Author Archives: eddiecmehil

A new beginning is a time of novelty. Many people start a new beginning from a time of low: sobriety after hitting rock bottom working out after looking in the mirror in disgust a new job after hating their manager All positive things to put yourself in the right direction. The thing about new beginningsContinue reading “New Beginnings”

What to do when you’re down? What to do when you’re stressed? What to do when you’re anxious? Get up. Start with what you can control. Move to the next thing you can control. Repeat.

Last Thursday I absolutely bombed a sales call. It was bad. Made me think, “do I even know what I’m doing?” Two ways I could respond: Sulk, get upset, dwell on it, and claim victim to something out of my control. Learn from it, laugh about it, and become better from it by owning it.Continue reading “Bombed”

If you put your mind to it, you do just about anything But the limitations of being a human are that you can’t do everything Not enough time in the day Not enough time on this Earth At times, you have to try to do everything and boil the ocean to identify what you like,Continue reading “Do anything, not everything”

There was a point in my career that sticks with me more than any other moment. I was a young sales rep trying to make a stamp at the company I was at. I had a sales coach on the other line during a training, and I was reviewing my latest deal. In reviewing theContinue reading “We > Me, Us > I”

My fiance and I are closing on a house today. To new beginnings. To getting uncomfortable. To fresh starts. To celebration. To gratitude.

I admire people who get stuff done. I try to only interact with individuals who get their hands dirty. Who spend time doing, rather than talking about doing. Those people deal in reality. Nowadays so many people want to manage, advise, consult. Hell, there are people at work currently whose job is seemingly just askingContinue reading “Man in the ring”

When looking back on your life, would the child version of yourself be proud? Are you living the life you wanted to when you dreamed as a kid, or have you settled? Is the 5, 10, 15 year you going to be proud of what you did from now to that time? The time isContinue reading “Consult yourself”

Who are your heroes? Who do you look up to? I’m assuming that for most people, their heroes are individuals who: Came from a difficult upbringing but persevered and become successful Endured a difficult challenge or many difficult challenges and overcame it Acted courageously in the face of fear Constantly does the right thing whenContinue reading “Heroes (You)”

Today is a great day. Today was a great day. Sometimes you just need to enjoy that and not analyze or write about why. So I won’t.