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- The Best Kind of Bold March 27, 2012
- Control Freak March 24, 2012
- Back in the Saddle March 5, 2012
- Do You Hear That? October 10, 2011
- First Things First October 8, 2011
- Let’s Die, Living October 6, 2011
- Two Things You Can Do September 29, 2011
- No Regrets September 23, 2011
- Possibly Anything September 15, 2011
- Take Two September 14, 2011
You’ll Achieve Whatever You Believe
Nobody knows you quite like you know you. And nobody believes you like you believe yourself. So how are you really doing in life and what do you think about it? When I talk to people about their potential, I often bring up the fact that they know far more about what they are capable of than I do. I can guess and I can talk to them about goals for achievement, but I don't have the ability to look inside and see what truly drives and motivates them or what thoughts and beliefs they possess about their own capacity for success. And [...]
Your Life’s Reflection
From time to time I like to share poems on here and I found one the other day that I really liked. It's called "Life's Mirror" by Madeline Bridges. Like most poems it can really speak to you if you read it and let the words soak in. Sometimes I think we read poems just to make sure the lines rhyme, and we end up taking very little away from the moment. One of the things I have said to people quite often over the years is that whenever you have an opportunity...be it while sitting through a meeting, listening during a lecture or [...]
Real Self Help
I was speaking to a group of sales professionals the other day and I let them in on a little secret. The topic was the toughest sales job they will ever have. It involved the most difficult prospect that they would ever have to persuade. And I also wanted them to know that once they were able to convince and sell this very specific person and convert them to their way of thinking, they would have a loyal customer for life. And a customer that would lead them to unbridled success. The little secret that I shared with them and which [...]
Quick Fix? How About the Real Deal Instead?
There was a commercial on TV the other day that grabbed my attention. The reason that it caught my eye was because it was being sarcastic, which I love...and yet at the same time it was absolutely truthful with the message. It was for a website called CreditFairy.org. Now, I don't necessarily endorse the site or the info, as I haven't gone and checked it out in any depth. It does look to be pretty helpful, though. Anyway, the reason I thought the ad was great was because it was really in the face of all of these other places that [...]
Monday Love
It's a great feeling when you're doing something that you love. Even on a Monday. I was getting on the elevator today and this guy gets on with me. He was only going to the 2nd floor and I was headed all the way up to 12. So I didn't have him with me for much of the trip... He was talking to someone as he boarded and he was laughing and smiling when he jumped in and pressed the appropriate button. "Are you having a good time so far today?" he asked me, as he continued laughing a little bit. (Whatever it was he was talking [...]
To Have Succeeded
There's a great little poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson that I love and thought was worth sharing with you today. There are many definitions of success, and truthfully because we are all so unique, we will all have different ways of measuring it in our own lives. It's always great to get someone's perspective on success, particularly if they are a really sharp person and successful themselves, like Emerson was. Read the poem he wrote and see if it inspires you or moves you in any certain way. I think it is as brilliant and meaningful as [...]
Talk About Awesome
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting the Los Angeles King's President of Business Operations, Luc Robitaille. Now, if you happen to be a hockey fan, you know that Luc is also a former player. And not just any former player...he is an NHL Hall of Famer. He played for the Kings, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings over his 19 year career, 14 of those seasons in Los Angeles with the Kings. By the time he retired he had scored more goals than any other left winger in the history of the league (668), [...]
High Anxiety
I once heard a speaker making the distinction between the physiological reactions of two performers. One was someone who was scared to death to go on stage and the other was a person who couldn't wait to get out there and be in front of the crowd. It was pretty fascinating stuff. The person with stage fright said that they could sense the fear as they were about to go out on stage because their heart started to race, their palms got real sweaty, there was a lump developing in their throat and they started to shake with nervousness all [...]
Presence and Presents
You know that feeling you get at Christmas time when, after spending way more money than you even thought you had on gifts for the kids, they're all sitting on the floor in plain site, playing with the boxes and the wrapping paper instead of the toys? Quite a feeling, isn't it? You think to yourself, "if I had only known they would get so much joy and have so much fun with the packaging, I would have skipped the toys and just given them ribbons and wrapping paper". There's just so much to be said about living in the moment, and [...]
Sensible Shoes
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go" - Dr. Seuss Each of us was born with a built in system that can get us anywhere we want to go in our lives. It is a system that is as perfect and works as well as anything else in all of life, and yet it is also one of those things that seems to rarely get used. Most of us have never tapped into the internal resources which [...]
Some Quick Dad Tips
Being a dad rules. I may not be an expert, but I sure feel like I've learned a lot in the nine years that it's been my major responsibility. So, I figured I'd impart some words of wisdom and maybe help someone out there be even better than they already are. The truth is, all of our situations as dads are a little unique. But there certainly are some things that we all have in common. By the way, any of you moms out there...I wish I could say, just take what I'm saying about dads and apply it and it will work for you, too...but we [...]
Be Exceptional
There are plenty of things that you can do on the job which will make you more successful. One of the most valuable things you can ever do is make yourself indispensable. It sounds like a daunting task, I know. The truth is that you can begin to separate yourself from others within your business or organization by doing something real simple, but which can develop into long term habits of success, and you can start doing it right away. The first step is to make a minor shift in your mental outlook. You have to understand that [...]
Post #25
At some point during the 30 Blogs in 30 Days Challenge you have to breathe a little. Especially if you are attempting to post twenty-one times in two days in order to complete the competition. So, I'm coming up for a little air here. It has been a pretty incredible day. I have managed to this point to have post twelve times to the blog, and after this little diddy, I will five more to go. As I'm writing this, I have approximately one hour and thirty-seven minutes to accomplish this task. I have to admit that when I started I was [...]
Sunday Blues
I'm sure you've had them. Most of us have at one point or another in our lives. In fact, unless you've never been part of the Monday through Friday, nine-to-five crowd, I guarantee you've felt their sting and waded through their murky waters. I'm talking about the Sunday Blues. They typically hit someone around four o'clock in the afternoon on any given Sunday and they can last all night unless the person experiencing them can manage to sneak in some shut eye. That's not always the case. The Sunday Blues have been known to claim [...]
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