Review Yourself In football, the team, and specifically the quarterback, watches film/video of their previous performance. The purpose is to see: What they did right. What they did wrong. How they can improve next time. It’s called a debrief. In addition to sports, corporations, the military and the fields of engineering and project management conduct…
I am often asked, “How did you start your business?” “How did you shift from corporate America to entrepreneurship?” “How did you make that leap?” One of my favorite blog posts on this subject is by Leo Babuta of Zen Habits. Enjoy – ET How to Start “There are two mistakes one can make along…
“There is no room for the dilettante in this business” Are you a professional, an amateur, or a dilettante? Worse than an amateur is a dilettante. A dilettante is defined as a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts (speaking), without real commitment or knowledge. Synonyms: non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson, dilly-dallier.…
I’m going to predict your future for 2013. Forgive me in advance if this is rubs a bit too close to the bone. It’s not meant to be offensive, but it is meant to be objective. (I’ll explain in a second.) You will break your resolutions by the end of January. You will make the…
Have you ever wondered how you can toot your own horn, get ahead in your career and become more valuable in the marketplace, all without annoying people? Today I will share with my readers the secret of how to accomplish this. I’m the former training director for the Denver Rocky Mountain News. They used to…
I recently attended a social media debriefing conducted by the public relations firm, Ground Floor Media. They attended the 19th Annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. South by Southwest is a digital and social media conference that provides roughly 300 sessions per day for five days. It is the greatest source of…
As I write this article, the Games of the 30th Olympiad are taking place in London. Regardless of the country you are rooting for, there is a technique used by every coach to motivate his or her players. This technique is as ancient as Shakespearean times, and beyond, and every country in the London 2012…
When was the last time you did something for the first time? Again? I’ll repeat the question. When was the last time you did something for the first time, again? It seems like an Oxymoron, right? First time? Again? What do I mean by, “doing something for the first time, again”, and how can this…
Journalist, writer and political commentator, Walter Lippmann, said, “When everyone thinks the same, nobody is thinking.” I have coached literally thousands of executives, leaders, mangers, entrepreneurs, sales people and Toastmasters on breathing life into their business presentations. I can break down the content of their presentations into two categories: Conformity Contrarian What is a…