Highfill Performance Group

The following change story comes from Russell Simmons’ book Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success. I find Russell Simmons to be refreshingly honest and forthright about his passion for business, and this particular story is something I really needed to be reminded of – that the result [...]

A collection of outtakes from the Highfill Performance Group workshops.

Sometimes I am just a big ol’ quitter. I admit it. When I was eleven years old, I quit Girl Scouts because I was tired of walking to the meetings and I heard the next badge had to be swimming and I was scared of the water. My brother and sister will tell you that [...]

Enthusiasm is the most irresistible force in nature. Period. Find a person who is enthusiastic about what they do, and you will find yourself absorbing some kind of kinetic energy. You walk away searching for the thing you can be that enthusiastic about. Tom Peters, in his book The Little Big Things, makes enthusiasm the [...]

My internet was down, again. No big deal, I only rely on my internet connection for my livelihood, and this was the third time in a week that it had gone down. Our phone lines were also down, which was not a surprise since we had lost phone lines at least six times in the [...]

In our ten point series on change, the fourth point emphasizes finding the meaning and heart of your change. Without the emotional driver, change won’t stick!

The following is a story from one of my favorite books by Diane Conway called “What Would You Do If You Had No Fear? Living Your Dreams While Quakin’ In Your Boots.” The title alone grabbed my attention, but the picture of a woman (I believe it is the author) gleefully jumping out of plane [...]