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Yes, it's true. I can laugh now but it was no joking matter back then when I hurled my golf club farther than I had just hit that last shot. I also laugh at myself when I think of the time when I was intimidated by an employee and changed my operational plan because I was "afraid" that he would ... Views: 952
There’s the old saying: “It is better to give than to receive,” but really, that’s only the half of it, right?
“Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process,” said Jim Rohn.
Deepak Chopra, in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, refers to the Law of Giving: ... Views: 2432
Removing stress in a team is just one way of helping people to become their best and reach their potential. Very often stress is misunderstood or the causes of stress maybe misdiagnosed. In this article I describe one of the most common causes of stress that very often people fail to identify: ... Views: 2222
Communication is at once easier and more challenging than ever thanks to the availability of high tech devices and programs that can keep us connected to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Now might be a great time to map out a personal communication strategy and review whether your time and energy ... Views: 1764
A new year, and in this case a new decade, often finds us looking back on our lives and thinking about what we’d like to be different in the future. I always get intensively reflective around this time, looking at past mistakes and bad habits, but quickly shifting my focus to the year ahead and ... Views: 1343
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime…
While you might agree that partnering and teaming achieves more and better outcomes than your own two hands alone, how often do you go beyond just accepting that working with others is simply a reality of business life and consciously ... Views: 2426
Independence Day has recently passed and just around the corner it is time to turn attention to the baseball All Star Game and then the opening of professional football summers camp. Three events that implicitly signify the halfway point of the year. Yes summer is heating up, how about ... Views: 1019
Think of this expression for one moment: “you should take more responsibility for your work!” If you are like me, this may be an expression that you have used in the past to express your frustration at the paltry efforts of your subordinates, employees or teammates. But let’s think about it for ... Views: 2365
Sales ignorance is nothing to laugh about. In fact salespeople who are ignorant seldom realize it. Ain't that amazing?
Ten quick ways to becoming a sales ignoramus - really:
1. Keep everything in your head. Never write it down. Do you think it's possible to remember everything you ... Views: 1681
Most anybody would be interested in making a positive change in their life. In an age of 'self awareness' everybody is always looking for ways to improve themselves. Whether it is for personal success or professional success self improvement can offer you many benefits. Some of these benefits ... Views: 1390
Achieving great success in your life is a relative accomplishment since everybody has different values, goals and priorities. This is not by any means to de-value certain accomplishments since reaching for any goal is admirable. However it is important to recognize people do have different ways ... Views: 757
Each and every one of us possesses creative intelligence most of which is likely untapped and therefore unused. Whether it is a preoccupation with our busy lives or sheer laziness thinking outside the box is something most of us do not do enough of. Nonetheless these creative resources still ... Views: 1438
Getting Real is a very real thing and a very vital part of being successful and happy in our life and our work. If you want to create a happy and authentic life, you are going to have to get real.
What does it mean to Get Real? It means to:
* Live in the whole truth, recognizing that your ... Views: 1243
One of the very best ways to increase productivity is to clear away many of the barriers you have developed over the years. Let's face it we all have formed habits that impede our personal productivity. Whether it is due to procrastination or perhaps our inability to delegate, we all have ... Views: 1289
Every one of us is 'bestowed' with creative intelligence that for the most part is under utilized due to other responsibilities and busy lifestyles. This is not to make excuses for the under-utilization of our creative skills but merely an exclamation as to why they are not used more often. The ... Views: 1370
I got an invoice from my lawyer a couple of days back – for what exactly I’m not sure, as his services didn’t really match the bill! He said he was sending out invoices to a as many people as he could think of, to “keep the wolf from the door in these challenging times”.
Challenging times ... Views: 1494
Analyzing A Whole Brain Thinker in Action
What does selling shoes have to do with using your whole brain effectively? Nothing if you are merely trying to sell shoes.
