There is a well known and often quoted saying from motivational speaker, Jim Rohn that goes like this: "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." When I first heard this I thought about the people I was spending time with and realized just how true … [Read more...]
How to Define and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
Your Journey to Achieve Success Success is one of those abstract concepts that is difficult to define. It will mean something different to everyone you ask, and may change dramatically over the course of your life. Yet we all seek this on some level and will go to great lengths … [Read more...]
Humble Yourself as Part of Your Business
There is a scene from the movie "Runaway Train" that made quite an impression on me when I first saw it back in 1985. Two men have escaped from prison and dream of a life of freedom. Eric Roberts' character Buck) tells Jon Voight's character (Manny) about how he's going to do … [Read more...]
Connecting People for Mutual Benefit
The Art of Connecting People When I attended my first marketing conference in the spring of 2008 there were more than two thousand people in attendance. I knew fewer than a dozen of them and had not met any of them in person previously. To say that I was intimidated would be an … [Read more...]
Work Ethics – Inherent, Instilled, or Embraced?
The definition of the term "work ethic" is based on the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward. This is a noble concept, and it goes much deeper than just the cursory thoughts any of us have given it. But the question I am pursuing is whether … [Read more...]
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