […]

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97% of the Sunrise Goal

97% of the goal feels awesome. It will be a close finish to reach our sunrise 90-day goal, but we are prepared for it.  The shots coming in below are from a new location that Samurai Claire showed me on one of our recent early morning hikes.  Samurai Claire has been a faithful companion and […]

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Be Someone Great – Do Something Great

Be Someone Great, Do Something Great Those were the words that came from Kenny when I was at his presentation. The order of the phrase is right. In your life, you have to “be” before you can “do”.  So what are you trying to do these days in your life? [ez_box title="5 Minute Clarity Quote" [...] Click Here > Get More

Final 90 Day Goal – 90%

We are in the final stretch of achieving our 90 day Sunrise Goal! Sept 29 Sunrise Goal is 90% of the way: This morning we took to finding a new vantage point for you.  We have always sought out this urban sunrise location, but timing is truly everything for this one.  Today we made it. […]

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Sunrise Goal Closing – 88%

We have only 12% left to reach our Sunrise Goal! Sept 28 Sunrise: Sometimes when you go for a goal and you’re working hard, some positive surprises happen along the way.  Chance, luck, coincidence or whatever you prefer finds you when you are taking action on being a goal getter versus a goal setter.  This […]

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Urban Sunrise Goal

Urban Sunrise Goal Today we come live from an area on the outskirts of downtown Calgary where we ventured to catch the urban sunrise from a different vantage point.  We are now 83% of the way to reaching our sunrise goal.  Thanks to my wife for the suggestion to improve the variety of locations we […]

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