But if you are someone like Tony Hsieh of Zappos, selling shoes is merely the starting point of something with much greater ... Views: 3067
A- Assurance. Has this ever happened to you: you deliver a planned, powerful, positioned presentation, and your prospect says something like, “Sounds great! I like it, I want, I need it. I’m going to do it! (wait for it…) Call me Tuesday!” You call Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday… ... Views: 2544
Many people have been have been inspired by the buzz about a very recognizable TV producer’s search for the next big TV show host! If this sounds familiar, you already know I am talking about Oprah. Whether you are going for Oprah’s contest, or you have your sights set on other networks that ... Views: 1924
“The new corporate contract is that we’ll offer you an opportunity to express yourself and grow, if you promise to leash yourself to our dream, at least for a while.” - John Sculley, former Apple CEO
Creativity is self-expression. One of my favorite business books is David Whyte’s The Heart ... Views: 1656
Are you always looking for a way to stay sharp, gain an edge and boost your personal productivity? If so you are in the good company of a large percentage of the rest of the population of the planet earth. With so much to do and the list seemingly growing every day we are all looking to increase ... Views: 1300
It seems more times than not people fall short of their goals or aspirations when marketing on the internet. Now there is not any singular reason keeping folks from achieving success in business online. Often it can be found that information overload is a large obstacle that many fail to ... Views: 1339
"Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way." - Edward de Bono
Q. Really, what’s the big deal about being more creative? Why would I want to be?
A. In every aspect of our lives-our homes, parenting, gardens, meals, finances, how ... Views: 1031
Have you got a to-do list? Or maybe five of them? (one for work, one for home, one for projects, that pile of mail, all those emails...)
As leaders we can get very bogged down in crap that sucks our energy and time, before we ever do anything meaningful. So here is my quick list for you to ... Views: 1247
We sometimes encounter quotes on life that has an inspirational value and is moving. Upon reading these quotations, we are somewhat encouraged to live our lives to the fullest and in a positive way. Normally, these quotations are made from the famous philosophers and famous icons. But all of us ... Views: 750
The use of effective time management techniques is an absolute must for anybody working online from home. The home environment has plenty of built-in distractions to begin plus it is also likely that there is nobody to whom you can delegate any of your work. With a lot to do and nobody to help ... Views: 671
I love listening to other drummers to hear where they’re coming from musically and what motivates their choices. I often share my observations with colleagues while shooting the breeze. My questions framing the conversation are always the same; “What makes this drummer great?” “What separates ... Views: 1094
The other day after watching an incredible gymnastic display I heard someone say ‘I wish I could do that – it must be great to be born so talented!’.
I remember myself that when I was younger, I used to marvel at incredible performance and presumed it was due to ‘talent’ that people were born ... Views: 1819
If you want to be successful, look around at successful people. How do they achieve their success? There are typically five factors that lead them to their success.
First, they dreamed a dream. One of the requirements of being successful is having the desire-–something that drives you to ... Views: 1247
I’ve just received an email from a reader who tells me that, after wasting many years on “normal” living and “normal” people, she is now determined to take the necessary steps to find peace of mind, contentment, happiness and success. Her use of the word “normal” refers to many of my articles ... Views: 1686
Increasing productivity in your life usually starts with identifying those areas or reasons that may be 'wasting' your time or energy. With the fast pace lives many lead it is easy to develop the bad habit of putting many things off till later. This results in an accumulation of clutter and ... Views: 927
In these trying economic times, we are all looking for opportunities to save costs and increase productivity. Businesses have a huge opportunity to increase productivity staring them in the face that unfortunately has gone virtually undetected.
