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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rick13714
- Feb 21, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 17, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 16, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 14, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 11, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 9, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 8, 2012
- 3 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 6, 2012
- 2 min
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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rick13714
- Feb 2, 2012
- 1 min
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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rick13714
- Jan 31, 2012
- 1 min
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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rick13714
- Jan 27, 2012
- 1 min
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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rick13714
- Jan 24, 2012
- 2 min
Abundance
The counseling appointment this morning allowed me to put the practice of abundance to work today. The entrepreneur had located to our...
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rick13714
- Jan 17, 2012
- 4 min
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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rick13714
- Sep 7, 2011
- 3 min
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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rick13714
- Aug 24, 2011
- 3 min
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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rick13714
- May 17, 2011
- 4 min
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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rick13714
- Mar 29, 2011
- 4 min
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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rick13714
- Mar 11, 2011
- 3 min
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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rick13714
- Mar 9, 2011
- 2 min
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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