Life & Health
August 9, 2017
Our thoughts and our bodies are inextricably connected. In his classic, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill shares his secret to success: “We become what we think about.” These six words inspired me to believe that if I could control what I though...
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August 2, 2017
“You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X 10^18 joules of potential energy—enough to explode with the force of thirty very large hydrogen bombs, assumi...
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July 11, 2017
Does your strategy for improving sales results include journaling, meditation, and reflection?
These activities help us to observe, understand, and connect with our emotions. Greater self-awareness can increase our emotional intelligence (EI), and...
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July 5, 2017
It is a sad story: Mary was a friendly, experienced individual who accepted a six-month contract in an established business. During this period coworkers would help, but never without her reaching out first, and not once was she invited to join the g...
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June 27, 2017
In his book, Every Family’s Business, Thomas Deans encourages business owners to prioritize preserving the family wealth over preserving the family business. If it makes more sense to sell the business outside the family and put the money to more p...
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June 6, 2017
I am often amazed when I facilitate group exercises about values by the number of participants who either do not believe that values support relationships or, when asked, admit that they do not live those values. These values include:
Collaborat...
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February 1, 2017
Remember the last time you were moved, inspired and encouraged at work? Was it motivating?
Perhaps you can’t easily recall an example from your workplace. Sadly, for many of us, it is often easier to think of times when we were demotivated, unap...
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December 19, 2016
It’s ok to feel frightened or uncomfortable about the future. It’s ok to be uncertain about how your life will unfold. It’s only natural. Although most business owners are loath to talk about it, we’ve all felt it.
One of the tenets of Z...
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December 13, 2016
Mushotoku seems far removed from traditional advice about selling products or services. Sales training that doesn't seek personal profit? And yet, there is one very practical application of Zen in selling.
It would be disrespectful to true practit...
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December 5, 2016
The stories you tell yourself will determine how you deal with the experience of being stressed. Your stories influence your results.
Very early in my career as a coach and leadership trainer a major organization invited me to lead a series of spa...
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