Does the way people challenge you upset you?
Do you carry your own weather with you? If I haven’t lost you yet, are you might be asking what do I mean by carrying ‘your own weather with you? When you are carrying your own weather with you it …
What is causing the problems in your organization?
Is it the systems or the people? If you think it is the people, consider that you hired those people you are complaining about right now. If you believe it is the systems you are right. Putting good people into …
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Are you being too cautious?
Are you afraid of taking a risk or doing something out of the ordinary? Singer Patti Labelle said “Many a false step is made standing still”. Isn’t that a true sentence? The idea that we can move forward by standing …
What can destroy a small business?
Did you know that there are three personality types that can bring down any organization? Whenever I think about small business I think about the entrepreneur that started it. The entrepreneur is a different kind of person, they have a …
Do you know what it means to have a great personal connection with someone?
Has it ever occurred to you that this type of a connection can bring a sense of happiness that most people never experience? Last weekend I had the opportunity to re-connect with a man who I first met in the …
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What is the easiest way to attain personal success?
In other words, what do you need to do? Is success easier by maintaining a cool head and a warm heart or having a hot head and cold feet? As David Frost said; “Don’t aim for success if you want …
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How courageous are you?
Have you been able to test this courage? Annie Dillard (the Pulitzer Prize winning author) said; “You cannot test courage cautiously.” So what does that mean to you? Does it mean that you will act timidly in your actions until …
Have you ever heard of the Law of Averages?
This relates greatly to the sales professions, doesn’t it? It is a formula to help sales people so that they are not to be bothered by whether the prospect buys or not. I know there is a challenge in this! …
Do you find it hard to forget the bad things people did to you?
Is that stopping you from moving forward with your life? Many years ago a co-worker looked at me and said; ‘Tim, how come you forget the great sales months you have?” I told him that the month was finished so …
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Are you striving for excellence?
Is excellence something worth moving towards? Pat Riley whose teams have won 4 N.B.A. (National Basketball Association) titles once said; “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” Now that you’ve read his quote doesn’t it makes …