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- 10 Ways to Live Positive on a Dog's Budget - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Joey Faucette10 Ways to Live Positive on a Dog’s Budget Dr. Joey Faucette, Author, Coach, & Speaker Gas prices are going up daily and food costs are at an all-time high. We have cut our “fun budgets” way down. So how will we enjoy spring in a fun, positive way? Positive Coach, speaker, & author of ...
Views: 1265(1 vote) - 3 No-Cost Ways to Positively Grow Your Business - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2012 from Joey FaucetteYou will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar In a financially-strapped economy like this one, a common response to suggestions to grow business is negative. “I can’t afford to advertise.” “I have to cut marketing ...
Views: 1086(1 vote) - 3 Strategies to Positively Listen to Your Customers - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2012 from Joey FaucetteDaily someone sends something to us that promises to get our message out there and insure we are heard above the competition for our customers’ attention. It reminds me of trying to quiet my two-year-old daughter’s department store tantrums by yelling. The only attention I received was louder ...
Views: 1223(1 vote) - 3 Strategies to Positively Profit from Change - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe most common sentence I receive in coaching today is, “We’ve gone through a lot of changes and more are coming.” Ironically, each client believes their situation is unique. It’s all of us. Some of us are excited by it. Others are terrified. Most are just trying to keep up. So how ...
Views: 1233(1 vote) - 3 Strategies to Work Positive in a Tragedy - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Joey FaucetteAs I left our home and drove around the mountain, fog enveloped me quickly. Unexpectedly. There was no sign of fog when I pulled out of our garage. The business environment changes that quickly, also, particularly with what influences our customers’ and clients’ lives. For example, the ...
Views: 1065(1 vote) - 3 Timely Strategies to Positive Change - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe time changed for most of the U.S. last weekend. We “fell back.” How does this change affect you? Pretty much like any change does. Here are 3 Timely Strategies to Positive Change: Acknowledge the Change Like most change, the reversal back to Standard Time came without our ...
Views: 1552(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Work Positive in a Community Crisis - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2012 from Joey FaucetteOur attention has been riveted by one person’s heinous actions and the consequences felt in Newtown, CT. Complete understanding of this tragedy defies our intellect. However, we do choose how to respond. While I pray such disaster avoids your area, reality suggests some variation will ...
Views: 1574(1 vote) - Are Eeyore Vampires Invading Your Work? Deal with Negative People without Becoming One - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Joey FaucetteIt’s challenging enough for most of us to do more with less at work as we’re all forced to do in this economy. But when Eeyore Vampires—negative people—invade, the dark shadows take over. I refer to negative people as “Eeyore Vampires” because just like Winnie the Pooh’s friend, Eeyore, ...
Views: 1477(1 vote) - Do More with Less: Three Strategies to Accomplish More at Work - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI was putting up some fencing around our horse pasture. Like most men, when I get involved in a project, a trip to the home improvement store becomes necessary. And I have to look around and make sure there’s nothing else I need, especially if power tools are involved. Well, I bought what I ...
Views: 1077(1 vote) - Imagine There’s No Office Party: Three Keys to Survive Yours - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Joey FaucetteYour stomach rolls at the first mention of it in your staff meeting. “Well,” someone says, “we need to plan the holiday office party.” And running through your head, thanks to John Lennon, is “Imagine there’s no office party…” So it’s planned and you’re going. But it’s more obligatory ...
Views: 1054(1 vote) - Run Your Business Like the Cardinals: 3 Ways to Win Despite the Odds in a Negative Economy - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2011 from Joey FaucetteThe St. Louis Cardinals defeated my favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, on the last day of the regular season to make the National League play-off series. The Phillies were supposed to sweep the Cardinals in the league championship. The Cards beat them. In the World Series, the smart ...
Views: 1186(1 vote) - Slow Down to Speed Up: 3 Ways to Productively Work Positive - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe truck in the next lane weaved toward me. I looked over. He was texting. The car ahead of me at the now-green traffic light didn’t move. “She’s on Facebook on her phone,” my wife said. The SUV zoomed ahead of me, and then slowed down. And again further down the interstate. Each time, ...
