The Two Little Questions That Can Turn Your Life Around
What if I told you there were two simple questions that if used properly could free you to follow your dreams. That could allow you to make use of opportunities to increase or improve your business.
Questions that will change your mindset of asking for advice, feedback or guidance. (more…)
How Good Can It Get?
How good can your life get? Can it be better than it is now? By how much?
I know that my life has certainly gotten better over time and each time I get ready to go to a new level, I take a dip. Not so much monetarily as emotionally. (And it can be monetary as well.) (more…)
Breaking The Myth: Are Leaders Born Or Developed? Yes!
This highly debated topic is reflected in business articles each year. We tenaciously cling to old beliefs on the one hand and indiscriminately embrace new beliefs on the other. Even when the old beliefs do not seem to be working, we often resist accepting new ones and even when the old way works just fine, we jump to the new one just because it is new; (more…)
Anatomy Of An Inspired Action
In a staff meeting, Martha described all the obstacles and setbacks her team had encountered while starting a new project. She was frustrated and tired. Her energy was low. Soon, everyone in the room was tense, shooting down ideas and suggestions, frustrated by our own inability to find a creative solution to the stalled project. (more…)
Top 10 Attributes Of Successful Sales Managers
Characteristics and attributes you can seek to cultivate as a sales manager. In my mind, there are two broad influential categories: trust and presence. Under each category are five specific characteristics that every effective sales manager must possess. I call them the Five Cs of Trust and the Five Points of Presence. (more…)
Confidence Is Key To Lasting Influence
When you’ve gained someone’s trust, you’ve also gained his or her confidence – another key to lasting influence. Dwight D. Eisenhower once stated, “In order to be a leader, a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.” I love the story about how John D. Rockefeller dealt with his creditors. (more…)
How To Get On With Everyone!
Would you like to get on better with everyone you meet? In NLP [Neuro Linguistic Programming] this is a learned skill called Rapport. Of course, we all have it naturally with people we get along with. Did you know you can learn the skills to have better communication with people it’s not so easy to like? In fact, it’s easy to learn. (more…)
Stress Originates From The Mind But Devastates The Body
The doctor’s waiting rooms are full of anxiety. The hospitals contain lots of nervousness, tension and worry. Millions of people are staying home from work every day because of affliction, apprehensiveness, nervous tension and restlessness. Another word for this common though unfortunate, traumatic disease is stress. (more…)
A Simple Exercise For Quitting Smoking
This exercise to help you quit smoking is one that I have used with success. It is an adaptation of a general method for breaking bad habits or addictions. Unlike many other stop smoking help methods, this is meant to be used over a period of days, weeks or however much time it takes for you to stop smoking. (more…)
Goals Help In Getting Out Of The “Pits”
Have you ever encountered a person who feels like they are just “unfocused”. Or maybe this is happening to you. Studies have shown that many people (including very successful ones) feel this way. We often get the feeling that we’re stuck in a rut, going through the daily grind, just to stay where we are. Sort of like being on a treadmill: (more…)