"Minds, like bodies, will fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort." Charles Dickens Most of us have a thermostat that regulates the temperature in our house. When it gets a bit too warm, the air conditioning kicks on to bring the temperature down to an acceptable range. When the temperature [...]
Look at your appointment calendar. See any "white space" there? If you're like most busy CEOs and business professionals, you are booked non-stop for meetings, luncheons, dinner meetings, charity functions, planning sessions and... Well, you get the idea. In between the bookings, you scramble to keep up with projects, reviews, financial reports, investors, staff, customers and suppliers.
“Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.” – Dale Carnegie For many people, one of life’s terrors is to make a speech. Gulp! Scary as it sounds, it’s important for anyone to be able to make an effective presentation whether it’s to a handful [...]
“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” – Hugh Downs Having a positive attitude toward your business and toward life in general may be one of the most important characteristics of successful people. In my years as a CEO [...]
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there!” – Will Rogers Remember when scientists used to seed the clouds to try to make it rain? They would fly over rain clouds and dump salt pellets to try to force the rain from the clouds. I guess [...]
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” – Carl Sandburg In today’s fast-paced, everything’s possible, instant global access world we live in, most people have more freedom and opportunity than in any period in history. We can do almost anything, go anywhere or be whatever we want. The paradox is that many people don’t know what [...]
“Everything that can be counted doesn’t necessarily count; everything that counts can’t necessarily be counted.” – Einstein Have you ever noticed that some people make you feel good just to be around them? These are the people who give you energy when they are near you. These special people seem to unlock your creativity and [...]
Wealth…. Quality of Life…. Satisfaction… Fun…. Are you? Getting all you want from your enterprise? Progressing in your professional practice as much as you desire? Satisfied that your job/career gives you everything you want? “You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” ~Edwin Louis Cole Many of the CEOs, business [...]
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ~ Louisa May Alcott What do you call a person who sees things that don’t exist? Crazy, huh? Well, what do [...]
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." Victor Hugo Remember in school, when you signed up for subjects in which you were already knowledgeable? How did this make you feel? "Great! This is going to be easy." What advice did you [...]
