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The Courage To Begin

There is no other way to go and do something great if we don’t stop doing something mediocre or...

Win with a Mortgage Loan Officer Mindset Coach

A mortgage loan officer mindset coach builds an environment of insight. We find the root of the...

Looking for Positive Change? Start with Sweat.

People that chose to develop the habit of working out regularly understand the value of a good...

A True Story About What's on the Other Side of Rewiring

We had run almost two miles from one side of JFK to the other, only to miss our plane. We were...

He Helped Found America, But His Greatest Challenge Was Changing His Habits: Ben Franklin’s Plan for Personal Transformation

Edie Raphael shares Ben Franklin's profound approach to personal transformation, along with 13...

Let's Rewire Two Common Holiday Wellness Problems

There’s a sense of excitement and possibility, lots of parties, old and new traditions, and good...

Listen Deeply. Emotional Intelligence When It Really Matters.

Regardless of your particular response to the outcome, our hope is that you will practice high...

What Kind of Rewards Are the Best Motivators?

...but are all rewards created equal? That is, do all rewards have the same effect on our thinking...

One Difficult Thing You Must Do To Get Amazing Results

History records Aristotle as saying “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,...

Purpose Is More Than A "One-And-Done" Activity

I wrote a few weeks ago about the idea that "re-solving" old problems is actually a good thing. And...

Venn Diagrams: Answering the Foundational Question of How “Work” & “Life” Are Related

I’m not drawing diagrams for diagrams’ sake (although they are fun to look at regardless of what...

The Power Of Starting Something New

When hosting a Rewire Workshop, I often ask groups “how does it take to break a habit?” A...

Would You Rather Have "Younger-looking" Eyes or "Younger-seeing" Eyes?

The picture for this article is of water taken from the "Fountain of Youth." You can tell it's the...

How To Enjoy Life Like The Italians

A few weeks ago, the wife, kids, and I attended a wedding in the south of Italy (Sorrento to be...

"What Does Rewire Do?" Let Me Tell You! (Video)

Recently, Rewire created a small video that I would like to present to you here about this very...

The Things I Think I Want

What else does a part of me want? I really want to eat whatever I want, play whenever I want, sleep...

A Fun Exercise About Growth, Communication, Creativity And The Power Of Bricks

We’ll talk about: (1) How the exercise is setup, (2) what almost always happens with people as they...

The Winds Of Change: How We Can Adapt And Grow In Any Season

This is why I am always interested in the ubiquitous question “How are you?” My closest friends...

What Gets Measured Gets Done

I had a manager for 13 years of my career in mortgage banking who had this go-to management...

Getting An 'F' In Math

Think back to the last time you took a math test. If your teacher was anything like mine, there was...

Opportunities For Growth Are Everywhere

Have you ever had a sequence of events happen around you that are so insane that it makes you...

The 6 Items Needed To Achieve The Impossible In 53.24 Days

My daughter, Julia, is working on changing some of her homework habits and last night she asks me...

The Lizard And Traditions

What a year it has been! I hope that you get some time at the end of this year to sit back, relax...

Take it Easy?

Make more money, have more peace and get almost anything you want with this one uncomplicated...

Rewire So You Can....

A close friend of mine recently attended one of our workshops and was deeply impacted by her...

Rewire Live Series: Introduction to Lizard Brain

Today's video in the series is an introduction to a concept that we spend a lot of time thinking...

Rewire Live Series: Execute

There's such a strange irony when it comes to planning: Many struggle to do it because (they claim)...

Tied Down by that Habit? You Can Change.

Most of us will easily relate to the challenges associated with changing a habit. You try to drop...

Rewire Live Series: Release

Video from a recent event that took place in Portland. Hear Steve Scanlon talk about what "Release"...

Rewire Live Series: Invest

One thing I've been enjoying about his video blog series is that I get to watch these cuts of video...

I Failed Again. It’s Not Worth It To Keep Trying. Or, Is It?

Two of my favorite quotes that have accompanied me on my life journey through varied trials. The...

Rewire Live Series: Workout

Working out Rewires your mind and tells your Lizard Brain that you do, in fact, have the reserves...

3 Easy Ways To Create 5 Simple Steps

I have droned on and on about writing this blog and it is about time I sat and got to it. I have to...

Rewire Live Series

Welcome to our new video blog series! This video is an introduction taken from one of our recent...

What I've Learned During Lent About Rewiring Familiarity

I am 35 days into the commitment I made to myself of giving up alcohol for 40 days. For those of...

When Will "Hard" Sell?

I am so grateful for the many people in the world who are so much more knowledgeable than me (an...

Welcome To Blog 2.0!

Greetings, Lizards! We know it's only been 11 days since our last post, but a ton has happened in...

Are You Over-Yessed?

Think for a moment on a time that you said yes when you know you should have thought twice or...

How Giving Breaks Us Out Of Funks

Everyone gets in funks. May not be often for some, but it still happens. Some funks can last an...

Sleep Less To Win

I used to marvel at people who would boast that they could get by on 4-5 hours of sleep a night. I...

Make Time For Joy

Some people seem to have a propensity to enjoy life. Do you know someone like this Someone that...

I cannot forgive, but I cannot forget.

“I can forgive but I cannot forget.” Have you ever heard that expression? I know I have. Can we...

Attention To The Softer Side

Over the years, I have written and spoken a great deal on the concept of Hard Skills and Soft...

The Courage To Reduce Stress

I Recently watched a video of a scientist speaking on the detriments of stress. The biological and...

Please Pass the Candied Change - Er, I Mean, Yams

Editor’s note: This week, Steve Longan is going to sit in the blogger’s chair and give us a post...

Too Convinced

Rewiring our minds is often about challenging the manner in which we think about things. For...

Practice Step 12

Giving, helping, and INVESTING in others seems to be some bit of the glue to ensuring our minds and...

Can we just "get" courage?

Rewiring our minds is no easy task. I am not kidding about this. Not easy. In fact, the day I write...

Ready, Fire! Ready, Fire! Ready, Fire, Aim!

We just recently completed a key project at Rewire, but not long after the completion, I realized...

Life Balance Is A Joke

For our overall health, I think it is important to accept that we shouldn't have unrealistic and...

Held To Account

Accountability is one of those interesting concepts that most everyone thinks they need but just as...

I like you...

“Do you like me?” Can you imagine having the courage to walk around asking this question to...

A little investing over the weekend

Hi all! Quick blog for today. I’ve been out this week working with people in Wisconsin rewiring...

The Courage To Challenge

Regardless of whether we would call a given habit “good” or “bad,” the main way something becomes a...

Dumb Questions

Ah, the things we can learn from the idioms we use everyday. We’re awash in them for better or...

Negotiating Rest

Are you part of the 2%? I recently read in an article that around 2% of the world’s population has...

Soldering

Welcome to the Rewire blog. After much deliberation and 74 meetings we chose to call the blog...