I have become complacent. Or, as a friend says, I have gotten too comfortable. It is true. I have a great life. A great wife. Great kids. Great job. Great co-workers. A great boss. Wonderful students. At 50 years old, I have it like I like it. That scares me. Not a fear based on it could all just up and disappear. A fear based on coasting and not chasing. I got to thinking about my younger self because I was trying to encourage my own kids to chase. I was their age once, and I was chasing success. I was after it. I have never worked as hard as I did then. I was my own boss. I was dependent on myself. I was a hard boss. I was so motivated to reach goals. I was trying to tell my kids this when I realized that I had eased off the gas myself. If I am honest, it made the younger version of me inside me mad. Have you ever been chewed out by the younger version of yourself that still lives inside of you? It wasn’t fun. So, I decided right then to move out of my comfort zone. To put myself out there and chase a couple of dreams I have on my mind.

This blog is step 1. I have absolutely nothing to sell you. Everything I put on here will be things I have learned. Things I teach all my students. Anything I can do to help you be successful. Successful at what? That is the question. We will define that as we go.

A companion podcast is Step 2. Just one per week. I will discuss different types of success. I am going to try to have a guest. Listening to me yap by myself can’t be that fun.

Step 3. I have been working on a book entitled “How To Be A Successful Failure”. We will break that book down chapter by chapter. I will tell you this: when it comes to being a failure, I have got it covered.

So, come along, and let’s chase it together!!