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Okay… So I’m Stuck Now What?

Man did I ever get feedback on the story and subsequent lesson about my experience with Ken (remember the soon to be ex-cab driver) in Las Vegas! Many people were inspired and I must have offended a couple but I

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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas… except this

You know there’s the saying… “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” but not this time! I just returned from a short trip to Las Vegas where I was helping dentists to capture affluent patients for their practice. Basically all

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Does That Salt Shaker Work?

What do you do to make sure your customers enjoy purchasing from you and your company? Let me tell you about my friend Cricket and how she does it. Cricket works part time (on the weekends in the evenings) at

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There Are Only So Many Remaining

As of the end of this past Saturday, October 2nd there were only 90 days left in 2011. It is the fourth quarter and the question is… “Do you know the score?” Some folks are motivated by deadlines and others

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How Do You Do That?

This past week at during my Mastermind meeting with Scott Manning, my good friend Barb Jones blew my mind! During the Mastermind, we take turns discussing what we’re working on and eliciting ideas from the others in the room to

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The One Thing That Over 700 of The World’s Most Successful People Have In Common

Napoleon Hill the author of “Think and Grow Rich” the timeless classic story about what the wealthy and successful (okay, rich and famous) people of the early 20th Century did to become rich and famous. I’ve heard that to complete

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I can’t believe you’re doing this to me…

I just got back from Ohio, where I did a Team Building training for a forming team. It was a long drive but faster than flying would have been… that’s for sure! One theme that seemed to be present yesterday

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Say it with Confidence… Here’s How!

How you say what you say… says it all! I remember a great team I was lucky enough to be on a few years back and how we learned this the hard way. On the team there were four of

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A Birds Eye View

This week I’m in Chicago training some really good, maybe even great trainers to be even better. I am teaching them some NLP (neuro linguistic programming) skills that help trainers and coaches be even better. The value a coach brings

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Not Bad…

One would think that getting a 94% on a Fourth Grade math paper is “Good”, maybe even “Very Good!” but not this week! Libby (our 9 year old daughter) did just that on one of her math assignments this past

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