Views: 1204(1 vote) - The Profitability of “Thank You”—Three Great Ways to Give Thanks from Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Joey FaucetteStudy after study in which we say “Thank you” to our customers reveals that they both spend more money with us and tell their friends about the exceptional service and products we deliver. Volumes of books chronicle how employee productivity zooms skyward when appreciation is expressed. (The ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - 3 Business Truths for Valentine’s Day - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Joey FaucetteWhen my wife was pregnant with our first child, she really wanted a certain kind of baby crib. It even had a name—the Jenny Lind crib. Frankly, at that point in my life, I didn’t have enough money to buy it, but I really wanted to purchase it because it meant that much to my wife. I was ...
Views: 1429(2 votes) - 3 Olympic Things to Do Every Morning So You Work Positive Today - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2012 from Joey FaucetteWhile watching the London Olympics track events, I noticed that the announcers analyzed most of the shorter races by talking about the runner’s start. “She got off to a great start” or “He had a lot of ground to make up from a poor start.” While most of the focus is on who crosses the finish ...
Views: 1346(2 votes) - 3 No-Cost Ways to Positively Receive More Business - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteZig Ziglar describes well the essence of the fifth core practice, “Receive,” of a Work Positive lifestyle in which you increase sales with greater team productivity so you get out of the office earlier: “When you help others get what they want, you get everything you want,” he said. What goes ...
Views: 1618(1 vote) - 3 Olympic Ways to Positively Succeed in this Economy - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2012 from Joey FaucetteSo who’s come into work bleary-eyed from the late-night Olympics? Here’s what I’m discovering from these athletes that is creating some gold for my businesses…and can for yours, also. Ignore Conventional Wisdom and Limits After he didn’t win gold in his first race, the pundits spun ...
Views: 1276(2 votes) - 3 Positive Quick Meals to Sell More Productively - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Joey FaucettePositive salespersons sell 56% more than their negative peers. Positive leaders see team productivity increase by more than one-third. So if you want to increase sales with greater productivity, be positive, right? The question is, How? How do you Work Positive in such a negative ...
Views: 1097(1 vote) - 3 Positive Things to Do When Your Business Lights Go Out - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteSuper Bowl 47 will best be remembered as, “The Night the Lights Went Out in N’Orleans.” Adversity happens at the most inconvenient times in unexpected ways, and not just at the Super Bowl, but in business, too. Everything from product outages to a teammate goes out or a vital system fails. It ...
Views: 1047(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Positively Grow Your Business with Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou’re increasing your sales. Your team is more productive. You get out of the office earlier to do what you love with those you love… …and yet there’s something missing. You struggle to keep all the business plates spinning simultaneously. It’s exhausting to be you some days. Your family and ...
Views: 1241(1 vote) - 3 Ways to Serve Your Community as You Work Positive - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou want to increase sales with greater productivity so you leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you love, right? The “Receive” core practice of a Work Positive lifestyle in which you do just that involves the ethical dynamic of your business. You understand you Receive a ...
Views: 1209(1 vote) - Is The Ghost of Financial Terror Keeping You Awake? 3 Things to Remember at 3AM in this Economy - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Joey FaucetteI have a friend who worked in the family business for most of his adult life. Sure he operated as a business owner, but his father started the business. It was his father who spent sleepless nights worrying about making payroll and whether his suppliers would extend credit again. My friend was ...
Views: 993(2 votes) - 3 Positive Strategies to Finish Your Day Strong - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Joey FaucetteMost business professionals today that we coach are overwhelmed. They get to the end of the day with an ever expanding to-do list and fall exhausted into the evening commute. They return the next morning after reversing the commute and fall exhausted into their desk chair, thinking, “Here we go ...
Views: 1444(1 vote) - 3 Positive Ways to Lead in Adversity - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Joey FaucetteOur attention this week in the U.S. focuses on celebrating the life and accomplishments of noted civil rights leader, Dr. M.L. King, Jr. Dr. King positively led a movement in the midst of much adversity. What can you learn from him about how you can positively lead in business while ...
Views: 1149(1 vote) - How to Tap the Power of Thank You - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThere may be only one day a year devoted to giving thanks, but expressing thanks year round and doing it well is one of the most profitable business strategies you can have. Numerous studies reveal that when you thank your customers, they spend more money and tell their friends about the ...
