My wife and I traveled back home from spending the Thanksgiving holiday last week in Georgia. As we were talking on our ride, we stumbled on a question; “What do you think the biggest challenge is for folks this time of year?” Our perception was that most folks (including us) have a challenge of eating […]
Thanks: To express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment Give: To present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; to bestow; to impart Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Whether you believe the first one occurred in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621, Jamestown, Virginia in 1609, or Roanoke Island, North Carolina in 1586, it doesn’t matter. The essence of […]
I struggle with slowing down. In fact, I tend to operate at a 5,000 miles an hour pace. Then throw in the holidays and I become a bona fide runaway garbage truck of “I got to get it all done.” For me, it started in September. I was thinking, “Hey, it’s September and I’ve got […]
Last week, I gave you a different way to visualize your future goals by focusing on the process of getting to that lofty goal rather than solely focusing on achieving it. At the end of that process, you should have successfully teased out 3-5 milestones. This week, you’ll learn how to make this stuff happen […]
I have researched, read and used a lot of different strategies over the years to help folks and organizations get to where they want to go. New findings and techniques bring up two key points that make a huge impact when folks approach visioning and goal setting: 1) Keeping the end in mind DOESN’T always […]
Why should you care about your mood, let alone how happy you are? The short answer; the research supports that being in a better mood has positive effects like higher productivity and an increased sense of wellbeing. Being in good mood also has staggering amounts of health benefits including lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. It […]
Dare to be in the top 1% I learned very early in my career that accomplished networkers build relationships first, connect people to other people second, and think about getting a prospect dead last. Most good networkers already get this. They do the usual: learn the person’s name, use it when they can, make small […]
How many times have you started a day with a bunch of great ideas and good intentions, only to have it fly off the rails? (I must confess, a little Ozzy Osborn did influence the title.) You wanted to leave work right at 4:30 but when you look at the clock, it’s 6:00. Everything you […]
So, Amanda (my wife) and I thought it would be cool to capture what was going through our minds before our daughter makes her big debut on September 24. We are gonna make this up as we go along so we hope you enjoy: Chris: Amanda, what’s it like growing a person? I would say […]
As Chris, my business partner, and his wife Amanda are just hours away from bringing their daughter into the world, it’s a great time to reflect on our loved ones and how they enrich our lives. Sure, our families have their special blend of dysfunction, drama and dilemmas; but our families also shape who we […]
