“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” — Lou Holtz Success in life depends upon being strong people with clear goals and indomitable spirits. Unfortunately most of us aren’t born that way. We grow that way. And that growth can…
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Five Tips For Creating Successful Habits
Fully 95% of everything you accomplish, or fail to accomplish, will be determined by your habits, either good or bad. Successful people have good habits that guide and direct them to ever greater success. Unsuccessful people have bad habits that trip them up throughout their lives. Here are five things that…
Continue Reading....What Are The Core Values That Dictate Your Life & Business?
Love, Loyalty & Courage Recently I was having a conversation about some business issues with my friend and associate, and we got on the subject of Loyalty – which my associate pointed out to me was a core value for both of us and that was why we were in…
Continue Reading....It Is Up To You
One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “if it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means…
Continue Reading....Necessity is the Mother of . . . Innovation?
My wife and I recently went to the Henry Ford Museum. My wife worked there for almost eight years as a guide and interpreter, as well as training guides and interpreters. I always enjoy our visits, but this one was particularly insightful for me. I’m not sure what sparked the…
Continue Reading....Become a Global Networker
Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, and the richest person in the world by several billion dollars, is convinced that the huge access to information will trickle down to the consumer. In another two years, he predicts, most decisions such as hiring a part-time worker for your home, buying a consumer product,…
Continue Reading....What Do You Do for a Living?
Too many people miss the point of what they do. They spend all day working hard at their jobs and forget what they are trying to accomplish as a business. This thought came to me as I was getting ready to work out at my local gym. As I was…
Continue Reading....Gaining Visibility
Have you noticed that some workers receive more promotions and greater pay than do their colleagues? This, despite the fact that they are apparently not even as competent. This doesn’t seem fair. Why should some people get ahead when others who seem to be working far harder, and even longer…
Continue Reading....Rich Results – Discover Your Personal Truth
Growing up most of us were taught to tell the truth. Remember: “Honesty is the best policy”. But as time passed we watched adults lie and get away with it. We learned that sometimes when you tell the truth people get upset. And because most people want to avoid confrontation…
Continue Reading....Stay Focused on the Big Picture
A reader of this column sent me an email recently, thanking me for a column I had written on getting outside the box. She then told me how she had lost focus for a while, but had turned things around. She encouraged me to write a column on staying focused.…
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