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The Only Thing That Matters is the Checkmark: A Playmaker’s Guide to Destroying Your To-Do List

by Patrick Allmond | February 4, 2026 | Leadership Lessons, Performance & Productivity | 0 Comments

Are you tired of staring at a to-do list that feels more like a novel of your failures? That endless scroll of good intentions and half-finished projects that haunts you day after day? We’re told to write down our goals, to make lists, to plan our work. But what they don’t tell you is that the list itself is worthless. It’s a graveyard of dead ambitions until you discover the earth-shattering power of two simple strokes of a pen, a single click of a mouse: ? Completed. This isn’t about making...

The Coward’s ‘Yes’: How People-Pleasing Is Destroying Your Potential and How to Stop It.

by Patrick Allmond | January 21, 2026 | Performance & Productivity, Self-Confidence | 0 Comments

Are you letting the fear of disappointing others dictate your life and destroy your potential? The world is filled with people who will gladly waste your time, spend your money, and drain your energy if you let them. Let's get straight to the point. Every time you say "yes" when you desperately want to say "no," you are betraying yourself. You think you're being nice, agreeable, or a team player. The hard truth? You're being a coward. You're choosing the temporary comfort of avoiding a...

The Hustle Lie: Why Grinding Keeps You Broke and Strategic Inaction Builds Empires.

by Patrick Allmond | December 15, 2025 | Performance & Productivity | 0 Comments

Are you glorifying exhaustion as a badge of honor, believing that grinding 80 hours a week is the only path to success? What if I told you that this entire "hustle culture" you've been sold is the most insidious, progress-killing lie designed to keep you busy, not effective? It's a hamster wheel disguised as a ladder, and millions of aspiring achievers are running themselves to death on it, going absolutely nowhere. They trade their health, their relationships, and their mental clarity for the...

How To Make That One Thing Go Viral

Dec 11, 2013

The best damn slidedeck you will watch this week. How To Make That One Thing Go Viral from Upworthy

How High Achievers Need to Think About December and the End of the Year

Dec 1, 2013

Well look at that. It's December 1st. If you are of the typical mindset, you probably have thoughts creeping in your head about winding down another year. It's the end of the year so life and business are slowing down. Time to plan out how your...

The Three Three Crucial Success Assets That You Have To Manage

Oct 28, 2013

If you desire to live at a higher level you need to become disciplined in three areas of your life: Attention management, energy management and time management. Attention Management: What do you let enter your brain? Are you working on consuming...

My Name Is Patrick. And I Love To Lift Weights … (Part One)

Oct 21, 2013

I touched my very first weight in 1987, and I've been addicted ever since. The year was 1987. I was in the middle of my four-year enlistment in the United States Air Force. The military does a great job when it comes to sports and physical fitness...

Don’t Hate On My Game

Oct 12, 2013

Always resist the temptations to hate on someone else's game - even a little bit. In plain lingo this means that you do not have the right to criticize your fellow man for any of his successes or failures. There are billions of us on this rock. We...

Everybody Has Self-Doubt

Oct 11, 2013

Everybody has self-doubt. Even the most confident person you know is wondering on some level if they are on the right path. Self-doubt is normal and should be considered a safety mechanism that constantly has you reevaluating your choices. Don't...

Question Anybody That Says “The Rules Have Changed”

Sep 30, 2013

Every time a speaker/author/marketer tells you that "the rules have changed" in life/business/marketing, they are likely bullshitting you. Don't buy into the same message that is constantly polished and repackaged. The rules on how to kick ass at...

Want Success Faster? Treat Your Weekends Like Your Weekdays …

Sep 30, 2013

Do you want to squeeze a little more success out of your week? Stop using the phrase "It's the weekend" as a reason to stay in bed longer. Start treating your weekends like you treat your weekdays. Get up at the same time and go through your normal...