Posts Tagged ‘hope’
A Healthy Self Image: The Best Sales Training You Can Give or Get
So, you’ve invested more money in sales training recently and still only see marginal improvement, or maybe even no discernable changes whatsoever. New sales hires come through the onboarding program, but somehow the majority wash out or turnover within the first six months. This has always been a very dangerous and expensive game to play.
Read MoreRealize You are Amazing and Watch What Happens Next
Even in a difficult COVID year, some of us were still able to meet expectations and goals with success. What’s the difference? The difference is in the way we see ourselves.
Read MoreShowing Gratitude for Life’s Unlikely Game-Changers
If we look at the word “challenge” differently, challenging ourselves to maintain our attitude of gratitude, this alone will go a long way toward changing the game and keeping us active in the game.
Read MoreAre You the Pebble, the Ripple or Caught in the Current, Riding the Wave?
Sometimes it is the current or the wave that gets all the attention, but maybe we can first begin by talking about the pebble and the ripple, and even our own role as either one in the creation of those rippling waters, currents, and waves. As we do, there are a few things about being…
Read MoreWe Can Handle Whatever Happens Next
In the words of Forrest Gump: My mom always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The one thing that separates a good movie or mystery from a great movie or mystery is the element of suspense and surprise. As each story plays out, what will…
Read MoreHere’s Column Number 600: Where do I stand?
… where hope begins. Over the last 12 years, I have now written 600 published columns. Additionally, I have posted thousands of messages through social media and have been on podcasts, radio interviews, and have appeared as a keynote speaker numerous times here in the states as well as around the globe. I continue to…
Read MoreAction-oriented and Results-focused
Proactive or reactive. I did or did not. I can or cannot. I will or will not. When we look at those statements quickly, which words resonate with us personally? What I typically see is that people who connect with the words proactive, I did, I can, and I will tend to be more action-oriented…
Read MoreThese are the Times to Remember
There are certainly plenty of reasons for us to want 2020 to be a distant memory. The pandemic, the heartache of lives lost, the impact it had on our family and friends who suffered and recovered, and the economic burden and stress the pandemic created for so many individuals and businesses. Layer on top of…
Read MoreIt’s All About Perspective
There is a guiding principle that I am sure many of you are familiar with and may have put into practice in your daily communications. It’s the principle that Stephen Covey shared in his bestselling book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” “Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.” This is a terrific…
Read MoreHope and Encouragement Open Endless Possibilities
Hope may not be a strategy, but then again it just might be, especially when we tie it to encouragement. Although I have personally limited the amount of time I spend reading or watching the news, and have scaled back on the time I spend on certain social media platforms, it seems like I still…
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