I met with Coach Jacob on the phone the other day. Jacob is one of my lead coaches and an unbelievable Bootcamp instructor. He’s a little version of me . . . literally. I’m 6’2″ and he’s 5’7″. He’s almost like my adopted son. He’s an amazing, loving and honest person, but like any child he can also drive me crazy. One way that Jacob drives me crazy is that he…

When you’re dating, you spend a lot of time giving your phone number to people. You write it down on a piece of paper or you hand out a business card. Then, you wait. You wait for the person to call. The, at some point, the phone rings. You look at the number but you don’t recognize it. So what do so many of us do? We don’t answer it.

Are you a voicemail blabberer? Do you just freeze when you hit someone’s voicemail? The phone is ringing, and all of a sudden you hear “Hi. This is Jane. Please leave a message . . .” Your heart starts beating really fast. The next thing you know, you start blabbering. “Oh, hey Jane. It’s Mike. Okay, that’s . . .