Archive for September, 2010


Is Your Team Infected With This?

There is a syndrome which can infect individuals or teams in the workforce.  It happens, most often, to sales people and their teams, but can infect people in other lines of work.  It is disastrous to productivity.  What is this crippling phenomenon?  It is “Hares” disease. No, I did not misspell hare.  I am not [...]

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Is Competition Really Bad for You?

I have noticed a trend in education.  The trend is to take competition out of the schools.  The crazy idea is, competition erodes a child’s self esteem and they don’t feel good about themselves if they lose. This ideology is, also, embraced by the new age movement.  Their idea, if I understand it correctly, is [...]

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What does Luck have to do with Success?

We all have heroes.  Someone we admire.  They may excel in our favorite sport, or they could have reached a level of success in business we aspire to obtain.  We, all, need heroes.  When we pick heroes, we are celebrating their achievement of excellence.  What does it take to reach their level of excellence? Sometimes, [...]

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What is the Secret to Becoming Successful?

On my quest for self improvement, I have studied a lot of information on the Law of Attraction.  When the movie “The Secret” burst on the scene it became an overnight success.  I must admit, I liked the movie.  But, even the makers of the movie will tell you, it’s not complete.  There’s so much [...]

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What is the 4 Step Technique for Successful Goal Setting?

Fall is the perfect time of year for reflection.  The children have gone back to school, toting their new school bags and bouncing around in their spiffy new shoes.  Whether you are involved in back to school or not, it is the perfect time to set our last quarter 2010 goals, gearing up for 2011. [...]

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The 3 Priorities to Achieve Balance for a Happy, Successful Life

I have worked in the business world for many years.  The saddest thing I have witnessed is to see someone who has work very hard, spending the majority of their time creating a successful career.  They finally reach that pinnacle of success in their career that they were striving for and they look around and [...]

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How Words of Encourgement Builds Self Esteem

My parents have recently moved into a full care nursing facility.  It became impossible for them to care for themselves and live independently.  I have become involved in the arduous task of preparing my parents’ home to be put on the market.  They had been living in the same home for 47 years and uprooting [...]

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