Monthly Archives: September 2015

A phone call from Switzerland surprised me in my office the other day. My friend and I have been helping each other work on our businesses by email. But, I never expected him to call my office! He said that he ‘just thought it would be nice to reach out and offer some support’. TwoContinue reading “What A Surprise Phone Call Can Do For You. (Or Your ___ .)”

When someone makes a statement to you which you know is false, as if to prove a point, or have ‘the last word’, why not just let them? Because what they’re really saying isn’t the end of the discussion. It’s simply the point past which they are not willing to listen.

What color ribbon does she wear? What’s his favorite football team? What kind of book is she always reading? What does he do every Sunday morning? What time does he go to the gym? What does she hate about her school? The list is endless. You’ll have to pick the right questions for your audienceContinue reading “The Right Questions”

There is the market value, and the value that you add. Don’t be afraid to demonstrate that to your boss. He or she knows the market value. What they really want to see is something more.

Before you respond angrily to your next critic, ask yourself if: 1) They might just need something better from you? 2) You are able to provide it? If the answers are ‘yes’, that will change your response.

We all want, and need, money. (Sure, you could argue the ‘need’. I’m not going there.) But we spend it, and we make it. It’s actually a lot harder to earn trust, and also much easier to lose. And without trust, you’re going to have a hard time getting anyone to pay you for anything.

We all have our demons. But, we do not all gather up the courage to swallow them. And, as Joseph Campbell tells us in ‘The Hero With A Thousand Faces,‘ inevitably, that is what must happen. Either you must swallow them, or they will swallow you. Whole.

The thing that I don’t like about most remakes is that they don’t make me feel anything new. Take a good film, add some special effects … perhaps it’s a movie with more polish & better acting, but it’s the same story. Tell me a new story, or an old story in a new wayContinue reading “Remakes”

You recently told that I’m not very disciplined. Despite practicing discipline in some areas, I have thought a lot about this, and, you are right. Discipline means being disciplined in all areas, not just some. Discipline means marking the time to do something, and not going over that time by one minute. Discipline means savingContinue reading “What Discipline Means To Me”

… a little certainty. If I know that you’re going to be there, then I will be there too. By any means necessary.