CHOOSING TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS See You at the Top! 1. Business Basics Business is all about people All people are motivated by the exact same thing—self-interest—what’s in it for me People come to work motivated to pursue their self-interest—not yours The real meaning of “touchy-feely” 2. You Can’t Succeed in Business by Yourself You…
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. is a true story about Mitch paying weekly visits to his old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. During these visits, Morrie passes on some wonderful life lessons from the perspective of a dying man. At one point, he said, “Why do you think…
A friend sent me a document titled “Life from the Seat of a Tractor.” It contained 30 excellent bullet points on how to live a better life. I’d like to share some of them with you. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled. You cannot…
This past December 27, the University of Arizona played Purdue University in the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, California. My nephew, Chris, plays tuba in the University of Arizona marching band. About 50 of the band members including Chris departed from Phoenix for Santa Clara on Christmas Day. They needed to play at a…
I grew up in southwestern Michigan where a lot of farms grow blueberries. My cousin Chris grew up there too and then moved to central Illinois where no farms grow blueberries. Every year during blueberry season Chris would go back to Michigan to visit her parents and she would bring blueberries back to central Illinois…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–Instant Turnaround!–I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder USA Today recently ran a review of a new book written by Dr. Stuart Brown, a 76 year old psychiatrist, titled, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul. According to Dr. Brown, play…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–Instant Turnaround!-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder It’s a fact of life, when you’re nice to people, they’re nice back–it’s called The Law of Reciprocity. And, the more people you’re nice to, the more people you have out there who are looking for an opportunity to…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–Instant Turnaround!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder During these difficult economic times, we have stressors in the form of bad news coming at us from many directions. As a result, people are likely to show up for work tense and on edge; ready to vent their frustration…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder-The First Review of Instant Turnaround!–Instant Turnaround!-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder My wife has conducted a fair number of job interviews in recent years. One of the questions she always asks is: “What kind of supervisor do you prefer?” Never once has anyone said, “I’d love to be micromanaged.” …