Being an effective listener Being an effective listener is one of the most important life skills you can master in order to advance your career, build a successful business and build meaningful relationships. Most people believe they are good listeners because they have been doing it their entire life, but mastering the skills of listening […]
Create the Zone : 100 Day Challenge
There are only 100 days left this year. How are you doing on your goals? Are you prepared to Finish strong? No? Why not? I know life has a way of complicating things. “The best laid plans…” often go awry as the saying goes. But I have created a program just for you dear reader. […]
Paving the Road to Success
Failure: Dealing with failure is a key leadership skill. Losing better than winning? A leader needs to develop a good sense of recognizing failure and turning it into a learning experience. Failure does not have to be a big deal, but most people’s natural tendencies are the opposite of what needs to happen in order […]
Evaluating – The key to good course correction
Evaluating When You are Off Course I’m sure you have heard the how the Apollo rocket is off course about 97% of the time on it’s way to the moon. You see the computerized guidance system is designed so that it is constantly assessing where it is in relationship to it’s final destination, and then […]
Business Mistakes to Avoid
As a small business coach I often see small business owners running themselves ragged, working long hours, not spending time with their families nor doing the things that they enjoy and not experiencing the freedom they hoped owning their own business would bring. It is easy to get stuck in some of the common pitfalls […]
3 most Important Factors in Personal Development
Factors in Personal Development The three most important factors in purchasing real estate: location, location, location. I know it seems cliche’, but it an essential part of understanding how to buy real estate as an investment. Similarly, the three most important factors in personal development are a vital piece to understanding how to make positive […]
I Wish I May, I wish I Might…
Wishes v Goals It is important to develop the ability to clearly distinguish between wishes and goals. Realistic objectives can be achieved regardless of how difficult they are or appear to be. Unrealistic objectives on the other hand can never be achieved. The degree of difficulty of a particular task does not determine whether […]
Lessons from the Canyon- Perseverance
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance. ~H. Jackson Brown Looking at the beauty that is the Grand Canyon it is difficult to not see the value of perseverance. Plants, trees and flowers that survive desert heat during the day and cold temperatures […]
Because I Choose To
Decision Making “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. These famous words written by Robert Frost bring to light my topic today–Decision Making. Actually more specifically identifying there is a decision to make and identifying our choices. The days of simply […]
Crawling to Success, Old School Hack
Did you know you are born with the secret knowledge to achieve ultimate success and satisfaction in your life? People spend millions of dollars each year searching for this “secret” and we are all born with it. The problem is we get so good at at, that we forget it after a few years. A […]