When I Grow Up
How many of you remember when a parent, or aunt or uncle asked you, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Do you remember what you said? Did that answer change as you got older? How many times? Like the majority of us, what want to be is determined […]
Yogi Berra: Leadership Tips from the ‘Wisest Fool’
Regardless of whether you were a fan of the Yankees or the Mets, you knew Yogi Berra. We all did. We related to him. As a catcher, batter, coach, go-getter and indelible character, he became a legend in his own time. And he did it with humor, common sense, and more than his fair share […]
How Blue is Your Ocean?
There’s a lot of competition out there, and the majority of businesses are fighting it out in a sea of competitors to try to get their piece of the action. That’s a shame. Our battle-worn and once glorious blue ocean has turned red. All those little fish struggling for air and trying to grab […]
How to Find Your Life’ s Purpose Without Losing Your Head
What’s your purpose in life? Have you figured it out yet? It’s an important subject. Most people spend a good portion of their lives thinking about it. Thousands upon thousands of self-help books have been published on the question, each claiming to have the answer. We want to know. We’ve read them all. […]
Wayne Dyer: A Miraculous Life
Wayne Dyer once said “I’m a realist. I believe in miracles,” and his life was proof, that when you believe in yourself, miraculous things can and do happen. As a child, growing up in Detroit orphanages and foster homes, the odds were not in his favor. But he overcame them, with an intrinsic belief […]
6 Steps That Will Help You Achieve Your Goals
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar You have a vision. You know what your world would look like when you achieve it. It’s out there waiting for you. All that good stuff. Maybe some of you have picked […]
Don’t Forget the Soft Side of Strategy
“Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all.” – Peter Drucker Strategy is often a ‘catch-all’ term and it comes […]
The Secret to Happiness
27 Famous People Share Their Thoughts “My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?” – Charles Schulz The general consensus is that babies are born happy. Why shouldn’t they be? When they’re not, they […]
How Do You Price Your Value?
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Buffet This has been a good year; but although business has picked up, and many especially in services industries are busier than ever, they’re not significantly profiting from their efforts. One factor that could significantly influence that is the way you […]
What My History Teacher Said About Potential and Permission
When I was in high school some time during the last century, my history teacher was late for class. Rowdy teenagers that we were, we seized it as a golden opportunity to goof off. While the girls were jabbering and laughing away some of the boys (not me of course), took the globe out of […]