It’s an age-old question: How do you motivate people to do what’s right? For instance, you want your employees to be industrious and effective contributors to your business and your kids to be thoughtful and productive members of society. But what’s the best way to achieve that goal — control or empowerment? In other words,… [Read More]
Put on Your Big-Boy Pants and Deal with It
Everyone’s asked to do things they disdain. It may be attending a function with folks you don’t like, standing in for someone who’s on vacation, or eating food that you despise. But because you’re a grown-up, it comes with the territory. So, put on your big-boy pants and deal with it. The reality is everyone… [Read More]
20 Choices That Will Determine Your Destiny
Everyone is born with the potential for greatness. What happens next is up to you. You get to choose which path you take, how high to set the bar for yourself, and how hard you’re willing to work to clear it. You get to decide how to spend your time, who to spend it with,… [Read More]
45 Clever Ways to Exceed Expectations
If you want to knock someone’s socks off, your actions must exceed expectations rather than just meet them. So, dazzle folks by your effort, pamper them with your care, and wow them with your commitment. Always give 110%. It’s the extra 10% that everyone remembers. You won’t receive kudos for merely doing your job or… [Read More]
Why Is Everything An Emergency?
Do you ever wake up thinking your day will turn out one way, and it ends up being completely different? Did you every ask yourself why? Is it because you become blindsided by events or because other people hijack your day with their priorities? It’s fine if it happens once in a while, but it’s… [Read More]
Problems Are Best Addressed Before They Arise
I find it interesting when you call your cable provider to cancel your service and they drop the price before you finish your sentence. Along the same lines, why do some managers say, “What can we do to keep you?” only after a valued employee tenders their resignation? You must ask yourself, “If they care… [Read More]
Critical Lessons That They Fail to Teach You in School
Most people learn life’s most valuable lessons too late in life. Here are 31 lessons that they fail to teach you in school. Never lower your standards. Never! People can’t make you do things without your permission. One of the true tests of integrity is your refusal to compromise your honor at any price. Material… [Read More]
The Facts of Life — Grown-up Version
Most people learn life’s most valuable lessons too late in life. Here are 31 facts that will radically improve your life if you embrace them: Your mindset matters more than you think. Watch what you believe because your beliefs have a way of becoming your reality. If you stop focusing on all the reasons why… [Read More]
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