Going the Extra Mile
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain Are you going the extra mile in your life and in your business or are you staying with the crowd by doing what everyone else is doing? That little bit extra is the difference between […]
Capitalizing On The Mistakes Of Others:
Should you capitalize on the mistakes of others or should you ignore the obvious opportunity to grow your business because it’s at the expense of another? It’s a question most entrepreneurs will encounter at one point in the growth of their business. It may seem opportunistic and even callous to take advantage of other peoples’ […]
Are You Slaughtering Your Sales Doing All The Talking?
Doing all the talking is something we learned not to do early on in our business lives and yet, it’s a mistake I see entrepreneurs make over and over and over again! Prospects do not want to be sold, they want to be understood and the key to doing that is L-I-S-T-E-N-I-N-G! During a recent […]
The Golden Moment Illusion
Watching the Olympic Games over the last two weeks, we saw many victories and many more defeats. We watched in anticipation as athletes who have trained their entire lives gave everything they had to reach that pinnacle moment: winning a gold medal. On the sidelines, we saw expected winners experience the crushing devastation as their […]
Overcompensating For Your Underperformer
Is an under-performer slowly eroding your corporate culture, alienating other members of your team and setting up a dangerous dynamic? Because that’s exactly what happens if you tolerate or compensate for a member of your team who isn’t pulling their own weight. Under-performance is one of those subtle dynamics that goes on in many businesses. […]
Success Is Never A Solo Journey
Whatever it is you want to achieve – whether it’s growing a business or going for Gold at the Olympics – you will need support people working in the background to help you succeed.Those support people can be your business partner(s) or executive team, your spouse or life partner, your children, your employees and even […]
Are You Stuck In Your Stories?
What stories do you tell yourself when there’s no one else but you listening? Is it the same brave, bold story you put forward to the world or an unrecognizable, painfully small shadow of your public self? Do you use your stories to manifest the life you know at some level is possible? Or do […]
The Traps Of Average Between Romance And Retirement
Our personal and business lives tend to follow the same patterns. Understanding the dynamic of one often gives us insight into the other and vice versa. It makes sense if you think about it – YOU are the common element in each and how you interact and engage with both entities is a reflection of […]
The Importance of Corporate Values
Your corporate values are the sum of the top 4 or 5 personal values you and your leadership team hold. Similar values add strength to an organization, creating alignment and synergy while conflicting ones take away, often manifesting as internal conflict and ‘problem employees’. How do your corporate values add up? It’s important to remember […]
From Contribution To Prostitution And Back
How do you deal with adversity in your business? Do you stick to your big vision and push forward, finding new and different ways to achieve your goals, or do you take the easy way out and sell yourself short? Let me explain what prostitution has to do with goals. Often times, when tallying up […]