Grey Matters

Careful What You Ask For…

January 13, 2014

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If you are growing or running a business (or career) that doesn’t thoroughly light you up...

Top 5 reasons people don’t achieve their goals

January 9, 2014

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It’s that time of year again...

In recent months it’s become popular for people to “pay it forward” and pay for a strangers purchases at coffee shops, grocery stores and restaurants. In the US we have come love these random acts of kindness.

The Choice IS Yours

September 25, 2013

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How many times in the recent past have you or someone around you said, “I have no choice.”? I have been hearing it quite a bit recently, and it is driving me crazy.

What’s your most valuable business asset?

August 19, 2013

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My most valuable business asset is not my coaching skills, creativity, experience or even my ability to help people get results. The most valuable business asset I have is...

Go out and Fail…Please

August 4, 2013

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Cirque du Soleil has a secret, and it’s big. It is that the performers are failures. They fail consistently, every day, every show, sometimes every minute. Every performer, every day—failure.

Quit Crediting Yourself

July 25, 2013

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As a coach I get many opportunities to help people be successful. I also have a front row seat to many failures. Many people tend to blame others for their failure; others will blame themselves for their failure. There are all kinds of scenarios for people taking credit and placing blame for success and failure.

The Worth Lie…Ever.

June 18, 2013

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What's a human life worth? Exactly. It is truly priceless. So why are we continually trying to get "paid what we are worth"? Every day, I see marketing and coaching programs that suggest getting paid what you are worth is not only possible but imperative.

Seven Irresponsible Reasons to Offer Coaching Services

May 9, 2013

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People say I am a good listener.
I am really good a giving other people advice.
I was in human resources, organizational development, or management for 20 years….

Cracking the Acknowledgement Code

March 26, 2013

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February 21, 2017

Based on the book The Motivation Myth and 15 years of experience working with and teaching acknowledgment, this workshop is five hours focused on just one thing: upgrading your communication to get better results with everyone, everywhere.

What’s that Smell?

March 25, 2013

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Sales people have a saying: “Every no gets you closer to a yes.” Sales managers use this saying to help keep their salespeople motivated. This saying and the idea behind it are absolute BS. Sure, even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, but if you have to get 90, 80, or even 20 nos before you get a yes, you have a major problem…

That’s Not Gratitude…That’s Bragging

March 12, 2013

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If you spend any time at all on social media you have undoubtedly seen many posts expressing “gratitude.” Over the past few months, I have seen a lot of this, and while some of these posts were inspiring, many of these posts were, well, irritating. So I got curious about it. What was different? Why were some inspiring and others irritating?…