Category: Personal Development

 I was reminded last night of the way we influence people all of the time, sometimes unconsciously.   My mother belongs to a weekly study group. And, when one
of the ladies has a birthday, they all go to the same restaurant and have lunch and a little cake.

As part of my mother’s gift to the group, she always buys the coffee. Last week on my Mom’s birthday one of the other ladies decided to pick up the tab and was told that there was no charge for
the coffee and the cake. The staff …

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My wife and I were watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other night. They did a bit with a union group in Nevada that was picketing Wal-Mart. This group was protesting about about hours,
wages, healthcare benefits and so on. If you are familiar with  the relationship between Labor and Wal-Mart you can probably guess.

I know many who are sympathetic to the workers and suppliers of Wal-Mart. Yet this union set their cause back in a way that is immeasurable. You see they hired the picketers. That’s right the
picketers …

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Successful Leaders are able to communicate a compelling vision for the future; even during what may be the darkest hours. Think of Churchill and Dunkirk, Lincoln and Gettysburg, Think Martin Luther
King and the Civil Rights unrest. In each instance things looked bleak but the leader was able to craft and communicate a vision that captured the minds of their nation.

This can play out in our lives as well. Earl Nightingale used to speak of the “Greatest Secret”, He reveals that the secret is that we become what we think about most. How …

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I have been giving a lot of thought recently to the role of intentions in business. I believe they are one of the keys to our long-term success. Most companies are started with an intention to deliver something better or to solve a problem that has not been solved. As they deliver value, they get more
customers. As value goes up so typically does their revenue.

Over time, the intentions of individuals and organizations may change, sometimes consciously and sometimes not. I worked for a company many …

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I don’t watch a lot of sports but one story has captured my attention recently. It was a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians. In this game the First Base Umpire clearly made a
call in error in calling the runner Jason Donald Safe.

Later Joyce publicly apologized to the Pitcher Armando Galarraga and said, “I was wrong, and I cost him a perfect game.” WOW. You don’t see umpires admit they were wrong very often. It is
even rarer when they admit it publicly.

Now …

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