Category Archives: Influence

First, Ask And Discover The Root of The Issue

Blog, InfluenceBy Bob Burg June 21, 2012 18 Comments

A reader asked: “I just got a new job and my former boss called me a few days ago to ask for a favor. Problem is, he did something unfair to me. Last year I did a four-month internship at his company. It all went well. At least that’s what I thought since they seemed…

Gossip is Costly, Literally!

Blog, General, Influence, SuccessBy Bob Burg June 4, 2012 16 Comments

In discussing the topic of Gossip we often speak in terms of spiritual reasons why one would want to refrain from the activity of speaking it, listening to it, or in any way being around it. And, yet, as we all know, every spiritual principle has with it a physical equivalent and manifestation. In the…

In School; In Life … Do Not Violate These Laws

Blog, General, Influence, SuccessBy Bob Burg June 1, 2012 8 Comments

One of my valued mentors, Rabbi Zelig Pliskin of Jerusalem, points out in his book, The Power of Words that typically, when it comes to grammar, most of us make it a point to do our best to speak correctly. He writes: “You violate no ‘laws’ by violating the laws of grammar, nevertheless you are…

A Weak or Strong Team

Blog, General, Influence, The Go-GiverBy Bob Burg May 22, 2012 11 Comments

In one of his recent posts, leadership authority, Dan Rockwell wrote: “If you know more than everyone on your team, you have a weak team.” True leaders not only accept smarter/more knowledgeable people on their team, they seek them out. They purposely surround themselves with people who are either overall more capable or are at…

Fill in The Blank. Influence Without Trust. As Futile As…

Blog, Influence, WWIBy Bob Burg May 7, 2012 8 Comments

Recently, on my Facebook page I posted the following: Trying to influence another person without first eliciting trust is as futile as…as…darn, hate when I can’t come up with a clever ending. 🙂 So, how would YOU end that sentence? Responses ranged from funny to profound; many of them both. Here they are… Dave Ferguson…

Those With High Character Take A Stand

Blog, Influence, SuccessBy Bob Burg December 12, 2011 18 Comments

“Those are my principles. And, if you don’t like them…I have others.” — Groucho Marx The above line by one of our greatest comedians is, unfortunately, a bit too real. While we tend to see this manifest most commonly in politicians who will say just about anything in order to get elected or re-elected, far…

Category Archives: Influence

First, Ask And Discover The Root of The Issue

Gossip is Costly, Literally!

In School; In Life … Do Not Violate These Laws

A Weak or Strong Team

Fill in The Blank. Influence Without Trust. As Futile As…

Those With High Character Take A Stand

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