Good Life Project

Imagine you’re an actor. You work your entire life to generate a magic moment. A call, offering you the role that could open the door to your dreams. But, there is a cost. The gig will require you to cancel the trip of a lifetime with the one person in the world who leaves you […]

Last week, Jonathan shared a GLP Riff about how he prioritizes major projects. He talked about his move away from “batching” tasks and parallel creation to taking a longer view and adopting a Serial Creation approach to getting big projects done better, faster and more humanely. Apparently, that spurred a lot of conversation. And, it led […]

Today’s guest, Elena Brower, dedicated her life to the practice and teaching of yoga nearly 20 years ago. She rose to acclaim, becoming known first as a wonderful teacher on the New York yoga scene, and then a teacher of teachers on a larger stage. But she also had a secret. Actually, not so much a […]

The process of creation breathes me. Always has, always will. I wake up every day thinking about what I am going to create, from business to art and health to relationships. The bigger challenge for me has never been about having enough ideas, it’s been about process. How do I get the most important things […]

Imagine a career…no…Imagine a life where you travel the world earning your living by taking jaw-dropping photos of some of the most astounding athletes, action-sports, and breathtaking backdrops the planet has to offer. Sound too good to be true?—it’s not—this is the life of award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis…but it almost wasn’t, nor is it where he’s resting. […]

“No.” It’s such a simple word, and yet…massively impactful. Too often we find ourselves standing toe to toe with No—challenging it as an unwarranted slight, or an underserved rejection. My question is—why? No isn’t about passing judgement, it isn’t about demeaning your worth—it’s about communicating “X” is not the best possible fit for the promised […]

Imagine yourself as a child uprooted from your home, and bouncing from nation to nation as a paperless refugee… Envision the fear of being unexpectedly foreign in lands when the customs are as alien as the language being spoken… What would you do? Would you follow your dreams and thrive, or merely play it safe […]

If you ask someone who is working on turning an idea into a business what they call themselves, a likely answer these days is “startup founder.” If you’d asked that same question a generation ago, you’d have probably heard “entrepreneur” or “business person.” The difference isn’t just about semantics or generational change. It’s about a […]

Nerd. Gamer. Athlete. Three words you rarely hear uttered in the same sentence, let alone to describe any one person (unless your talking about epic movie battles). But, that “triple-threat” describes founder of the global Nerd Fitness movement and author of Level Up Your Life, Steve Kamb, perfectly. A lifelong gamer and nerd, Steve found […]

Ever try to help someone who had absolutely no interest in being helped? It’s one of the most frustrating experiences we can have. Maybe it’s a family member or partner. Maybe it’s a close friend or colleague. Or even a customer or client. So many times, we end up banging our heads against a wall […]

John Lee Dumas grew up believing he wasn’t the most talented person in the room. But, he also knew the path to success in almost any endeavor was more about work than it was about innate gifts. So, pretty early on, he made a decision that he’d outwork pretty much anyone to get what he […]

At the end of every year, business owners and accountants do something we might want to consider also doing in our personal lives. They “close the books.” What does that mean? They look back over everything that’s happened in the last 12 months, make sure it’s as accurate as possible, understand what went into each debit […]

Colin Beavan burst into the public consciousness in a huge way with a documentary and international bestselling book called No Impact Man that documented his yearlong experiment to live in the middle of New York City with his family creating zero environmental impact. That experience opened his eyes to the power daily choices can have not […]

Sometimes your creative voice clashes with others’ expectations of what’s always been done, and what they think you’re “supposed” to do. This has happened a few times with this podcast. Ninety-nine percent to the messages and reviews we get about the guests, topics and format are overwhelmingly positive. Every once in a while, though, we […]

Sekou Andrews defies every preconceived notion you might have in your head about the voice and role of poetry in business, society and life. In his words, when he “tells people that, before creating a new inspirational speaker category, he was a successful ‘full-time poet,’ you would think that he had said ‘full-time mermaid,’ or ‘freelance […]