Intelligent Action

People often ask how they can make better decisions? How can they make better choices? The answer is to make the future part of your current philosophy. With a picture of the future you desire both personally and professionally you will now be guided to make better decisions in the present. When faced with a Read More

Master The Small Disciplines

Are you mastering the small disciplines in your business and life? It is the small disciplines that lead to great accomplishments. Success is about accumulation. The accumulation of many small disciplines performed well leads to great accomplishment. The next time you let something go that needs to be done with the attitude that “it really Read More

Failure

What is failure? It is nothing more than a few errors in judgment repeated every day. They get repeated because people don’t think it matters. When you hear about a business closing down it appears to be one big event. It is a big event for that day but the reality is that what caused Read More

Business Keys To Success: Leadership

One of my favorite quotations on leadership states, “Leadership isn’t taught.  It is caught.”  I can assure you that in my career as a self-employed business owner and as a personal business coach that there are several people who served me well as excellent role models of leadership. In fact today, when I am Read More

Business Keys To Success: Connection

John Maxwell in his book, “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” talks about the importance of connection.  The following is an excerpt from this book. Connection For Stronger Relationships The stronger the relationship you form with followers, the greater the connection you forge—and the more likely those followers will be to want to help you.  Read More

Business Keys To Success: Your Daily Attitude

One of the great discoveries of my life was that I truly do have control over my attitude.  I used to play competitive tennis in high school and college.  At one time, especially in high school, I was considered to be a very good tennis player.  A High School Attitude When I was in high Read More

Business Keys To Success: Self-Discipline

The road to success and ultimately more happiness is paved with self-discipline. Author H. Jackson Brown Jr. said, “Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.” If you know you have talent, and you’ve seen a Read More

Make Your New Year Truly New: Success Planning

2013 is slowly winding down. At the end of every year it is imperative to think about the success planning for the following 12 months. This time of the year is perfect to reflect and see what you have done in your personal and business lives. Understanding the keys to success, regardless of your work Read More

Twilight Zone Is A Key to Success

You may ask, “How is the twilight zone a key to success?” It’s a good question and I will do my best to give some insights into the answer. You can learn a lot during the holiday season, including finding out your individual keys to success in business and life. The majority of people go Read More

Business Keys To Success: Control

Control can be a good thing and it can be a bad thing.  For most people, the first thing they think of is that if I am in control that’s good and if someone else is then it is not. Over years in my personal business coaching practice I have observed while collaborating with and Read More