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Talking Heads Change vs. Core Values
Running or swimming provides me a forum for thinking through nagging problems in my head. This morning the change vs core values issue...

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Feb 25, 20123 min read
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What Was I Thinking?
Having moved past the half way point of life, I find this statement refreshing. Now that I understand how the universe gives us what we...

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Feb 21, 20122 min read
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Why Blog Daily?
During the market plan discussion in our entrepreneurship class, Calvin asked me, “Why do you blog daily?” Good question and I sought of...

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Feb 17, 20122 min read
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Size Matters
I learned a valuable lesson today that reinforced Seth Godin’s premise that mass and size matters. Promoting a customer service event I...

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Feb 16, 20122 min read
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I Don’t Have Time, I Don’t Feel Like It, and Other Excuses.
Julius Erving, Dr J, is credited with saying a professional is someone who does what he loves to do even when he doesn’t feel like it....

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Feb 14, 20122 min read
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Success Through Surrender
My best thoughts always come 15 minutes into a run. The rude reality of aging has been overcome and the endorphins start kicking in...

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Feb 11, 20122 min read
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Passion Never Sleeps
Sitting in a coalition meeting of Project Rebound, a steering group coordinating many social service agencies for those affected by the...

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Feb 9, 20122 min read
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Seeing what you hear appear
Today was a great day for so many reasons. Our events are getting booked, my associate gave a great presentation to the Optimists, an...

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Feb 8, 20123 min read
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A profitable life at any level
Started teaching a course on entrepreneurship tonight and the subject turned to cash flow. We were taking about the 7 C’s of lending...

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Feb 6, 20122 min read
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Stretching vs. Stressing
Stretching actually energizes me and while I do look forward to a weekend break, I am mentally excited. The problems I deal with are all...

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Feb 2, 20121 min read
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Watching the Land Move, Sailing Toward My Goals
When I sailed in San Francisco Bay we often found ourselves sailing into or against the currents. Looking at the race buoy, we would...

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Jan 31, 20121 min read
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The 80/20 rule or why the rich get richer
Part of my job is to bring quality training to my local business market. For our tourist based market, the Disney Institute’s one day...

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Jan 27, 20121 min read
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Good Friends I Hope to Meet
Throughout my many moves, I have been blessed to meet a great many people and make some great friends. People who cared about me, laughed...

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Jan 17, 20124 min read
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Business Coaching, Who needs it!
Why is something that is so obvious so hard to grasp sometimes? When I mentioned casually to group of friends watching a golf tournament...

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Sep 7, 20113 min read
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Edwards Deming and the Family Business
I recently was turned on to a 1984 video by W. Edwards Deming, the guru of Japanese quality and innovation. In the Five Deadly Diseases...

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Aug 24, 20113 min read
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The Cart Before the Horse: When Not to Innovate
Innovation is hot. Everywhere is another book, publication, blog or daily tweet on the need to innovate, how to innovate, why to innovate...

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May 17, 20114 min read
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How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take to Change a Person?
I love what I do and hope you do as well. Whether it’s coaching, teaching, facilitating, or consulting, the opportunity to help people...

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Mar 29, 20114 min read
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The Story of Learning
Lately everything I read or see is related to the power of a story. Dan Pink, who links motivation to achievement, wrote a blog about...

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Mar 11, 20113 min read
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What Is a CLO and Why Should I Care?
Can your employees individually relate their job to your mission statement? Do your consider knowledge critical to your success? Do you...

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Mar 9, 20112 min read
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