Just coming off a vacation gives me a good chance to think about work-life balance. As leaders and achievers it is a topic often discussed in workshops and in casual conversations. People are so busy and feel pulled in so many directions that they find this idea of work-life balance elusive. Let’s start with three [...]
I spent yesterday with my family at Michigan Adventure, an amusement park with roller coasters, other types of rides and a full water park. My family chose to spend the day at the water park. As I sat in a tube on rides, laid in a chair in the sun or shade, let the waves [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation: Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster,the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock. Two weeks ago I recommended a new book, Making Them Believe – a book about the marketing strategies of J.R. Brinkley. (Here’s my recommendation.) Last week I wrote an article about the value of [...]
Values. Values is a topic not that often talked about but one that plays a huge role in behavior and results. Because values are personal, and not always clearly defined, they remain an important but under-discussed and under-appreciated part of who you are as a person and as a leader. This article is meant to [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation: Making Them Believe:The 21 Principles and Lost Secrets of Dr. J.R. Brinkley-Style Marketing by Dan S. Kennedy and Chip Kessler First, to give you some context for this highly interesting and entertaining book, here is an excerpt from the back cover: DR. JOHN BRINKLEY was, at one time, the wealthiest doctor [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation – Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation By Sally Hogshead We buy products because we are fascinated in some way. We enter professions, pick jobs and choose friends (and mates) because of fascination. We pick movies, television shows and books because of . . . fascination. This book arrived [...]