We all have patterns, habits, and beliefs that limit us. The challenge is that we generally can’t see how those thought-patterns and beliefs hold us back and what we can’t see tends to sabotage our efforts. Blind spots can severely impact an executive’s strategic vision, their course of action, and their rate of success. They [...]
Does This Mindset Hold You Back?
March 31, 2011 By 4 Comments
I was talking to a client the other day about his goals as an entrepreneur. When I asked him how big he wanted his business to be, he gave me an answer that was only a modest amount over his current level of success, and then explained that growing much beyond that would create a [...]
Instilling Pride ~ A Key to Eliciting Excellence
August 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
Eliciting excellence in others is the essence of leadership, and one of the most effective means of eliciting excellence is to instill a sense of pride in those around us. Instilling pride has a myriad of benefits – quality of work and workmanship improves, creativity and innovation increases, collaboration is facilitated more easily, and people [...]
Does Success Change You?
May 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Imagine this scenario… You spend years working hard to succeed. During these years, you have some success, mixed with lots of false starts. But you never really reach the level of success you dream of. And then something shifts. Everything begins to work, and your fame and fortune take off. Here’s the question: Does success [...]
Don’t Bother Setting Goals
March 9, 2010 By 5 Comments
Don’t bother setting goals. It’s a waste of time. Let me explain why I feel this way about goals and then offer a better alternative. See if this scenario sounds familiar…
Stop Trying to Be Normal
February 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stop trying to be normal. It undermines your success and keeps you in a state of mediocrity. It’s an interesting phenomenon.
Manage Stress to Boost Productivity
October 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We live in a time when it seems like we’re regularly put into situations that cause us stress. Sometimes we feel a little stress for a short time and sometimes we feel a lot of stress for a long time. The fact is that when we feel stress, especially for extended periods of time, not [...]
The Key to High Productivity
April 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of the issues most often raised by my clients is better time management. People have tried prioritizing tasks, blocking out parts of their day for certain tasks, implementing new systems and getting better at delegation. While all of those things can make a difference, there is something else that will have an even greater [...]
It’s Time to Reinvent Yourself
December 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It happens every year about this time. I reinvent my business (and myself in the process). Most often I do it because of my desire to grow my business and make a greater difference in the world, rather than because I’m unhappy with the way the past year went. The process is rejuvenating and inspiring. [...]
It’s Time to Re-Evaluate
September 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I know an insurance agent in my area who, every time we run into one another, asks me if I have any good ideas as to how to find new clients without actually having to talk to people. This guy is in the wrong business. He needs to re-evaluate his life and decide to either [...]
