Success stories — how an individual moves from Point A to Point B — are always a joy for me to hear, and an even bigger joy to share. John Lee Dumas’ story is particularly inspiring because he’s also a friend, and he just…does things right! If you regularly listen to podcasts or are involved…
My friend, branding authority, and Certified Go-Giver Speaker, Bill Ellis emailed me a great poster that showed a photo of some dogs — apparently at a museum for those of the canine persuasion — staring intently at a painting of a tennis ball. Now, personally, I can’t imagine the fascination held by a tennis ball. Though,…
I didn’t watch the Miss Universe Pageant this past weekend. Like most everyone, however, I couldn’t help but hear what happened at the end. Yes, Steve Harvey, the very popular television personality who was hosting the event mistakenly announced the wrong person as the winner. Obviously, while not a tragedy in the true sense of the word, it’s…
Long before the rise of email and social media I was extolling the virtues and value of saying “thank you” with handwritten notes. While certainly not an original idea (whose Mom didn’t make them write thank you notes for gifts?) 🙂 they remain — in my opinion — one of the best ways to express gratitude…
I’m not particularly “cool.” And, when I say not particularly, I mean not at all. Hence, I was probably one of the few people not very familiar with singer/songwriter/entrepreneur/humanitarian…and leader, Sarah McLachlan. Yes, of course I’d heard of Lilith Fair. However, I didn’t know anything more about it than that it was a massively-successful, all-women…
A recent tweet said: “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down, unless you allow it inside your heart and mind.” ~ A. Nonymous This makes a lot of sense. To believe we don’t live in a world filled with negativity…
We hear it and see it a lot, don’t we? “We really care about our people.” “Our people are what matter most.” “We believe in building our people.” However, if you were to ask most of those employees if that’s how they felt you’d most likely receive a “no” and a strong one at that.…
Thank you for making it happen! Celebrating the 500,000 books sold mark, John David Mann and I — via our awesome publisher, Penguin/Portfolio — have just released an updated and expanded version of The Go-Giver. It’s available beginning today! What exactly is new about it? Please visit http://bit.ly/tggnew. Mainly, thank you for being a huge part of…
Personally, I’ve never enjoyed failure. I don’t think many people do. However, there is a big difference between not enjoying failure…and learning from failure. And, that’s the major lesson in Hall of Fame Quarterback — now longtime superstar entrepreneur — Fran Tarkenton’s terrific new book, The POWER of FAILURE: Succeeding in The Age of Innovation.…
Recently, I posted on my Facebook page: “Focusing on how the *other person* views the situation is a great start to resolving a difficult interaction.” Yet, this can be difficult because — in order to do this — we must step out of our emotional mind and into our calm and rational mind. Not easy…
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