You cannot create a rewarding career (or achieve any BIG GOAL for that matter!) with the same mindset you landed your boring job with. John: “Hey Sara, what’s new?” Sara: “Nothing. Same old, same old.” If we are not creating anything new on a regular basis, we are probably heading in the wrong direction and blaming others or finding excuses. If we …
The Invisible Bridge Between Goals and Accomplishments
Discipline is the invisible bridge between goals and accomplishments. Discipline is doing what you don’t want to do in pursuit of what you want. I’m not sure discipline can be defined any better. If things were easy to do and you were excited about doing them, you wouldn’t need to be disciplined. Here’s an interesting fact: Success, happiness, and achievement are …
Are You a Victim of Yourself?
Are you getting in your own way? Are you sabotaging your own success? Are you knocking on your own door of achievement but refusing to open the door to let yourself in? Meet Eric, Karen, Bill, and Deanna “I’m not one of those people.” Eric tells me, “I’m way beyond that. I’ve got my own consulting business where …
Adversity is the Catalyst for all Success
Whoever coined the expression, “Get it right the first time” didn’t think it through much. How many of us ever get it right the first time? One of the laws of achievement is that we’re not supposed to get it right the first time. When we work hard at something and fail, it is actually the genesis for all success achievement. …
How to Predict the Future
Strategically anticipating and predicting the future! What TV shows will Americans want to watch in the coming years? What kind of fashions will people want to be wearing 3 to 5 years from now? What kind of apps and capabilities will entice consumers to purchase Smart phones in the years ahead? Did Blockbuster Video anticipate and prepare for Netflix and …
Successful Brands Take Risks
If you have to know it in order to do it, you’ll only do what you know – and never will you grow. Today, we all need to anticipate the future and take strategic risks to thrive in a world that offers limited jobs. How many streams of income do you have? How many new ventures are you pursuing or investing …
Is Brand Mastery a Forgotten Art?
Former President Jimmy Carter was being interviewed by four-star admiral Hyman G. Rickover, recognized as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy.” Carter had applied to participate in the nuclear submarine construction program. The interview went well until Carter reached the door. Just as he was about to depart the room, Rickover stood from his desk across the large room and said, …
The Power of Your Words
WORDS ARE POWERFUL, and whether you utter them aloud or to yourself, they create emotion. They determine how you and others feel. I’m sure you have heard the saying, “Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.” Don’t believe this for a second – there are more people lying on a therapist’s couch and emotionally …
Why Does Everyone Have To Be Right?
How Do Problems Get Solved When Everyone Thinks They Are Right? Is it true that schools now contract police during Debate Classes because each party to the debate is so intense; so confident that they are correct, that if they don’t win the debate or get the other side to accept their views, violence will break out? Has the United …
8 Tips to Run Your Day like a Millionaire (No Matter Where You are at Now)
He asked me, “How many hours a day does a happy, successful, and financially independent person have?” I thought about it for just a few seconds and figured that it had to be a trick question. But I decided to play along. “24 hours a day,” I responded; waiting to hear why that was the wrong answer. To my surprise, …
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