A post on Twitter by the great speaker and author, Billy Cox, quoted former General Electric Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch as saying: “Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.” To me, this rings true. After all, by their very nature, they tend not to accomplish but rather stay personally stationary…
My friend, Joe Calloway, acclaimed business speaker and author of several books, including the newly-released, Be The Best At What Matters Most, is not one who puts a high-price on being imaginative, innovative and unique…simply for the sake of being imaginative, innovative and unique. Early in his book, he writes: “Your goal should be to…
My great friend and fellow coffee-lover, Melissa Stewart, founder of She Owns It, a company based on “Celebrating, Supporting & Connecting Women Entrepreneurs” recently tweeted, “Your mind is a multimillion-dollar property. Screen your tenants VERY carefully!” How true that is! Imagine owning a rental property and not screening your prospective tenants before allowing them to…
“Compliance will never take you, where commitment can go.” ~ Dondi Scumaci As posted previously, I love that saying (what I call, a “Dondi-ism”) 🙂 by my great friend and mentor, Dondi Scumaci. It reminds me that, as leaders and influencers, we always need to ask ourselves where our focus is and who it is…
What a joy to present recently in Del Mar, California at the Think and Grow Rich Summit 2013. Hosted by speaker/author, Tony Rubleski in conjunction with the Napoleon Hill Foundation, it was three days jam-packed with terrific speakers, authors, thought and business leaders. While I could only stay for part of it, every speaker I…
Global hunger kills nearly 16,000 children every day. It’s a scourge of third-world countries. And, strangely enough…it’s also one of the most solvable problems there is. Why hasn’t it been solved then? Of course, charity is a magnificent and wonderful way to help those who cannot help themselves. Yet, with all the charity that people…
As human beings we operate out of a Belief System based on factors including upbringing, environment, schooling, news media, television shows, movies, etc., etc., etc. Our beliefs, paradigms, world-views, world-models, or whatever words we choose to utilize that really says, “this is how I see the world — it is my version of how the…
While there is not necessarily one all-encompassing “secret to success” there is The ONE Thing that – if you’ll do as Gary Keller and Jay Papasan advise in their recently-released book – you cannot help but achieve the success you desire, and enjoy your life a lot more as a result. Gary Keller is a…
Are all givers financially successful? Not necessarily. Are all givers financially unsuccessful? Not necessarily. What about takers? Or…matchers? In this fascinating new book by Adam M. Grant, we learn that not all “givers” are what you and I would call “Go-Givers.” Though, we also learn that pretty much all takers are what we would call…
If you are one of the many whose sales and marketing results took a giant leap upwards after studying Book Yourself Solid, then you know about Michael Port. While he gears his teaching mainly to owners of service-based business, his ingenious system will work for practically anyone who desires to provide great value to the…
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