Vertical Lessons Inc.

10/02/2024

Ready for a reset and some adventure? After doing private "Vertical Experiences" with teams for more than a decade, I'm finally offering a public version of my climbing and personal development experience this fall, November 1st - 3rd in the Rocky Mountains near Loveland Colorado. Link for more info in 1st comment below...

This is for performance and achievement-minded people who are ready to elevate their commitment and momentum in all areas of their lives.

Step back from the chaos of your life so you can step up and Reach your Next Summit with a once-in-a-lifetime experience with me.

Vertical Experiences are designed to drive next-level results in your life by immersing you in a beautiful and demanding mountain environment away from the noise of the daily grind.

You will be challenged with climbing scenarios that perfectly match your level of fitness and desire to grow.

You will leave with deeply meaningful relationships with like-minded peak performers who will support you as you continue to evolve and reengage your life, renewed and ready for Your Next Summit.

You and your fellow peak performers will dive deep into:
- Actionable content that equips you with tools leveraged by the world's elite executives, professional athletes and world class humans so you can reduce friction in your life and level up.

- A transformative journey that inspires unwavering belief and a new understanding and appreciation of what you are capable of.

As a result, you will return to your home and work more fulfilled than frustrated, re-charged, and recommitted to elevating all areas of your life to the next level.

Thank you Paul Riolo for holding me accountable to this post and trusting me to create a Vertical Experience for your team at the J Paul Getty museum.

Thank you Mark LeBlanc, Skip Weisman, Julie English Foote and Emily Black Feinberg for the endless encouragement to open this up to more people.

And thank you to my clients who've trusted me to create similar experiences in the past for their people, a few here on Facebook: Paul Riolo, Gary Richard Baxter, Amy Morgan, Bradford O'Neil, Diane Caton, Heather Grumley, Mark Olmstead, Hugh Dwyer, and many more.

Link in 1st comment below - thanks for checking it out and sharing with anyone you think might be interested!

07/15/2024

A few weeks back, my son Manley, 3, and I did a last-minute, off-the-couch ascent, 3, and I did a last-minute, off-the-couch ascent of El Capitan. We spent 5 days and 4 nights climbing the ultra-classic Lurking Fear on the southwest face of El Cap.

Huge takeaway from the successful trip. Especially with big objectives in life and business, I realized that the vast majority of our opalnnign and drawn out timelines are self inflicted and usually just add more stress.

I got a call from our our legendary climbing partner Steve Schneider to try and join him on a much harder route, Hole World. 6 days later I was on El Cap wall with him. After realizing the timeline didn't work to have his wife Heather Baer Schneider joiun us for the summit push, I scrambled to save my impromptu trip.

I called in my rope gun and best big wall partner ever, Manley Feinberg III. 6 hours later, he was on a flight to Fresno. And less than 24 hours later, we were on El Cap getting it done.

What big idea, project, initiative, or whatever have you been planning, thinking about, or perhaps procrastinating about? Get on with it before you are ready. Definitely get on with it before you think you are 100% prepared.

Who's with me?

Have you had an experience in life and work where you finally decided, or something was thrust upon you, and you "just" did it and surprised yourself?

The real reveal here is what I've known and has haunted me for years: We really have no idea of what we are truly capable of!

04/09/2020

When you're feeling down physically, it's hard to feel up mentally, right? But fortunately, there's good news... https://bit.ly/3bkOc4F

In this blog, you are going to gain 11 strategies to be successful when you feel weighed down. I’m going to briefly cover my struggle of the past year for me and what helped me be successful despite the issues I was dealing with in 2018. Listen to my video or read through my list …

04/07/2020

Every time I've taken for my mistakes, it's been worth it. Every time I've stepped up to be accountable, and done the right thing by calling myself out, it's always paid off. I want to invite and encourage you to do the same. https://bit.ly/2P5ylyc

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04/04/2020

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