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35 Questions for a Real Estate Investor, 35 Answers
I recently had someone ask if I would be willing to be a mentor. I responded with a request for more specificity as to what…
February 17, 2015
Are You Willing to Take Out the Garbage?
There are many things in life that are not our favorite activity yet still need to get done. The question “Are You Willing to Take…
January 20, 2015
Why Affirmations Work
Affirmations work because properly done (present tense, positive, personalized), they bolster our self- concept— the collection of beliefs we hold about ourselves. Affirmations also can…
December 2, 2014
Count Your Blessings: Make it Truly a Day of Thanksgiving
Want to cheer yourself up? Find energy on even the darkest days? Count your blessings! Enumerate all the things you have to be thankful for,…
November 26, 2014
Respectfully Speak Your Truth: Courage Pays
George Marshall (1880-1959) was US Army Chief of Staff during WWII and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s #1 military advisor. As America’s Secretary of State he lent…
November 25, 2014
When Egos Overwhelms Mission
First Look Media had a clear mission: hold the powerful accountable. Backed by Pierre M. Omidyar – billionaire founder of eBay, it was and is a noble…
November 11, 2014
Thinking is a Skill: The Acquisition and Use of Critical Thinking Skills Turbo Charges Success
Simply because they have thoughts (i.e. words form) in their heads, most folks think they know how to think. But if you define thinking as…
November 6, 2014
Feet of Clay Can Still Run a Fleet Race
When I first started blogging on ‘Personal Leadership’, someone approached me and in effect said: “How can you write about such things? You are no…
November 4, 2014
A Customer’s Gift
While criticism may be challenging to cope with on a personal level, a customer’s complaint is a GIFT. Customers in effect are offering a business…
October 30, 2014
Rules are for the Guidance of the Wise, The Blind Obedience of Fools
Ben Bernarnke, former chair of the Federal Reserve until early 2014, commands $250,000 per speech. Any Fortune 500 company would consider it a fantastic coup…
October 21, 2014
When “Circling the Wagons” Makes Things Worse
I am proud to be a lawyer, a member of the Florida Bar. Yet I’ve noticed a tendency in my profession to defend any member…
October 16, 2014
The Seven Habits of Highly INEFFECTIVE People
As always, I share what I most want/need to learn. Sometimes it clarifies things to look at what we SHOULDN”T do; making it easier to…
October 14, 2014
Can You Hear with your HEART?
One of the best nuggets of learning regarding communication I’ve ever run across is the HEART acronym, an excellent way to remember how to listen…
September 25, 2014
Breaking the Competency Curse
When we become very, very good at something and get used to the kudos, the praise, the success, the sense of satisfaction our expertise brings,…
September 16, 2014
A Good Pre-Mortem Can Prevent a Bad Post-Mortem
What is a Pre-Mortem? Glad you asked! You are about to embark on a major new project or daring initiative; what could possibly go wrong?…
September 9, 2014
This wasn’t the kind of campaign you could wage by fiat.
During WWII, 45,000 American fighting men had to be taken off the front lines of the European Theater of Operations in the winter of 1944-1945.…
September 2, 2014
The Silent Treatment: Shutting Down Your Heart
Lack of good communication is probably the # 1 reason relationships, personal or professional, get rocky. One partner or both become uncommunicative, often as a result…
August 26, 2014
Listening to Learn
There are classes on public speaking but few, if any, on listening. I recently kicked myself up to “Executive Chair” of my almost 500 person…
August 7, 2014
Your Mind Is Powerful
“Your mind is powerful beyond your comprehension. But like fire, the mind’s power can be directed in ways that harm or ways that build to…
July 17, 2014
That Monkey on Your Shoulder Isn’t Mine
When you are a manager; people come to you with problems all day long. One of the biggest mistakes new managers/supervisors make is to “own…
July 15, 2014
The Circle of Safety
The world is full of dangers and risks; this is a given. Much of life is devoted to managing risk and fending off danger, be…
July 1, 2014
Father’s Day Reflections: My Father’s Greatest Gift
In honor of Father’s Day I am re-posting this Blog previously written. My father’s greatest gift to me was himself. He taught me relatively little…
June 15, 2014
13 Behaviors of Trustworthy People: # 12 Keep Commitments
Drawn from “Speed of Trust” by Stephen M.R. Covey. The Collier Companies Fall 2013 Conference of Champions featured a two day “Speed of Trust” seminar by FranklinCovey The belief that keeping…
May 6, 2014
Addicted to Integrity; Creating Excellence
The USS New Mexico is an 8,000 ton attack class American nuclear sub; a 377 feet long pressurized metal tube running deep beneath the…
May 1, 2014
4 Cores of Credibility
Drawn from “Speed of Trust” by Stephen M.R. Covey. The Collier Companies Fall 2013 Conference of Champions featured a two day “Speed of Trust” seminar by FranklinCovey Trust speeds up everything,…
April 29, 2014
The Snare of the Familiar
We tend to do what is most familiar rather than what is best. It takes emotional discipline to break new behavioral pathways, learn new ways…
April 24, 2014