The famous Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had an Intern working for him. On one random Thursday morning, Secretary Kissinger asks the Intern to write a position paper on a particular topic. If you would rather listen to a podcast version, CLICK HERE, otherwise continue reading The Intern is …
Time Management
Tips: Investing your time
Today's blog is a story that I love. I've heard it from numerous people, but the one that tells it the best, is my favorite story-teller, Zig Ziglar. Zig Ziglar tells the story of Emmanuel Ninger. In 1887, Ninger walked into the local grocery store to buy turnip greens. He gave the clerk a …
3-2-1 Grow
Most of us can't remember what we had for breakfast yesterday; how can we be expected to remember all our victories and challenges? So this week's blog is a short and simple exercise that I've used for years. I call it the 3-2-1 Grow Program. I usually do this on Saturday or Sunday morning, spending …
What can you learn by planning your summer vacations?
Planning your summer vacation? It's Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial start of summer. What are your plans? Have you decided where you are going to spend those days or weeks off? Maybe you've elected to take every Friday off between now and Labor Day so you can get long weekends in and do a …
Make this years goal setting process easy
Mondays' have always been my day. I loved them. It was time to put my plan into action. That plan was different every week, but it was the same. It always revolved around sales, accounts, territories, products, management, building the team, internal and external meetings, traveling, putting …
Leadership Tip: Delegate problem solving
You are the leader, it is your problem, no one else's, right? Leadership involves calculating return on investment. Sometimes that means you take the 2nd best solution to a problem, not the first. Why would you do that? Stop being the Chief Problem Solver in your organization. Let the team …
Common theme to time management
The morning to-do list! You’ve re-written it four times this week, and its only Wednesday. You’ve carried over some of these tasks for days on end, and they haven’t been completed. There is only so much time in a day, and you are struggling to get everything done. We look at the calendar, and we are …
Improve your day with these 3 E’s
Phew, just got to the office in the nick of time. Ugh, you see the pile of work stacked in your inbox. You open your email system and you have tons of unread messages. You are behind, and you can’t even think straight and it’s just 8:05. Off you go, down to get that first cup of coffee. As you …
How to benefit, by postponing pleasure
Are you the type that wants it NOW? Can't wait for Christmas morning, so you open up just "one" on Christmas Eve? Maybe you're a live for the moment, or only live once type of person. Why delay gratification? Most of us have heard about the study by Stanford Professor, Walter Mischel. He …
Billionaires Share this One Thing in Common
67% of today’s billionaires have earned their first billion in one generation! Of the current Forbes 400 list, 228 of them started either poor or middle class. They didn't inherit businesses or anyone else's fortune. (Forbes) When people ask if the American Dream is still possible - I …