This week I was talking to my friend, Linda Ryan, who is a life coach, and the topic of why people put off doing what they should do came up, and made me think of this blog I wrote last year. If it makes you a little uncomfortable, then you needed to read it. When I [...]
Christmas/Holiday Bonuses…Yay or Nay? Do you, as a business professional, give a Holiday Bonus to your employees? In tough economic times do you cut back on your holiday bonuses to your employees? What kind of bonuses do you give, if any? I’d like to tell you what I do that has been pretty successful. I [...]
They Called Him a Visionary, What Will They Call You? I was in the middle of a training session with 6 employees last night ages 17-30+. I had just given them 10 minutes to write down their goals. The directions were easy: List everything that you would everwant to have, or to do. Be creative, [...]
Get Out Of My Way, I’m Going Somewhere I consider myself pretty “lucky”. Things just work out for me most of the time, I usually always get a good parking space, I win a fair amount of door prizes, and I usually always make all the stop lights when I am traveling. Seneca, a first-century [...]
A very dear friend of mine called me this week to ask a favor. Before he could even tell me what he wanted, I said YES. I didn’t know what he wanted. It didn’t matter why he was calling. If he needed my help the answer was going to be YES. Maybe, if he had [...]
I love Oprah as much as the next person, but as a business person, who has time to watch a one hour show from 9-10 a.m. every workday of the week? God Bless the person who invented TIVO. You never know where a powerful business lesson will come from. I had no intention of watching [...]
I just saw these four words, Take Action, Revise Later in a blog I was reading, and it got me thinking about something that happened this week. I am the president of a local BNI group. Our BNI group has decided to dump BNI, and start our own group. What’s the big deal? We have been holding [...]
When someone gives me their business card it’s like a blind date. First up is the first impression. Hey Buddy, if you even want a chance at a second date, you better impress me. I am going to judge you by your looks. I can’t help it it’s the marketer in me. Does he look like [...]
