In this clip, I ask Brady Quinn about what advice he would give to current high school football players trying to play D1 College football.
One of Brady’s pieces of advice: stay away from bad distractions.
Your personal life will affect your professional life.
Many people try to separate the two and act like they’re distinct but they’re connected.
What goes on in your personal life affects your stress level and therefore your mental and physical wellbeing.
For example, the amount of sleep in your personal…
Managing people is a skill.
The other day, I was talking to someone at a tech company.
He has a technical background as a software developer.
He was lamenting about the fact that his manager, who has less technical knowledge than him, makes more money than him.
It’s important for…
Enjoy your wins.
It’s okay to be happy, to be celebratory.
It’s okay to reflect and be proud of all the effort you put in, to get to where you’ve gotten.
I think our culture has become very much focused on asking “what’s next?” after every day — win or…
Today, a lot of people want to reverse engineer the process from the place they are now to where they want to be.
Certainly, reverse engineering can help with planning and setting goals/benchmarks.
However, realize some things in life come from pure serendipity and without calculation.
Take the Grateful Living…
