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When “Don’t Quit” Doesn’t Work

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Quite often I hear people say some pretty silly stuff.  Stuff that often makes sense on the surface, but when you really think about it, doesn’t make much sense at all, "don't quit" is one of them.

Careful What You Ask For…

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

Starbucks Kills Kindness

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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

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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.

Go out and Fail…Please

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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

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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.

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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.

Cracking the Acknowledgement Code

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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?

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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…
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That’s Not Gratitude…That’s Bragging

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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?…