Breakthroughs aren’t automatic. If they were, they wouldn’t be the sudden, dramatic and usually important quantum leaps that they can be. Our brains aren’t tuned for breakthroughs, they’re tuned for survival — surprise! You probably already knew that. But there is a way to tune them…

There’s misinformation out there. Scare tactics. Emerging technology worries that might disrupt your whole business or life. What does it all mean and how do we know what’s right? Or, at least what’s right for us?

Going down with a broken leg in the first round, Conor McGregor lost his second UFC mixed martial arts fight to Dustin Poirier as millions watched around the world…I have a decidedly different perspective of what went wrong for McGregor — and it’s a mistake every single one of us can fall victim to in business and in life.

Self doubt is an indulgence in questioning oneself. It’s the no-man’s-land of indecision between belief and disbelief. You know the feeling. Tightness in your chest, your face flushes as you wrestle with questions and insecurities in your mind, maybe a visceral sense of …

There’s a cost to making things that matter that’s easy to overlook. In a world of shortcuts, fast-lanes and hacks it is perhaps the least obvious answer. But if you want to create something meaningful in your company or in your life, it’s absolutely necessary…

There are 39 things that I’ve learned in my 39 years that have made a huge difference in my business and life. I just celebrated my birthday, now stepping into the last year of my 30s! (yes, I think worthy of an exclamation mark). Every year at about this time, I reflect on…

There’s one daily ritual that, when done consistently, will radically transform your results. And it’ll take you less than 60 seconds. And it’s surprisingly easy…

Beliefs about what can and can’t be accomplished might be the easiest thing to catch from one another. They can be transferred via voice, text, audio and/or visual, and shape how we see the world. The acceptance of statements to be true or false…

Can two words change your life? If you use them correctly. I know, you might be thinking: “Sterling, #NoMatterWhat may be a hashtag, but that’s technically three words”. But just stick with me and hear this out…

Let’s be real, “culture” is one of those nebulous words that’s hard to put your finger on exactly what it is. The dictionary defines it as “the set of values, ethics and beliefs held by a certain group”. Ok, well how do we identify those things? And how come sometimes the values or beliefs we say we have and post up on our conference room walls, aren’t always what we’re actually living by?

We all run into challenges at some point in our life. And when you did, did you ever hear: “Just change your mindset!”, “Ahh, you need an empowered mindset.” or “It’s a positive mindset that you need.” Do these comments sound familiar? I don’t believe in mindsets. At least not in the way that pop-culture interprets them. There’s something far more powerful at play here…

Everything I’ve learned from a week off the grid, working with Shamans, can’t possibly fit into a single blog. In fact, the true nature of what I’ve taken away from my latest adventure in the jungles of Costa Rica cannot easily be put into words at all. There’s a depth to the experience that…

Most everyone knows of the infamous Red Pill from the blockbuster hit: The Matrix. Neo, the protagonist played by Keanu Reeves, is presented with the option: take the Blue Pill to remain in blissful ignorance of a simulated reality or take the Red Pill to see the hard truth…

Breakthroughs don’t always have to start BIG. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”, said Vincent van Gogh. And I think he’s right. Sometimes breakthroughs can start in small ways and snowball into massive change…

All organizations are organized to at least preserve existing performance. It’s the same with people. Built first to survive beyond all else. Don’t get me wrong, ideally we all want to improve, but mission one tends to be: preserve what we’ve done thus far.

Most everyone knows of the infamous Red Pill from the blockbuster hit: The Matrix. Neo, the protagonist played by Keanu Reeves, is presented with the option: take the Blue Pill to remain in blissful ignorance of a simulated reality or take the Red Pill to see the hard truth…

Right now, as you’re reading this, I’m in the jungle of Costa Rica. It’s a beautiful country known for its national parks, natural beauty and world class resorts. But I’m not here for any of those reasons. I’m here to experience what many call the closest thing you can do to dying… without dying

Innovation. Breakthroughs. Transformation has been talked and written about since ancient times. Here are a few of my favorite quotes…

In 1986, Dolores Mission Church was notable only in all the ways a parish wouldn’t want to be notable. They were the poorest Catholic church in Los Angeles. They included some…