Starting and managing a business takes motivation and talent. It also takes research and planning. Although initial mistakes are not always fatal, it takes extra skill, discipline, and hard work to regain the advantage. Take time beforehand to explore and evaluate your business and personal goals, then use this information to build a comprehensive and [...]
As a manager you are constantly being asked to do things – by your boss, by one of your fellow managers, by the head of another department, by one of your staff. Your working life is a constant bombardment of requests coming from all quarters. Your boss will ask you for a quick report on [...]
As kind of a hobby I like to watch people. Just kind of sit back and quietly watch how they react and respond to others and their environment. Through the course of this activity I’ve noticed a few things that the real winners in life seem to have in common. I’d like to point out [...]
Someone wrote me an email a couple of weeks ago and said, “I would love to know what motivates YOU!” So I took them up on it and I want to spend some time telling you how I stay motivated. It is a valid question, this one of what motivates me. After all, each and [...]
Master The Five Key Facets of High Performance Leadership Many people in leadership positions struggle with understanding what makes a great leader. While billions of dollars are spent annually on leadership development, quality leadership is still in short supply. Organizations have responded to the demand for high performance leadership with myriads of education and training [...]
How many times have you seen the E = MC2 formula and wondered what it might mean to you? Old Einstein had a lot more up his sleeve than fancy algebraic equations. This particular “thought experiment” still inspires discoveries of various sorts throughout the world today. Let’s jump back to earlier days in Albert’s lab [...]
We ALL think or have thought about it at one time or another. Revenge! Yes, we plan, we let our minds conjure up ways to get back at someone who we believe has wronged us (at this point you should hear the Austin Power-Dr. Evil maniacal laugh in your head). I’ve yet to hear a [...]
In old buildings there was a boiler room where men stood shoveling coal or wood into a furnace to keep the whole building warm. If they didn’t tend to the fire, the place went cold. The same is true in our lives. We need to tend the inner fire so our lives do not go [...]
How dramatically we can change our results is largely a function of imagination. In 1960, it was a technological impossibility for man to travel into outer space. Within ten years, however, the first man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. The miraculous process of converting the dream into reality began when one voice [...]
One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “if it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for [...]