How To Take Control And Stop The Drama

Frustrated with situations & people not changing fast enough?   We’ve all been there.  We want results and quality outcomes, but everywhere we turn there are roadblocks.  We try to push forward only to get detoured by the drama.  We see the potential of what could be, but just can’t get past the blaming and complaining […]

Episode 003 Three Reasons Why You Won’t Hit Your Goals – Podcast

What do you demand of yourself? You never make a change unless you make a demand on yourself. Whatever you demand of yourself is what you accomplish. 1.  You lose focus The reason people fail is broken focus. How do you focus on your goals? Do you put them before you? Whatever you give attention […]

How To Create Responsibility In Your Team

Focus on your Team Unfortunately I know a lot of people that are so focused on their needs that they rarely take into account the needs of others.  When you’ve got a team of people helping you, you must take some responsibility for them.  They also have a family, kids and dreams.  Sometimes we get […]

How to Bring Out the Best in People

(Excerpt from my new book:  Maximize Your Influence) What’s the gold inside of this person? I’m sure you’ve heard of the golden rule; do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.  It’s one of the greatest truths to live by.  I’ve created another Golden Rule that I think is just as powerful:  […]

Why I’m Not Setting Traditional Goals in 2013

Why I’m Not Setting Goals in 2013 I’m trying something different this year.  Typically in January I create a list of goals that I want to accomplish but because of lack of focus or maybe my high need for change and variety, they will usually fall away sometime in February.  Does this happen to you? […]

How to Create a Perfect Life

Hope Is Not a Strategy Every person I’ve ever coached or even talked with has told me they really want a perfect life.  I mean, who wouldn’t?  The reality is, it rarely happens for people.  Most live on hope.  They hope or wish things would change.  Hope’s not a strategy.  For you to change anything […]

How to Love Your Job

Loving Your Job Driving to the airport on Monday morning I was listening to an audiobook by Zig Ziglar.  It was a great motivational way to start the morning!  When you get a good start to the day it’s amazing how well the rest of your day tends to go.  This is Why Focus is […]

Why You Need to Stay of The Drama Triangle

Living Drama-Free I think the greatest cost of entering into The Drama Triangle is the lack of productivity you encounter.  I know this is true with me!  Last week, I decided to enter the triangle (notice I said decided). I was feeling sorry for myself and decided to play the role of victim.  Have you ever […]

How to Deal with Nervousness

How to deal with nervousness I’m standing Monday morning at checkpoint D at the Charlotte airport and it’s a zoo. I’m cutting it a little late trying to make my flight to Boston and I’m a little nervous. I know people say planning ahead helps to alleviate nervousness but what do you do when you’ve missed […]

How To Take Control of Your Life

Your Personal Power is in Your Personal Plan This quick 1 minute video was taken from a training I did a couple of months ago in Spartanburg, SC.  Hopefully you’ll be motivated as much as the people in that audience to take a step towards putting your personal plan together.  Your power really is in […]

Why Focus is Important

A Story that can Change your Life When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline. The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold. They decided to […]

Incorporating the 3 Vital Concepts of Top Performing Organizations

I wanted to give everyone a preview of my new webinar series, “Strategy Execution”.  In researching high-performance organizations I’ve found 3 attributes: Top Performance Organizations are Learning Learning is the pathway to continual mastery in any endeavor.  It’s only through learning that we continually re-create ourselves.  A learning organization is one that continually expands it’s […]