Kim Fabian, Drive-Time Learning I’m an avid reader and always have one or two books underway on my bedside table. But lately I’ve also been taking advantage of downtime in the car by listening to books on CD. I’ve recently learned how to live in the moment from Eckhardt Tolle’s A New Earth, why some people achieve remarkable success from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, and what strategies really contribute most to our level of happiness from Sonja Lyubomirsky’s The How of Happiness. The best news is that all of these titles were available for free through my local library. Listening to these books allows me to take in more information than I could by reading alone—and sparks great ideas, inspiration and conversation, depending on what I’m listening to that day. I encourage you to give it a try—especially on those long, summer drives to your vacation destinations! Happy travels, 
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June 2009 Reaching Your Potential During my group cycling classes, I’ll often encourage participants to push themselves past their “edge of discomfort.” This edge is the place where you feel like you’re testing your limits—your heart rate is pounding, your muscles are fatigued, and your breathing is heavy. If you were to work any harder, you’d be quite uncomfortable. Doesn’t sound like much fun, but pushing yourself over that edge is exactly where you need to go from time to time if you ever want to see improvements in your physical performance. When your body consistently performs at the same level, you can plateau. Working harder builds those physical muscles and helps you achieve more than you originally thought was possible. Physical muscles aren’t the only muscles we need to build. Pushing past our perceived limits can strengthen the mental muscles we need to achieve amazing results every day. All it takes is making one small step past that edge of discomfort. It may be uncomfortable to take the risk, but it’s often the only way to grow and bring more of what you want into your life. Put It into Practice: Identify one area in your life or work where you feel you’re not achieving the results you desire. Then, identify the steps you could be taking to get to the next level. Usually, there is fear behind those activities that is preventing you from moving forward. Pick the easiest step from the list—the one that will challenge you just slightly to move beyond your edge of discomfort—and do it! Then move on to the next easiest item on the list—and do it, too. Repeat again and again. With each step you take, you are building the “muscle” to weather greater challenges and reach your full potential. Perform at Your Peak: Help the members of your team challenge their perceived limits by signing on for our signature “boot-camp” program, The Potential Principle. They’ll leave the session armed with tools to boost their energy and enthusiasm, sustain their peak performance on the job and expand their capacity for improvement the same way athletes do.
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