It is 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. The conference room at Ackley Financial Group in Dallas, Texas is filled to capacity with highly successful entrepreneurs and business executives, all of whom are successful leaders on many levels, including in their businesses and their community. Each one of these very busy men and women had …
Virtually everyone reading this Tips for Success is intellectually aware, and would agree that well thought out strategy should be developed before spending precious time and energy on tactics. However, reality proves that most people spend relatively little time and energy on strategy… then eagerly dive into spending significant time and energy on tactics. This is true …
In his classic book, How to Master the Art of Selling, author Tom Hopkins provided excellent food for thought—and action—regarding one’s approach to failure and achieving additional success (however you define success). Inspired by the work of Arthur Mort, Hopkins notes that the proper attitude toward failure should be not to “see failure as failure,” …
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 …
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 …