Views: 1637(1 vote) - SWAP Your New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHow’s your New Year’s resolution working out? How would you like to SWAP your resolution for something more successful? Think of SWAP as an acronym and Work Positive to transform your chosen target of change into productive results using these three proven methods: S - Song Resolutions ...
Views: 1139(1 vote) - 3 Positive Reasons to Shop Small this Weekend - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteShoppers will crowd the super centers and malls starting Thanksgiving evening in the U.S. In fact, over the next several weeks, retail stores will do 50% or more of their business for the year. So where will you go? And who will you do business with? Create a Work Positive impact with ...
Views: 1825(2 votes) - You See What You Look For: 3 Strategies to See the Positive at Work in a Negative Economy - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2011 from Joey FaucetteYou are interested in buying a new vehicle. You go to the dealer’s lot and look at a white Honda Accord. You test-drive it. You really like it, but the salesperson won’t get the price right. As you turn out of the dealer’s lot and drive down the street, guess what you see? A white Honda ...
Views: 950(1 vote) - 3 Delicious Qualities of a Work Positive-Solid Business - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2012 from Joey FaucetteMy grandmother gave me a chocolate bunny every spring when I was a child. I always looked forward to getting it, but there were some chocolate bunnies I liked better than others. Some years she gave me a hollow chocolate bunny. Now I really liked the chocolate, but when I bit into it, there ...
Views: 760 - 3 Key Strategies to Positively Win as a Team - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteCollege basketball’s annual trek up the Final Four mountain has started. While the school names change from year to year, the qualities of championship caliber teams are consistent. What are they? And how can you learn from them to win championships at work? Here are 3 Key Strategies to ...
Views: 1460 - 3 Keys to Positive Productivity Today - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Joey FaucettePositive productivity is more difficult for most business persons these days. Persevering and achieving your business dreams in the midst of a negative world is increasingly challenging. The uncontrollable negatives from bombings to an unfamiliar economy that just won’t correct assault us ...
Views: 1032 - 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Joey FaucetteThe banks aren’t calling to loan you money to grow your business…or start one. So how will you expand in the most profitable manner? Here are 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work. Discover Think of business as a discovery mission. Daily you have multiple opportunities to discover ...
Views: 1283 - 3 Low Cost Ways to Grow Positive Profits - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2014 from Joey FaucetteEveryone is watching their budgets and doing more with less. So how do you grow and increase profits most effectively? Here are 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work. Discover Business is a discovery mission. You have multiple opportunities to discover more customers, niches, and ...
Views: 1645 - 3 More Positive Strategies to Deal with Your Eeyore Vampire Boss - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Joey FaucetteA couple of weeks ago I shared with you “3 Positive Strategies to Deal with an Eeyore Vampire Boss.” I knew there were flocks of negative bosses everywhere, but evidently more than I realized. Your overwhelming response prompted me to remember some of my Eeyore Vampire bosses. The one who was ...
Views: 1989 - 3 No-Cost Ways to Positively Profit from Changing Your Customer Experience - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Joey FaucetteA friend of mine told me about his customer experience with an oil change. He arrived before the shop officially opened, simultaneously with another customer. She tried the door, found it open, and walked in. He followed. The two chatted, waiting for the attendant. When he arrived from the ...
Views: 1346 - 3 Positive Reasons Teams Win at Work - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWatching NCAA March Madness Tournament college basketball games, I’ve learned again the supremacy of team versus a star-player-plus-four approach. Sure the “one and done” star freshman who’s merely passing through for a year on his way to the NBA might be thrilling to watch, but several such ...
Views: 1735 - 3 Positive Strategies to Deal with an Eeyore Vampire Boss - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteEver find yourself striving to Work Positive and your Eeyore Vampire boss is doing everything he can to prevent it? You’re in good company. Negative bosses—Eeyore Vampires—swoop in with alarming consistency on our coaching clients despite their best efforts to Work Positive. How do you ...
