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Stop Stopping
I often talk with clients and in workshops about the “success formula” Napoleon Hill shares in his 1935 classic, Think and Grow Rich: Set...
Be The Best Version Of You… Not A Copy Of Another CEO
If you follow America’s Got Talent, you may remember the audition of Hunter Price. Simon Cowell stops the young singer 31 seconds into his...
The Numbers You Track Reflect Your Position on the Org Chart
My colleague, Karl Bryan, uses an analogy to hockey to talk about the huge responsibility placed on CEOs - and especially owner-CEOs....
Awareness is Part of the Cure
By now, you’ve been working on implementing that plan to make 2021 a great year at your organization. But inevitably, while you’re trying...
The Path
The ideas here and, admittedly, a lot of the language, have been borrowed from my friend, colleague, and sometimes mentor, author Steve...
You Lost Me At “Hello”
I was calling a client of mine, Bill Peterson. Bill is the managing partner of a 50-person accounting firm. The phone rang seven times, so...
“Quality” Problems And “Inversion Thinking”
When you’re successful, you don’t have fewer challenges, you have higher level challenges—Quality Problems. Quality Problems are the kind...
Serve…and Grow Rich
A few years ago, my friend and colleague, coach and author Steve Chandler, wrote this: “Most people try to move toward wealth in...
Work Ethic
The death of Kobe Bryant at 41 in that helicopter crash a few months ago was a tragedy. He was someone to be admired in so many ways and...
Start by working on the basics
Some people say that Vince Lombardi was the greatest football coach of all time. In 1959, he took over as head coach of the Green Bay...