A number of years ago, I joined a powerful mastermind group comprised of seasoned professional women. As the only guy, I was a bit intimidated, but thankfully, everyone in the group were welcoming and excited to have me on-board.
During our first session, [click to continue…]
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Our motivation is like a battery. Everyday, your battery is fully (or partially) recharged and ready to go for the new day.
During the next 12-24 hours, worries, obstacles, people, and things all slowly deplete your motivational battery. By the end of the day, you probably feel low — maybe frustrated — loss of hope — and you don’t know where to turn. [click to continue…]
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DO THIS TODAY.
Find a quiet place, no distractions (see below). Turn off your phone and email, close your door — this time is for you. Use your laptop to write down the answers to these two questions: [click to continue…]
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Or are you? Most people tend to think they are as clean as downy-fresh sheets drying in the summer sunshine.
As with many areas in business and our lives, we tend to modulate along a spectrum. We strive and hope to be squeaky-clean, but sometimes we wander to the dark side depending on the situation, circumstance or outside pressure. In addition, being un-focused and lazy also causes one to forget to center themselves when it comes to ethics.
What makes you move? What do you do to center yourself? Where do you go? What do you read? Who do you talk to? [click to continue…]
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Are you frustrated when clients defect? Finding it hard to hit your numbers? Is your client base growing or shrinking?
You need to read this ASAP.
When interacting with each client, your only conversation should take one of three directions: [click to continue…]
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I’ve always said, keep your eyes on people who live at the ends of any spectrum.
In business, don’t follow people who continuously upset the apple cart or people who never want to change anything. [click to continue…]
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For Batman, it was the Joker. For Superman — Lex Luthor. Spider-Man — The Green Goblin.
All were shining examples of light and dark in life — good and evil. Does this happen in real life? Does this happen on the job? Sure.
Do YOU have an arch-enemy? Or someone who exemplifies the term arch-enemy? Someone who: [click to continue…]
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Last week, I wrote my first installment on working late and received a powerful uproar from my readers (massive page views and comments on my site, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook!). To finish out my thoughts on this subject, I promised to give tangible tips to help people go home at a reasonable time. So here goes:
Work hard when you’re at work.
Right off the bat, I’ve probably insulted you. But to be honest, most people don’t work that HARD while they’re at work. On the contrary, they fill up time. Be honest, we all do it.
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It’s an epidemic. An epidemic SO BIG, the CDC should be called in with their Hazmat suite and an antidote found.
What’s so hard about closing your laptop and going home at 5 PM? Nothing. But we’ve all be indoctrinated to stick around, stay late, be visible, show management ‘You Care’.
And it’s not a ‘Top Down’ behavior — it infects the entire marketplace. So what do you do? Here are a few tips to help you better understand the aberrant psychology behind this modern phenomena: [click to continue…]
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Telling someone ‘No’ is one of the hardest actions (even for an accomplished leader). Here are some strategies to help you make it easier:
This was always my first hurdle with any major (or minor) decision with my colleagues or clients. Many suggestions or requests usually have a focus — do they ultimately benefit your company or just the person requesting the decision? [click to continue…]
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