May 16, 2022
Very real barriers to reaching your next level
Quite often there are some very real barriers to reaching your next level. It’s true you may not...
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June 30, 2021
How to recover from a mistake
Maybe you're doing a pitch and you've said the wrong thing, or you showed the wrong slide. Or maybe...
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June 23, 2021
How to stop overthinking
Start focusing on being your best rather than being the best. That subtle shift will give back your...
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June 16, 2021
How to stop choking under pressure
Choking under pressure is not based on intelligence, or motivation, or experience. Some of the most...
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May 5, 2021
How to be confident in any situation
One of the very clear associations with someone’s inability to perform under pressure is a lack of...
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April 28, 2021
How to get rid of stage fright before a presentation
I do a lot of presentations, and I have for a number of years. So, what do I do? How can I help you...
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February 3, 2021
4 Tips to overcome your next confrontational conversation
My goal is to try and help you get through those challenging conversations with a little bit of...
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January 27, 2021
A simple framework to quickly make tough decisions!
The goal of this exercise is to provide you with the clarity and confidence you need to make the...
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January 20, 2021
How to beat the #1 barrier to success in business.
"To succeed in business, you have to be willing to do what others will not do." That sounds like an...
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November 18, 2020
Big moment coming up, feeling nervous? Try this
One of the fastest ways for you to improve is to tell the truth. Nothing crushes your improvement...
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November 4, 2020
Make less mistakes in the heat of the moment with this technique
By doing this it helps you make less mistakes, helps you bounce back faster from mistakes, and it...
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October 28, 2020
What do you do when they're counting on you to deliver but your nerves are working against you?
Did you know that studies show when you're under pressure your brain actually works against you?...
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October 21, 2020
Shift from panic to pumped instantly
Are you panicked? Are you pumped? And then think about where's my optimal position? Where do I show...
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October 7, 2020
A counterintuitive tip to close a deal when you are under pressure
One of the most counterintuitive ways to get better under pressure is to back off a little bit. When...
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September 30, 2020
A simple technique to increase your risk tolerance
How could you increase your risk tolerance? How could you be more confident, be more productive, and...
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January 23, 2020
What level of preparation is required to beat the pressure?
What happens when pressure arises? Fear, doubt and worry creep into your mind. So how do you get...
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January 17, 2020
Overcome this Mental Distortion and you will Perform Better Under Pressure
Quite often when you're under pressure and you're feeling the strain of a situation, you will...
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May 1, 2019
What I Learned From Tony Robbins About Changing Beliefs
"A belief is a feeling of certainty about what something means.” Beliefs aren't necessarily real,...
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April 24, 2019
You Can Recover From A Fall
When you fall, it's traumatic and if you're not careful it can change the way you see the world and...
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December 12, 2018
An Age-Old Technique for Performing Better Under Pressure
I have a technique I want to share with you today about how to overcome pressure. My whole platform...
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December 5, 2018
How Focusing on the Negative can Help You
it's never been proven or even accepted, that if you're feeling some kind of negative tension or...
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November 28, 2018
Finding the Work you Love
“Don't just go for a job. Don't just go look for what the wanted ads are saying, or what the posts...
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November 15, 2017
The Quick and Easy Way to Perform Your Best Under Pressure
It's actually proven through data. You start to lose your focus and all of a sudden you're making...
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November 8, 2017
Don't Lose Touch It's Hurting You More Than You Realize
There's a great phrase. It says, "You can't get the blessing without the test." In other words, if...
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November 2, 2017
What do you do in the middle of a storm?
There's a great phrase. It says, "You can't get the blessing without the test." In other words, if...
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July 26, 2017
The Impact of Comparisons
What I want you to understand is this: when you start getting in your head, you're dead.
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July 19, 2017
How Stereotypes Impact Your Performance
Blacks aren't as smart as whites, Women are bad at math, and Asians can't drive Unfortunately, the...
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July 12, 2017
How to Get Rid of Your Nerves Before the Next Big Test or Presentation
Have you had to do something like, a big speech, or pass an entrance exam, or handle a negotiation...
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July 5, 2017
Clutch Performance is a Myth
I love Michael Jordan. I do! I'm a huge fan but understand when the pressure was on, his performance...
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June 28, 2017
How to instantly get your Head in the Game
How do you turn it on? How can you activate your best abilities on command when nothing seems to be...
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June 21, 2017
Without this you can't achieve your big goals
What I'm talking about is, actually embracing your pain. Embracing your pain to get to the touch...
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June 14, 2017
My Number 1 Annoyance when it comes to Winning
The number one pet peeve I have when it comes to winning is, people who believe you can’t do it....
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May 30, 2017
2 Things You Can Do When Everything is Falling Apart
There are these moments when you are performing and all of a sudden things just go all to hell. ...
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May 16, 2017
2 Actions you can take right Now to Build your Mental Fitness
w What happens when you lose your job? Or you lose business? Or a sudden illness in your body?...
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May 10, 2017
The #1 Disruptor of your ability to Win
This week I’m focusing on a really important topic to me. Actually, and it's been a weakness of...
