You’ve probably heard a motivational speaker say something along the lines of If it is to be it’s up to me. They’ll tell you that you and you alone are responsible for your success. And that is true as far as it goes. But it isn’t enough. If you start looking at biographies of successfulRead More
Into Every Life A Little Conflict Must Fall
October 5, 2006 by 1 Comment
Yesterday I had to make a difficult phone call. There were a lot of reasons I didn’t want to make the call. It was the kind that addressed some one else’s performance. And dialing the phone was sure to lead to some conflict. I promise I didn’t want to dial the phone. It was temptingRead More
Relationship Lesson From A Call Center Experience
September 19, 2006 by 2 Comments
I woke up in a bit of a grump this morning. But my problem started after dinner last night. I had been working on some things on line last night when my Gorgeous Wife came into my study to let me know dinner was ready. Food is always a good motivator to get me toRead More
7 Ways to Start Leading Yourself
September 12, 2006 by 5 Comments
A while back I pointed out that successful people are leaders. But what if you don’t see yourself as a leader? How can you start to become one? The military is one organization that excels at creating leadership. They have to be. For them creating top notch leadership is critical to their success as anRead More
Six Ways to Make People Like You
August 28, 2006 by
Most of us want to be liked by others. The trouble that the vast masses of humanity have with this is that they run smack into their own selfishness. Because of their own self-fixation, they end up repelling the very people they want to like them. Sometimes that selfishness comes out in down right rudeness.Read More
