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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

View Comments September 4, 2010

Hope you’re having a GREAT weekend!

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What are we doing?

View Comments July 19, 2010

During my recent trip to Malaysia, I was asked by network television news there to comment on their country’s goal to become a “high income nation by 2020.” Every person I met knew of the national effort. They’ve become a mid-income country through hard work and careful planning. Now, they seek to join the ranks [...]

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A walk in the woods…

View Comments May 4, 2010

Since my wife signed me up to walk a half-marathon with her in seventeen days (but, who’s counting?) — along with my desire to get in better shape — I’m walking every morning. Usually about five miles…sometimes more, sometimes less. I’m very fortunate to have a beautiful path to walk…friendly neighborhood, through a protected wetlands, [...]

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A real guru…

March 10, 2010

With all of the discussion here lately about “gurus,” it was a true pleasure to meet a REAL one today. He stood in front of hundreds of people and announced that “consistency” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. “I wouldn’t tolerate mere consistency,” he proclaimed. “Some will consistently underperform. Some will consistently create problems [...]

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Spring IS coming…

February 22, 2010

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What, exactly, is a “mistake”?

View Comments February 19, 2010

In a little less than an hour from the time I’m writing this, Tiger Woods will make his “apology speech.” And, while I obviously do not know what will be said, there’s a darn good example of what he SHOULD deliver at CNN from John Kador, author of the book, “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building [...]

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It’s not about BIG meetings…

View Comments February 18, 2010

Yesterday, Seth Godin told us “No more big events” – while today he wants to inform us of “The best reason for a big event.” Funny, I thought “no more” meant there should be “no more”…like “none.” Which should mean there could be no “best reason” to have one. May I suggest there are only [...]

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“IN”…or “OUT”??

View Comments February 13, 2010

At a conference I’m attending, there is a significant amount of discussion regarding techniques members of this profession can implement to improve their income. For many of us — in most careers — the past year was a challenging time. We saw sales dropping and pressures rising. Naturally, we all wanted our professional profitability and [...]

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Thoughts before the “big game”…

View Comments February 5, 2010

What the two teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl can teach us… (Click to play…)

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It’s NOT about the glass…

View Comments October 1, 2009

You have heard the ancient question a million times and more: “Do you look at the glass as half-full or half-empty?” And while the question purports to be a kind of litmus test on whether you are an optimist or pessimist, it occurs to me that we really shouldn’t be examining the glass at all. [...]

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