When a baseball player goes up to bat, it is an opportunity to score for their team. It’s a big responsibility and professionals take it seriously. When the player steps up to the plate and into their stance, they draw the bat back to their shoulder with both hands on the grip and prepare themselves […]
Sometimes you have to put away some of your toys in order to play with some news ones. In some cases you may even need to sell, trade, or donate some of your old toys just so you can make some room in your toybox for the new toys you want to play with. I […]
You might think you’re in the insurance business. Or you might think you’re in the advertising business. Perhaps you think you’re in the auto repair business. Maybe you believe you’re in the food service business. No matter what business you think you’re in — you’re probably wrong. You’re actually in the “help customers solve problems” […]
One of the first professional pieces of advice I received when beginning my career in sales was from best selling author and sales trainer Jeffrey Gitomer way back when he was promoting his very first book “The Sales Bible“. One of Jeffrey’s first stories he told from the front of the room ended with the […]
If you know me well, you know I love me some Hawaiian shirts and rum-filled tiki cocktails, so I was extremely excited when my friends at Huli Huli Tiki Lounge invited me to be a guest bartender during their Sippin’ Santa event on Tuesday, December 15th from 5-8pm in Powell, Ohio! I’ll be behind the […]
When you come up with an idea it can be tough to know if you’re on the right track for success, or if it’s just another idea that you like simply because you came up with it. Here are a few ways to know if you’re on the right track with the idea you have […]
Not every idea is going to take flight. Some ideas will be complete turkeys. Some indicators that your idea is a total turkey… No one you tell about your concept gets excited about it. This is by no means a foolproof signal to abandon an idea, but it’s an early indicator that it might need […]