How My Boss Gets — Work — DONE
Craig Ballantyne is my boss and the rumors you hear about him are true. In a recent podcast Craig did with Sean Croxton (best podcast yet, IMO) Croxton says this: “Whenever your name would come up in conversation, it immediately went to, ‘Craig is a BEAST. That guy gets — work —…
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How to Influence People: The Most Overlooked Secret
Anyone can be a leader. Sounds easy, right? It’s not. True leadership is rare, because most people aren’t willing to do the one thing they need to grow their influence. What do the world’s best leaders know that the rest of us don’t? How do you become an influencer without feeling like a…
READ MORE7 Fun Ways to Relax & Overcome Stress
It’s time to chillax – reconnect, calm your mind, and boost the spirit of playfulness. Here Are 7 Fun Ways to De-Stress: Dance Around: moving to the beat is one of the most fun ways to reduce stress, cut loose and get those feel-good biochemicals pumping. So groove, jam or…
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How to Keep Your Best Employees from Leaving
Wednesday night, basketball history was made when Kobe Bryant became the oldest NBA player to score 60 points in an NBA game. It also happened to be Kobe Bryant’s last game on the hard court — capping off a 20-year career with The Los Angeles Lakers. A quick Google search reveals…
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Why You Can Never “Get” Expert Status In Your Marketplace
Most of the assets “expert advisors” seek out in the marketplace aren’t really items that can be “gotten.” Take, for example, trust, credibility, authority, and expert status. These things aren’t treasures to be seized. These treasure are gifts that must be given to you. So let’s say you want to…
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The #1 Management Mistake
A friend of mine is an executive for an organization with global reach. He is intelligent and driven, but constantly distracted. At any given time he will have Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and multiple IM conversations going. The majority of them are useful in some way. Yet, in the back of his mind,…
READ MOREHow to Make Confidence a Reality
“Self-confidence” strikes different chords in different people. Depending on your personal relationship to the phrase, your mind may paint a picture of a weak, insecure person or an overbearing egomaniac. But being confident is nothing more than recognizing your own unique gifts and abilities and being okay with letting them…
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How to Turn Procrastination into Productivity
When I publish this, many people will respond, “I’ll read it… later,” or some variation of that. First, that’s a funny joke. I get it. Second, while I was writing this, I procrastinated pretty heavily. No surprise. And what’s even better, I employed almost all of the techniques below to…
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How to Read More — A Lot More
When you read a lot of books people inevitably assume you speed read. In fact, that’s probably the most common email I get. They want to know my trick for reading so fast. They see all the books I recommend every month in my reading newsletter and assume I must have some…
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Master Persuader vs. the POTUS
“When Trump asked his rally audience to raise their arms and promise to vote for him, critics compared it to the Nazi salute. On the level of reason and logic, this comparison is ridiculous. People also raise their hands to take the pledge to be citizens of this country. “But…
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How to Deal With Major Disruptions to Your Routine
We’ve all gone through times when major changes come along to disrupt our routines — the birth of a child, the death of a loved one, having to move, getting sick or injured, losing or changing jobs, and so on. It throws us out of whack. Our goals get disrupted,…
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Are You an Original? (3 Ways to Find Out)
“Now, some of you are not going to like the results of this study,” says Adam Grant. “We can predict your job performance and your commitment just by knowing what web browser you use. “There is good evidence that Firefox and Chrome users significantly outperform Internet Explorer and Safari users. They also…
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