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Category Archives: self improvement
Breaking the Law of Averages
“If you’re doing what everybody else is doing and thinking like everybody else is thinking, you’re probably doing something wrong.” ~ Andy Andrews A couple of weeks ago while traveling; I received a tweet from one of the long-time … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Extra mile, Goals, Growth, Inspiration, Motivation, Preparation, self improvement, Success
Tagged Andy Andrews, Average, Extraordinary, Goals, Preparation, success
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Compete Against Yourself
“Those who are able to inspire will create a following of people – supporters, voters, customers, workers – who act for the good of the whole not because they have to, but because they want to.” ~ Simon Sinek Everything … Continue reading
What Gets Measured Gets Done
“What gets measured gets done.” ~ Jack Daly Believe it or not, we’re only a month and a few days away from the year being half over. How are your goals for the year working out? Are you on target? … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Business processs, Goals, Management, Planning, self improvement
Tagged Dave Ramsey, Goal, Measuring Success, Metrics, SMART criteria
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Why Motivate When You Can Inspire?
“Energy motivates but charisma inspires.” ~ Simon Shinek Having high energy certainly motives people. The problem with that is, when he energy is removed, so is the motivation. The late Zig Ziglar may have described motivation best when he said, “People often … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Business, Coaching, Customer Service, Leadership, Motivation, self improvement, Self Storage
Tagged Bill Gates, Charisma, customer service, leadership, Steve Ballmer
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What’s Your Excuse?
“Most times, we don’t even believe our own excuses. We know they’re simply not true. They’re just an easy way to justify our own mediocrity and save face.” ~ Camilo Cruz ~ author of Once Upon a Cow When Camilo … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Core values, Growth, Integrity, self improvement, Success
Tagged Accountability, Business, Excuses, Growth, Jim Rohn
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Exceeding Expectations
“Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect from you.” ~ Nelson Boswell We all like to get more than we expected. Remember that time when you were a little kid eating those … Continue reading
Book Review: FRED 2.0
There really aren’t a lot of books that should be on everyone’s “must read” list when you consider how varied our interests are. Sure, if you like biographies you simply can’t miss Carl Van Doren’s 1938 Pulitzer winner on Benjamin … Continue reading
Accountability is Your Responsibility
“Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership, and a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.” ~ Pat Summit ~ former Women’s Basketball Coach, University of Tennessee Accountability is probably the most desired trait that … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Character, Core values, Integrity, Leadership, Ownership, self improvement, Team Building
Tagged Accountability, Business, Noah Webster, Ownership, Team Building
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Dream Killers
“Do not let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big.” ~ Author unknown Are your dreams being destroyed by the small minds that surround you? The late Jim Rohn was one of my greatest mentors. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Goals, Influence, Positive attitude, self improvement, Success
Tagged Associations, Dream Journals, Goals, Jim Rohn, Steve Jobs, Support
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A Lesson From Dr. King
Our world is filled with people who have moments of greatness in their lives, but when it gets right down to it, there are very few truly great people in the world. Plato, Gandhi and Mother Teresa come to mind, … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Core values, Inspiration, Integrity, Leadership, self improvement
Tagged Al Pacino, Character, integrity, Lance Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, quotes
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