“What IF?” vs Nebraska Floods… a GREAT story!

Evan gathered his team together and in the face of flood waters and every adversity said, “The community needs what we sell to recover from this flood. I know this is crazy, but what if we could open today, by 8AM, how would we do it?

Fail Your Way to Mega-Success

Become a failure in your field, and supercharge your results. When I learned whitewater kayaking, my teacher and mentor Bill Clarke said, “If you’re not flipping, you’re not learning.” Flipping is failing. Every day on the river if I wasn’t flipping I pushed harder, tried more, so I could get to failing. And I did […]

One simple daily practice to accelerate your goal achievement

If I could show you a proven method to make your biggest goals actually happen, would you be willing to spend 5 minutes every day on it? https://vip.mikerayburndev.wpengine.com/tools/goal With this simple practice, in five minutes a day (every day) you will drastically accelerate your goal achievement. Are you ready for the secret? It’s so simple… […]

Do You Want To Get Well?

Stop whining, it annoys people. 
Stop complaining, it doesn’t change anything.
Stop making excuses, they only justify inaction.
Choose now to get well, decide what that means, and do it. 

Write Bad Songs

A hug from George Foreman

Write Bad Songs I used to get horrible #writersblock. Like, write-one-song-in-a-year writer’s block.  This was bad considering my career relies completely on creating regularly.  There was a reason I was a “struggling” songwriter in Nashville.  Writer’s block (and all procrastination) ultimately comes down to one word: FEAR… usually of failure, success, or rejection.  I developed […]