As leaders, we all want to make a positive impact in this world. When I say the word 'leader', I want to make it clear that everyone can be one if they want to be. This post is not just geared towards those that are running large companies or multi-million dollar businesses. I am also talking to [...]
Being in leadership for the last 20 years, I have had the opportunity to work with amazing people in a variety of organizations. The companies I have worked for were very diverse. From working in a prison system, to telecommunications and the casino and resort industry (all with a similar leadership role) you can't get [...]
If you are in business, being on social media is definitely one of those things you really must do. The social media platforms I focus on are LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+. There are various reasons I choose to connect with people on these platforms, which I might write about in a different post, but [...]
Let's be honest. When you meet someone for the first time, doesn't that first impression made leave a lasting impression on you? Even though I don't base my overall impression of someone on the first moment I meet someone, I do admit that the first 10 seconds of me interacting with someone definitely leaves a [...]
Are you a people pleaser? Do you think and do for others before you do things for yourself? Are you a “yes” person, typically always accepting invites or volunteering yourself even when you might not really want to do the activity? Why do you say yes to stuff when you really want to say no? [...]
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. – Zig Ziglar A story is told of how both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation's deserts. What they look for is very different. Vultures only look for and go after dead animals; focusing on [...]
I was recently having dinner with a great friend of mine. I love those great conversations with trusted friends that last for hours over everything you need to catch-up on; family, business, future plans etc. It was such a rich conversation about life. I believe we all need to have those great conversations with awesome [...]
You are not your past. You are what you focus on in the present and how you move ahead. ~Cynthia Bazin I think we all know this, but do we truly LIVE that? Are we doing what makes us happy in life or are there things in life, negative things, that are blocking us from [...]
Five years ago, 16 leaders around the world were strangers. 16 of us met through Social Media: Twitter, G+ and Facebook. We formed friendships that reached around the globe and used social technologies to collaborate. The majority of us have never met in person. Then an absolutely AWESOME thing happened. The 16 of us wrote [...]
One of the things that I realize is that sometimes we waste a lot of time on things that distract our attention from us working on our goals and dreams. Let me ask you a question. When working on a project, do you constantly have things getting in your way of what you REALLY need [...]