One thing I have noticed and watched for over the years is:  what emotion drives someone's actions.  Whether we realize it or not, most of our actions are dr...

At Grit.org, our mission is to build people that build companies.  We execute this strategy by teaching, implementing, and living by timeless life and succes...

In honor of Mother's Day yesterday, I wanted to share a few nuggets from this book by Charlie Mackesy.  Being a mother is more that carrying us in her body a...

In the spirit of coat-tailing on Catherine's article on happiness last week, I wanted to share a chapter from a book I referenced a few weeks back called 'Th...

by Catherine - Grit Club member Back in March, at the beginning of the stay at home order, I mentioned that I was taking a course at Yale titled: The Well-Be...

In last week's blog post, we discussed self-image vs. confidence, and I encouraged you to start a list of your previous achievements.  Confidence can be furt...

Isn't it interesting how sometimes we can have so much confidence in one area of our life yet we have very little or no confidence in other areas of our life...

In one of the courses I studied for mental performance coaches for sports, we discussed the difference in goals vs. expectations and how they affect our perf...

by:  Catherine - GritClub member I have five grandchildren and four of them are in school, ranging from a junior in high school down to a first grader. I dec...

by:  Catherine - GritClub member I recently attended a retreat at The Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The topic was the Enneagram. Mepkin Abb...

I worked with an insurance company for 14 years with a company that was founded  and built by a man name Howard Lewis.  He started the company when he was 40...

There has been a lot of talk recently about the Coronavirus - a virus that is an epidemic on its way to become a pandemic as it has continued to spread aroun...

By the age of early 20's, it is believed that someone's personality is fully developed.  The lens through which we see the world can be identified and unders...

A few years ago a friend told me about a program he started at his kids school called All Pro Dad - a program for dads and kids in creating a stronger bond. ...

Sometimes one of the most painful lessons in life is that success lies just on the other side of failure.  We don’t know how long or how much harder we have ...

By: Catherine – Grit Club member When my children graduated from high school, their grandparents gave them the book "Oh, The Places You’ll Go," by Dr. Seuss....

A dad was in his home office on an important phone call when his 5-year-old son came in and asked him if he could play. The dad said, "Not right now son, I’m...

-- A lesson learned from baseball's newest member to the Hall of Fame, Derek Jeter -- How many times have you heard someone say "well, this day has gotten of...

By: Catherine - Grit Club member A few years ago, my 5 year old grandson came to visit us for the weekend. We were playing in the front yard when one of my n...

According to Oprah, one of the most common questions she asks during her show is "What role does the ego play in this situation?"  That is the essential ques...