You Get to Choose (Part I)
If you live in Sacramento near Land Park area, you will have by now become familiar with “the man at Sutterville and Freeport.” He holds a sign and he dances. You’ve seen this before – a person with a sign pointing to Verizon or a sandwich shop. They’re pretty high energy. But this guy is […]
Take That! (How to Receive Feedback)
Over the last several months, I have written a series of blog posts on feedback – both how to give it and how to ask for it. I recently had an experience that reminded me of a particular aspect of feedback that I thought I should share. Several months ago, I applied for a panel […]
What Determines Attitude and Success? (Your Quote for the Week)
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” –Jim Rohn People, especially those you love and are close to, can bring you down more than just about any other circumstances. We tend to become like the people we are around the most. Get a piece of paper and looking […]
Be an Excellent Listener
I watched a show last night called “Suits” – an implausible premise where a guy who looks like he is 16 gets a job at a high end law firm even though he has never gone to law school. He teams up with another guy who looks a little older and apparently has gone to […]
The Power of Intention
What does it mean to be intentional? How much can we change in our lives when we declare an outcome at the beginning of the day, or the beginning of a meeting or the beginning of a conversation? To declare the outcome we intend to generate takes us out of being “at effect” of the […]
What Successful People Do
Do you want to be successful? Of course you do. Today I am going to share with you an important quality that successful people have in common. If you do not have the success you want, this will be invaluable in moving you that direction. It’s not always an easy quality, but it is imperative. […]
Be Careful the Stories you Tell
We are storytellers. That’s the nature of being human. From the beginning of humanity, we have told stories about everything — from how we got here to how we’re going to get somewhere else. We tell stories of our vacations and stories of our childhood. We tell stories of our career and stories of our […]
Making Friends With Rejection
We all have dreams and goals. What stops us from going out 100% and wholeheartedly to get them? Often it is the fear of rejection – the fear that someone will say, “No” to us. And so this internal fear stops us before we even start. But what if we could start? What if we […]
Anything Worth Doing Well
Last night I was talking to some clients about this concept – that, “Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first.” It seems like such a simple concept, but consider how often we just don’t try things because we believe we are bad at them. The first time I played backgammon I lost […]
Communication and the Importance of Understanding
Different people hear and understand in different ways. A major part of the miscommunication that occurs in our lives and businesses is in assuming the way we speak is enough to create understanding in everyone. The truth is that different people often speak different languages, even when they are all “speaking English.” If you don’t take […]