by Alan Stein, Jr | Oct 5, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
Here are the primary mindset upgrades I’ve adopted in the past decade to drastically improve the quality of my life: I stopped letting other people define my success. I started defining it for myself: having the autonomy to do meaningful work I enjoy, with people I... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Sep 29, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
Do you know your people? I mean, really know them? As a business leader, coach, executive, or entrepreneur, you probably spend plenty of time studying results. Sales. Profits. Productivity. Turnover. The KPIs that tell you whether your organization is moving in the... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Aug 31, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
When I entered college, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I planned to become a teacher so I could coach high school basketball. It seemed like a clear, practical path. I could picture where it would take me—or at least I thought I could. Then a... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Aug 24, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
I recently had the opportunity to spend 24 hours inside the Kansas football program — sitting in on meetings, watching workouts, observing how the players and coaches operate, and getting a firsthand look at the culture they’re building. At the end of that experience,... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Aug 18, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
I’m an advocate of A.I. Tools like ChatGPT and Claude are incredibly powerful. They’ve helped me in a variety of capacities personally and professionally. I use A.I. as a tool. Just like an elite athlete would use a barbell. But at the end of the day, the athlete has...
