Ever started a new activity and when you started everything seemed… well … so fast? It almost doesn’t matter what the activity is, when it is new, it is going too fast for us to feel comfortable with it. Need some examples?  – a new sport  – driving a car  – juggling  – playing a
If you know me, you know I love birthdays. Love, love, love them. My boss, Kevin Eikenberry, knows how much I love birthdays and will be out of the office on the big day (January 19). So, we had this crazy idea to ask our friends (that would be you) to help me celebrate. You can do that by giving us
I was recently interviewed by Brian Oates of Daxle.net for Imprint: Business Author Interviews. In this 15 minute podcast we talked about several important leadership skills including building trust, the important of relationships and we talked about a positive definition of accountability. I wrote this book to be a personal leadership development training tool and
I’ve been thinking a lot about the principle of persistence lately.  It has been showing up regularly in my journal, it showed up in my re-reading of the classic book Think and Grow Rich yesterday when I read (emphasis from author): THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSISTENCE!  It cannot be supplanted by any other quality!  Remember this, and it will hearten
As part of her goal to eat healthier this year, my wife Lori has found a site called Sparkpeople. Let me quote part of the article she received in email on Saturday (read the full article here): Researchers from Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research kept tabs on 1,685 overweight and obese adults (men and
A couple of days ago President-Elect Obama gave his first speech since being elected. Without getting into the all of the political details, from a leadership communication perspective, I believe his goals were to: 1. Recognize the current economic situation as less than desirable. 2. Create a sense of urgency 3. Outline a plan of
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