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May 4, 2017
If you wanna win...you need to know what I learned fighting 20 men.
When you under prepare, that's when the fear starts showing up because you're going to go to the...
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December 30, 2016
BEWARE of the DREAM STEALERS
As you are gearing up for your next chapter I want to explore a topic that quite often stops people...
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December 20, 2016
Recognition...Doesn't Make you Good
It doesn't matter what they say or what they do or how they position you or how they evaluate you....
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December 13, 2016
How saying YES and being COMFORTABLE are making you WEAK
Unfortunately, when you resist going into what makes you uncomfortable, it makes you weak. It's...
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December 6, 2016
How to BREAK out of the CONFINES of YOUR STORY
Once you rip the doors off the cage you will realize the only thing that is stopping you is you
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November 29, 2016
Lack of resources stopping you...here's how you can get beyond it!
I don't know is the one of the biggest obstacles that I encounter. What's interesting is, a lot of...
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November 9, 2016
Paralyzed by Fear...Here's what to do
Have you ever been in a situation where you were so scared, so terrified that you literally had no...
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November 2, 2016
2 Tips on How to Handle Performance Anxiety
I read recently that performance anxiety affects us all. It doesn't matter if you're a superstar...
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October 11, 2016
2 Lessons from the Beginning of a Brand
Winning is not easy, which is contrary to most of the images that we see in the media. Quite...
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October 4, 2016
The Key to Keep Going...even when you're not seeing results!
How do the best producers keep going...even when they're not seeing results? What makes the biggest...
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September 27, 2016
One Hack to Boost Your Confidence
Wouldn't it be great if you could give yourself a jolt of confidence whenever you needed it?
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September 20, 2016
The Power of Practicing Under Pressure
You may have heard the phrase; "Practice makes perfect". But have you heard the re-boot? "Practice...
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September 13, 2016
The Danger of the Need for Approval
One of the most crippling factors of performing at your best, especially when you are under pressure...
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September 6, 2016
The "Not-So" Secret of Olympic Athletes
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be super human? To be able to do the seemingly...
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August 30, 2016
How does the Number One Predictor of Divorce Affect You?
Through all of that reading, I discovered something fascinating about divorce. Specifically, the...
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July 5, 2016
How to WIN like Michael Jordan!
Over the span of my career I've held many roles, most of which required me to perform under massive...
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June 28, 2016
Serve the Greater Good
I think what’s really important in business and in life is to be able to put your agenda aside and...
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June 14, 2016
You Gotta Look Bad...At First
So, how do you become great? There's a great expression that says "champions are not born, they are...
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June 6, 2016
Gotta make it happen...don't miss this step
A crucial process that is key to performing under pressure.
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May 30, 2016
What can we learn from Julia Roberts?
I used to be a television and film actor. It truly was a great experience. However, I never could...
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May 23, 2016
You Can Still Find a Way to Win
Sometimes we really wanna make a big change in our lives but we don't know how, we don't have the...
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April 21, 2016
Stop Thinking. Start Winning.
Recently I achieved my green belt in Krav Maga. For those of you who don’t know what Krav Maga is,...
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April 12, 2016
Prepare Your Ass Off
I failed out of university. It was an embarrassing, humbling and soul crushing experience. Until...
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April 7, 2016
Be Honest Part 2
We’ve all done it. Sometimes we tell ourselves certain things to prevent our egos from being...
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March 15, 2016
Be Honest Part 1
I was watching House of Cards last night and the Chief of Staff and Secretary of State didn’t want...
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September 21, 2015
Keep Testing the Fence
I remember trying to land my first sales job in the pharma industry. At the time I had already...
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September 5, 2015
Don't Apologize
Early in my sales career I was deathly afraid of cold calling but I wanted to be an actor. I linked...
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August 18, 2015
Damn Ice Cream Guy!
Making a two year old wait for ice cream is not a fun experience and I don’t recommend it. So,...
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August 11, 2015
This is Gonna Hurt
Early in my sales career I was deathly afraid of cold calling but I wanted to be an actor. I linked...
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August 4, 2015
Serve the Greater Good
How do you make someone do something, when they don’t want to? Or how do you make someone do...
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July 28, 2015
You're Too Soft to Beat Me!
It’s interesting because as I study more and more entrepreneurs especially the greats, the...
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April 28, 2015
What's Hollywood got to do with it?
Here’s to the crazy ones. The Misfits. The Rebels. The trouble makers. The round pegs in the...
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April 21, 2015
Find a Way to Win
Sometimes there is absolutely no good reason to believe that you can win. Sometimes, there is no...
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April 14, 2015
What would you have to believe?
I recently read an article where Sir Richard Branson told the editor of Inc Magazine that, "whenever...
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April 7, 2015
Find the Joy in Your Life
Its so easy to get caught up with what's not working, on what we don't have and what we need to get...
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Calvin Strachan made the Find a Way to Win programs after becoming a leader in several multi-million dollar sales organizations ranging from: direct sales to pharmaceutical sales to personal development.

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