People will say “that’s impossible!” …until it isn’t. People will say “that will never happen!” …until it does. People will say “you’re wasting your time!” …until it pays off. The 4-minute mile? Impossible! Man in flight? It will never happen! The electric lightbulb? You’re wasting your time! History is filled with examples of the Crazy […]
While reading Jeffrey Gitomer’s latest book, The Little Book of Leadership: The 12.5 Strengths of Responsible, Reliable, Remarkable Leaders That Create Results, Rewards, and Resilience, I was prompted to do an exercise that asked me to write down three things that define and embrace the way I think about my life’s goals. Most of the […]
You don’t achieve Success by doing one thing.
You achieve Success by EVERYTHING you do.
But you achieve it by doing one successful thing at a time.
I just finished reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s latest book, The Thank You Economy. I’d had an opportunity to see and hear Gary speak live about his new book via several online resources, and while there is no denying Gary is passionate speaker, he can tear off on a tangent unrelated to the topic at-hand and will […]
Everyday more businesses and individuals jump into the deep end of the social media pool. Internal or external pressures dictate that you simply MUST have a Twitter account or a Facebook page or a LinkedIn profile or a Foursquare offer or even a Groupon discount. The problem is, you are correct about the need for […]
The Post Office I’ve been using for the past 8 or 9 years is closing. The form letter they sent (with ZERO information on how to contact any human being who actually works in that location) informed me of their intent to relocate my PO Box to a Columbus city office much further from my home than […]
Just finished reading a pretty cool book this past weekend; “The Micro-Script Rules: It’s not what people hear. It’s what they repeat…” by Bill Schley. The term “Micro-Script” is rather more appealing than “catchy-catch-phrase” but it’s essentially a different breed of the same animal (though it could be argued that by comparison the catch-phrase is […]