Category Archives: General

Attitude Might Not Be Everything…But It Sure Is Important

My amazing and very close friend, Svetlana (Lana) Kim snuck out of Soviet Russia via a ticket she bought on the black market and came to America with exactly $1 (yes, that would be one dollar!) in her pocket and not one word of English in her vocabulary. Add to that the fact that once she…

Coach Dixie Dynamite on Money & Energy

For whatever reason it is, human beings have a strange, often counter-productive relationship with money. Of course, the lack of it can be debilitating to one trying to survive, support a family, thrive and donate to the less fortunate. Thus, it would seem to make sense that the seeking of money through providing value to…

Can Only Leaders Develop Leaders?

After reading the post that shared some of Jack Welch’s leadership tips from his book, WINNING, Heather from Southern California asked if one could develop leaders without having first been a leader. Now, the seemingly obvious response is “no,” right? After all, how can one teach someone to do something that one has not themselves…

Jack Welch on Leadership

If you’ve been following my latest tweets (is it just me or does that still sound kind of strange?) 🙂 you know I’m in the process of reading WINNING by Jack & Suzy Welch and totally loving it. I’ve read one previous book about the former 20-year G.E. Chair & CEO but this is my…

Book Recommedation, Me 2.0 by Dan Schawbel

With the amazing success of the recent Go-Giver Tour launched by four young entrepreneurs out of Chicago, I’m more and more impressed on how today’s young mavericks have not only grasped the mechanics of social media but have an almost intuitive understanding (I’m sure combined with lots of study) on how to effectively work with…

Welcome to My Initial Blog Posting

Yes, I’ve been posting lately on our other site, www.TheGoGiver.com and always enjoy doing so. This blog, however, will be a bit different. On The Go-Giver site it’s pretty much “all Go-Giver – all the time.” John David Mann (my awesome coauthor) and I usually take turns looking at different aspects regarding the Principles and…