January 2011

Why other people are so annoying

Perhaps today it was on your way to work.  Or maybe it was at the getting your kids ready for school.  Or even when you went out to grab lunch.  If you’re like most people, at some point today, tomorrow or very soon, you will be annoyed by another person. Some are very minor annoyances.  […]

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Virginia is for lovers!

And we love Virginia!  We’ve been there three times in the last 4 months to lead the “Boost Your Business by Overcoming Sales Call Reluctance” workshop.  Most recently, we were in Fairfax with NSD Kirk Gillespie and Sr. Sales Director Amber Campbell.  We had such a great time at the training that we continued the […]

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Are your “stories” sabotaging your success?

We invent stories to help us first understand and then prepare for the world. Sometimes the stories we tell are accurate and sometimes they aren’t. The problem, unfortunately, doesn’t lie completely in the accuracy of the story; it often lies in the act of storytelling itself. As handy a tool as story telling is for […]

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Why you get nothing done

 Have you ever had a day that just went perfectly?  You were focused and energized and everything on your to do list got accomplished with ease.  Or if you have had a day like that, it was a long time ago and you’re probably wondering how you can have more just like it.    Well, […]

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It doesn’t take a village – it takes a parent!

A couple month’s ago, I was at a mastermind meeting for business owners.  We help each other come up with marketing ideas and campaigns for our respective businesses. One gentleman owns a family-oriented Italian restaurant.  We were helping him figure out how to advertise more effectively that he was “kid-friendly.”  Another member in the group suggested […]

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