Views: 1766 - 3 Positive Strategies to Transform Business Fear - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhen my younger brother and I went trick-or-treating as kids at Halloween, he was scared of ghosts. When he was very young, he had eye surgery a couple of times. All of the OR people wore white. He associated their white dress and the white sheets of “the ghosts” with pain. Like him, we ...
Views: 1502 - 3 Positive Ways to Cure Customer Rage - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2013 from Joey FaucetteAccording to a survey conducted by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, about half of all American households experience customer service-related problems. Over two-thirds of those customers were “very” or “extremely upset” about the company response when they complained. ...
Views: 2396 - 3 Positive Ways to Deal with the Unthinkable - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Joey FaucetteIt was a routine attempt to block a three point shot. But when University of Louisville sophomore guard Kevin Ware landed, his tibia compound fractured. The unthinkable happened. The next 30 minutes plus the rest of the game was a lesson to us all when dealing with life or business. As ...
Views: 1044 - 3 Positive Ways to Do Business with Ideal Customers - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteIt costs too much to do business with some people. Who are your “some people?” How much time do they steal from your enjoyable customers? How much energy do you give them? How much attention that can be more profitably invested in your ideal customers’ relationships? You’re throwing ...
Views: 1584 - 3 Positive Ways to Succeed in a Shutdown - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2013 from Joey FaucetteJust because the U.S. government can afford a shutdown doesn't mean you can. You have a family to provide for, bills to pay, and hopefully a retirement to fund. So despite all the news about the federal shutdown, what can you do to succeed in a shutdown? Check out these 3 Positive Ways to ...
Views: 1648 - 3 Reasons to Serve Others as You Work Positive - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2012 from Joey FaucetteLast week, I spoke to a group of State Farm agents and team members in the Houston area about how to Work Positive in a Negative World. During the workshops, I interviewed selected agents as positive examples of the five core practices. One of those agents, Corey LeJeune, serves The ...
Views: 1196 - 3 Reasons to Shop Small This Weekend - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2012 from Joey FaucetteShoppers will crowd the super centers and malls this weekend following Thanksgiving in the U.S. In fact, over the next several weeks, retail stores will do 50% or more of their business for the year. So where will you go? And who will you do business with? If you truly want to create a ...
Views: 1093 - 3 Reasons Vacation Positively Clears Your Business Cache - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteDr. Norman Vincent Peale talked about how a constantly bent bow will break. The bow needs pressure released to function well. Dr. Stephen Covey extolled the seventh habit of sharpening the saw. If you saw without a break to sharpen, you work harder with less production. In today’s ...
Views: 1371 - 3 Signs You Are Positively Engaged at Work - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2014 from Joey Faucette“How do you know you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing for work?” the college student asked me. A middle-aged guy and I had the same discussion recently as he transitions careers. The answer lies in your heart; what you “Believe” about your work, the third core practice of a Work ...
Views: 1302 - 3 Simple Ways to Positively and Profitably Change Your Business - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI watched a sandpiper scurrying around the beach looking for something to eat. At least that’s what I thought he was doing. But he used most of his time and energy to chase away other birds. If another sandpiper approached his territory, he quickly ran over to chase him off. Then another bird ...
Views: 1923 - 3 Strategies to Avoid Vacation Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey Faucette“Dr. Joey,” she asked. “Why is it to be gone on vacation for one week, I have to do two extra weeks of work? One before I leave, and the other when I get back?” Have you ever wondered that? Sure seems that way, doesn’t it? Here are 3 Strategies to Avoid Vacation Anxiety: Describe ...
Views: 1223 - 3 Strategies to Keep a Work Positive Environment in a Negative Election Year - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2012 from Joey FaucetteWelcome to the 2012 Election—the Year of Negativity. Like the weather, everyone’s talking about it, yet no one is doing anything about it… …yet it does have a negative effect on your business. The advent of 24/7 information channels creates a constant media feeding frenzy of irrelevant, ...
Views: 1198 - 3 Strategies to Positively Turbocharge Your Productivity - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhat one word describes what these three scenarios share: Many states have passed a “no texting while driving” law. The gallery is quiet while a golfer putts. You are overwhelmed at work. So what’s your one word? Mine is… …focus. Texting diverts your attention from driving and you ...
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