Having successful left a career twice now (once with Teresa leaving UCLA and once with me leaving LAPD) we noticed there were 10 things that we really wished we had known before we even started to plan out leaving our jobs. W...
As a leader, you probably want to make a huge impact in other people's lives, which requires some buy in on their part. And if you've ever found yourself frustrated or irritated by a lack of action on their part, today's epis...
How can you become a top performer??? The type who shines at the top of the leaderboards, is creating massive results and impact in the world, and who other people want to follow because they know you're on an entirely differ...
What do you think are the characteristics of a great leader? I'd seriously love to hear what your thoughts! Recently, I decided to force myself to come up with the top 3 things that stood out to me the most based on the best ...
As a leader, sometimes we have to do the hard things... Which includes telling others what they need to hear... And that also applies to ourselves sometimes. But what I've found, is there are 3 times when being hard on myself...
As leaders, we have to think differently. I like to think of this as the difference between a CEO and a w2 employee. Being a police officer for 20 years had me thinking a certain way... Mostly trading time for money among ot...
How do you double your productivity in your business, when you're still working full time, have kids, while also keeping your sanity? Early on in our business, we were a one-stop shop. We were doing it all... From social med...
Leadership is challenging. From making decisions, problem-solving, managing people.... And having it all come down to you. This challenge often demands more of our time and energy.. and can bring on a ton of added stress. At ...
As a leader, especially if you're an entrepreneur, we are always being pulled in a million directions. Our most valuable resource is our time, we never get any more of it (and never seem to have enough). Here on Modern Leader...
Was it worth the time and energy it took me to get monetized on YouTube? How did I do it, and how much did I make? All great questions, but there's something I absolutely need to make you aware of that caused me to get demon...
Having a business is awesome... We are in control of the direction we go, how we run the show, and the impact that we make in other people's lives. But that also means, that WE are in control, especially if we steer it in the...
We have all heard we are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with, right? Well, what happens if you think one of your 5 is actually helping you, when in fact they are actually holding you back??? That's what we...
You might be looking to leave for another job/career... Or maybe you want to jump ship all together and start a business so you never have to work for someone else ever again... But you're not sure if this is the right move! ...
How do people create so much momentum that nothing can stop them? And then once they have it, how do they protect it so it keeps building? We found out we had to understand how momentum ACTUALLY worked (it's not how we origi...
Did you know that you can use what you think is your kryptonite, to actually be your superpower? To some degree, we all have weaknesses, but there's a way that we've found to turn those around, and it doesn't take as much wor...
When things don't go as planned, it was very easy for me to see them as uncontrollable. What other people do, what other people say, and definitely when my brain starts to spin out of control and head down the "nuclear option...
Join the Modern Leadership Inner Circle: https://www.youtube.com/@modernleadership/join How can I speed up the growth of my business so I can leave my 9-5 like yesterday?? That was a question I asked myself over and over. I w...
Expectations can be an amazing thing. They can also be used against us though, especially when we don't know they exist. Which is why we wanted to make today's video for you. Before we understood what we will talk about toda...
If you're a coach, you've probably come across people who you KNOW would really be helped by having a coach. You might want to coach them, or just have them be open to coaching in general. But you're not sure how to communica...
We would start to see some initial success, and then bam, before we know it, we'd be back taking old actions, having the same old thoughts, and losing all the momentum we were creating. Looking back, we would stop doing the t...
If you have ever been frustrated because your business has plateaued, or you want to avoid that in the future, I want to break down a framework I use to make sure that never happens. This is something that was taught to me by...
Should you work your business while on vacation??? If you have the type of business you can "take anywhere" like we do, should you actually take it with you when you're on vacation? One of the great things about our online bu...
Is it time to leave your job? It might be, but before you do (or even think about it), check out this post. I've gotten a lot of questions from people wanting to know how I was able to leave my police career early to lean in...
I want to share 3 of the best investments I've ever made into my small business that have kept it growing for over 12 years, which led me to an early retirement in my police career. There is going to be one huge theme here to...