Posts Tagged ‘successful’
The Power of People: Creating Group Relationships
Our ability or inability to forge relationships with groups of people creates the juice in our life. Think about how much time you spend in one sort of group or another. Whether it is your family, church, department, company, or social club, we all spend a large amount of time being a part of and…
Read MoreThe Balanced Life Myth
For years I felt like my life was out of balance. I couldn’t ever get it so that each area of my life got equal amounts of attention or as much attention as they needed. After years of frustration, I finally decided there is no such thing as balance, there is a better way to…
Read MoreWonder and the Art of Being Content
As it’s getting closer to this holiday season I’m getting more and more excited! Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. I love everything about the holiday. I love the shopping, the food, the parties, the gift-giving. I love Christmas trees and Christmas music. I have so many wonderful memories from my…
Read MoreWhat Are You Committed to?
“Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Here’s a little secret: The results we achieve in our business are a direct result of what we are committed to. Crazy, right? One of the people…
Read MoreSetting Your Business Goals and Making Them Work
With the year almost over, you need to make sure you have a plan for next year’s business goals. A good place to start is by evaluating this year’s goals. Use them to set a plan in place to help you reach the milestones you set for next year. The trick to truly being able…
Read MoreBe Present
All my problems are in the past or the future. Very rarely are they in this exact moment. Because of this, it is easy to live in the past thinking about what I should have said or what I should have done. It is equally as easy to live in the future. What does the…
Read MoreAccepting Feedback
“Am I flexible enough to change my mind and accept feedback?” This was a question in my The Daily Stoic Journal that’s had me thinking. It couldn’t have come at a more crucial time in our business. We are in the middle of making considerable changes and needing to re-think where we are and where…
Read More3 Keys to Revenue Success
Tim Ferris wrote an interesting book called the Four-Hour Work Week. The premise was, if you streamlined things enough, you could reduce your work week to four hours and still make the same – or more – money. While this is a great title for selling books, the reality is your chances of being successful in…
Read MoreAre You the Master of Yourself?
Sometimes, I’m an ass, but not as much as I used to be. I hurt people’s feelings. I’m impatient. I’m not a good listener. I don’t try as hard as I should. These are all true. At the same time, I’m so much better than I was ten years ago, and that’s the point: the…
Read MoreKeys to Success in Life and Business
Do you have integrity? It sounds like an easy question with an easy answer until you really stop to think about integrity. Most of the world lacks true integrity, but once you understand how to develop true integrity, you can stand out. The word “integrity” comes from the Latin adjective, “integer.” In math, an integer…
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