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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


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
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
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


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


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


Fighting the Dream Stealer Drug
Waiting for my friend’s son to come out of practice, I had a minor relapse of radio and discovered the current political campaign had...

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Jan 30, 20121 min read
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
What I Learned Today at the end of an 18 hour day!
Part of my goal setting/time management workshop included the productivity tip from either Dale Carnegie or a chapter in Og Mandino’s...

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Jan 26, 20121 min read


Creating Your Future in a Weird World
Seth Godin believes Weird, as in individualism is cool, has replaced Mass, which is fitting in. Mass is based on selling average...

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Jan 25, 20121 min read
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


Spiraling Into Control
My I-Spiral Ever found yourself overwhelmed with so many things to do that even the act of writing them down seems monumental? I did last...

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Jan 8, 20122 min read


December Resolutions
One month is a long time to be in a funk. I have decided to think a little outside the box. I have shifted my New Year’s...

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Dec 7, 20112 min read
Golden Rule Management
Almost eighteen years ago, Dr. Stephen Holoviak, published Golden Rule Management . Dr. Holoviak, a professor at Penn State University-...

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Oct 3, 20113 min read
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
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
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
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
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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