Develop Your Grit

Mar 6, 2016 | Business

Recently, I watched a TV special on how special forces candidates are selected. After cognitive ability and emotional stability are screened, the final element is a physical endurance program that is so gruesome, it separates those few who make the grade and are...

What Procrastinators Don’t Know

Feb 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

Procrastination is an insidious habit that undermines the work and reputation of too many professionals. Some of the best in the business diminish themselves by putting things off. Yet they aren’t alone. To be truthful, everyone procrastinates. We all periodically put...

Don’t Be Stingy With Your Confidence

Feb 21, 2016 | Uncategorized

Being thrown into the proverbial deep end is how some people learn best. They don’t shrink from taking on a challenge because they have a certain amount of confidence, believing they will find a way to be successful. But for others, it’s a different story. If you...

The Lure of Busy

Feb 15, 2016 | Business

There is a fly buzzing around the office that drives everyone crazy. It has no purpose, direction, or focus. It just flits around, acting like it has important things to do. You see, the fly has this belief that, because it is busy, it is accomplishing things. It’s...

Don’t Be A Bad Moment

Feb 7, 2016 | Business

You know how awful you feel when someone imposes themselves on you in such a way that it is a bad moment for you? Their bad moment becomes your bad moment. So you respond to them so that they get a bad moment back, or you become a bad moment for someone else. It’s not...