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YOU go first…

5 comments January 7, 2011

My awesome sister, Shelley, has a terrific blog of insights and pictures from a small rural town. Check it out — it’s http://WhatIfItDid.com And, while I am obviously “brother-proud” of the pictures she shoots and the insights she shares, there was a quote from a recent post that really struck me: “Treat everyone with politeness, [...]

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From Bangkok, a gentle reminder…

5 comments November 22, 2010

Hello from Bangkok! Today is the third of our Business Transformation Seminars, and I’m excited and grateful to be here. Last night, returning to my hotel after dinner with several speaker friends, the cab driver was complaining in broken English about the traffic in the city. “Do you ever get used to it?” I asked. [...]

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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

September 4, 2010

Hope you’re having a GREAT weekend!

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The allure of the negative…

2 comments September 1, 2010

I’ve often caught myself saying something that may have crossed your lips a time or two about television news: “Why does EVERYTHING have to be so negative?” Well, unfortunately, after a couple of years of writing blog posts, I think I know. It’s a point of pride that the readership here is growing consistently, and [...]

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From financial advice by a Gen-Y’er to Seniors on Twitter…

1 comment August 28, 2010

Let me run two events from today — seemingly disconnected – by you, and see if you reach a similar conclusion. My Friday morning started with coffee at Starbucks with Pete Dunn — better known as “Pete the Planner.” We’ve been connecting on Social Media, but had never met in person. Pete’s a really terrific [...]

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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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One more on gurus…

7 comments March 9, 2010

After my post on “Intellectual Dishonesty” attacking the mentality of gurus was posted — and has received an amazing number of hits and comments — there is one more related point I have to vent. …and please excuse the very personal aspect of this story. My late wife, Sheri, was a true leader in the [...]

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Intellectual dishonesty…

22 comments March 6, 2010

I’m tired of it…bored…and mad as hell. Strange as it sounds, I’m jaded by all of the talk about disruption. I am angry…because I have come to the conclusion those who focus upon it have become intellectually dishonest, and – frankly – simply lazy and passé. Just a few days ago, a major blogger wrote [...]

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Who is YOUR competitor?

1 comment February 26, 2010

When I ask organizations to name their competition, they ALWAYS point out other companies in their respective industry. Yet, from the customer or client’s perspective…that’s not the case. Customers do not discriminate in their evaluation of the level of service you provide based upon your specific industry. Here’s an example of how that works from [...]

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What, exactly, is a “mistake”?

5 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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