Without ever opening your mouth, you and every other living human being make thousands of powerful statements each and every day. These powerful statements have a direct and lasting impact, whether positive, negative or neutral, on your personal and professional success, happiness, and joy in life. Our society places tremendous emphasis and importance on verbal …
In preparing for a presentation/discussion I will lead next week for the senior leadership of Texas Health Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Health Resources, and their partner organizations, I have been rereading an excellent book on leadership, as well as personal and professional success. This excellent book, entitled Wooden On Leadership, is authored by …
A recent article in the April 13, 2009 Fortune Magazine reinforces the critical importance and the many significant advantages of nurturing growth, development and success by building from within. The Fortune Magazine Top Performers Series features the world’s most admired companies. This particular article, entitled P&G’s Leadership Machine, features the highly successful and proven formula P&G uses …
Guest Author: Mr. Jerry Nye, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of being part of a relief effort that brought out the very best in a community. The Red River along the Minnesota/North Dakota border was well over flood stage and expected to crest at 43 feet. In less than one week, over 3 million sandbags …
Have you ever considered planning at least a part of your daily schedule, your priorities and your deadlines based on relationships? If not, why not? Nothing in your personal or professional life is more important than relationships. Nothing will more quickly propel you to greater joy, happiness, fulfillment and success than good, productive relationships. The …
I am constantly amazed at how few people and organizations provide and aggressively promote an unconditional guarantee. Not guaranteeing the intended outcome of anything you do or make or sell makes absolutely no sense to me. Lack of an unconditional guarantee for any program, product or service sends a very clear message to every potential …
A young attorney/sports agent is attending a seminar in Las Vegas. He is bored with the presentations and he is bored and burned out in his personal and professional life. He has lost his passion for his work and life in general. During a break in the conference, he wonders through a Vegas hotel and …
Don’t just read it! “Mark it up” and make it your own. Use it. Apply it. Let’s take this journey together. As I pulled up a chair and sat down while holding my overpriced cup of coffee, one of my wonderful Starbucks buddies, Bob Chrampanis, Chief Pilot for The Richards Group in Dallas, Texas, handed …
Are you interested in additional sales, money, promotions, opportunities, happiness, joy, and success (however you define success)? If so, read on, take action, and implement that which will take you to where and who you want to be! Nothing will more dramatically impact your life, earnings, values, contributions, mission, legacy and success than your habits. …