What is that opportunity? The reclaimed ... Views: 900
Our lives are the product of what we ourselves do to create them. Although, ultimately, we cannot fully control our lives, we can, in the right frame of mind, exert a huge influence on our success and happiness. Unfortunately, however, the normal person exerts little or no influence at all ... Views: 1556
Carrying around a negative attitude is like carrying around a gorilla on your back. Not only are you less attractive to others but your attitude also makes everything you do much more difficult. It feels like you are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders (actually it is just a ... Views: 2494
As many already know getting motivated to do certain things can be very challenging. This lack of motivation may be due to several reasons any of which serve as an obstacle keeping us from taking action. Since life is NOT a spectator sport and there are things that need to be done it is ... Views: 1342
When you are at the top of a big organization or business, you need Personal Power, so that people and your subordinates and your peers are motivated or animated behind your vision regarding in which direction your business is headed. In this case, you would find that the farther the ... Views: 875
Do you get up from bed each morning with dread and anxiety about what faces you at work?
• Do you feel like you have to make “through” each day?
• Are you completely exhausted by the time you get home each night?
• Do you see life as a merry go round over which you have no control? ... Views: 18931
You take the kids to school, rush home, start working, the phone rings, you get distracted, you try to get back to work again, more and more things get in the way and at the end of the day you sit back and wonder, “what did I accomplish today?”
If you are like most of us the day is gone too ... Views: 1049
Lots of people don’t like where they’re at in their lives. Some regret their missed chances – my grandmother used to repeatedly tell me that she wished that she was 18 again! The male “mid-life crisis” sees many such disillusioned people trying to re-find their youth – often with the help of a ... Views: 1604
Humans excel at solving complex problems. Unfortunately, humans are also prone to making simple errors without a reliable 'road map,' or operations checklist. In the digital age, we are amazed at the abilities of computers to solve problems. But the computer's capacity to solve problems is ... Views: 1852
Two months ago now, I sent out an email to all you awesome peeps on my mailing list with a commitment. After years of ignoring a call of my heart & continually going back and forth in my mind with ‘should’ after ‘should’, but never really diving in, I finally felt ready to take the plunge on ... Views: 2517
8 Simple Ways to Control Stress!
Simple modifications in posture, habits, thought, and behavior often go a long way toward reducing feelings of stress and tension. Here are 8 quick and simple things you can do immediately to help keep your stress level under control.
1. Control Your ... Views: 2541
The process of learning to love life is one which involves the detoxification of elements which hinder your personal growth. Many people believe they are happy and fully content with it all, but when you peel back some the layers of the surface, they hare hoarding feelings deeply seeded in past ... Views: 1004
Have you ever noticed a trend in the thinking patterns of successful people? Have you ever wondered why it seems like success comes so easily to some people and so difficult for others?
It all has to do with your beliefs.
People that achieve success in a consistent basis have one thing ... Views: 1212
There is one player in the world of sports that I am very inspired by and recommend emulating his work ethic. Roger Federer’s loss to Nadal during his sixth consecutive Wimbledon Finals was an epic encounter and a painful loss. He however came back strongly from his defeat to win an Olympic Gold ... Views: 1942
Since you are here to learn the 5 ways to avoid burnout this season and year, I will cut to the chase. Here are time tested and proven methods of keeping your personal batteries perpetually charged and robust.
1. Clear out the drudgery from your life: This may be boxes filled with painful ... Views: 1168
"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose."?
Lance Armstrong, 7-time winner of the Tour de France
Living Your World Class Life
Last ... Views: 1145
“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.“
Max De Pree
Letting Go
Like many people, I started 2010 with a list of goals for the year. Some of these goals related to my business and were being kept alive because they ... Views: 1324
The 5th Step to Accomplishing Your Goals
GOALS - REASONS - EXPECTATIONS - ACTIONS - TRACKING
Your goals are too important to just “wing-it.” Because you, your goals, and your life mean so much, you’ve put a great amount of effort to get to this point. Transforming your goals into greatness ... Views: 1950
The 2nd Step to Accomplishing Your Goals
GOALS - REASONS - EXPECTATIONS - ACTIONS - TRACKING
Writing down goals is never enough to accomplish them. Just look at all of the New Year’s resolutions set across the world every year. Usually, they’re the same ones that weren’t accomplished the ... Views: 1717