We’ve all experienced those moments when the planets aligned, everything went our way, and we were on top of the world. Even if it’s been a while, you probably remember what it felt like. It’s a Mojo moment, and when you’re in it, it feels magnificent. Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith says,.
[Read More]Do you ever wonder why some people do the things they do? We all have our own unique perspectives and experiences. Our unique point of view is the lens through which we view the world. The good news is we’re all different. The bad news is sometimes we forget.
[Read More]F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Mary Kay did it when she combined selling and nurturing to create a cosmetics empire. Apple.
[Read More]Everyone is looking for the magic bullet, the secret words that will make our spouse melt, our coworker cooperate and our customer giggle with glee as they sign on the dotted line. After 20 years as a sales and business coach and a decade spent helping people with their.
[Read More]You know who they are. They’re the Type As who storm their way through life assuming that their opinion is the only one that counts. Whether they’re dominating the boardroom, the family dinner table or the church finance meeting, their truth, as they see it, takes precedent, and heaven.
[Read More]We’re all familiar with polarizing politics: splitting complex issues into polar opposite views so that we, the attention-deficit disordered American public, can sleep securely in the knowledge that our side is right; therefore, the other side must be wrong, wrong, wrong. But the black and white thinking that can.
[Read More]After a decade of working with CEOs, sales people, managers and individuals, I can promise you there’s no difference between an in-law squabble and the sales vs. accounting turf war.
The subject matter might be different, but the dynamics of the argument are exactly the same. Both sides think they’re.
[Read More]We’ve all been told not to bring our emotions to the work. But the idea that feelings don’t belong in the office is one of the biggest myths in business today. If you want passionate customers, excited employees and motivated managers, how are you going create them if you.
[Read More]Be it business, politics or relationships, either/or thinking is the bane of human existence. It dumbs down pretty much everything. Whether it’s an interdepartmental turf war or an argument with your spouse about the best way to load a dishwasher, the moment we descend into an either/or, I’m-right-so-you-must-be-wrong mindset,.
[Read More]Contrary to what the polarizing politicians (or your own ego) may tell you, validating another person’s truth doesn’t make you weaker; it makes you stronger.
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