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Six Days a Week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
May we truly be fully grateful for the lives of privilege and opportunity we are blessed to live. May we give back in proportion to…
August 17, 2011
We do these things because…
We do these things because they are the right thing to do. And because we know no other way. I am obsessive about neat and…
July 27, 2011
Listen to the Behavior
I got some great advice a while back from a wise colleague. I was bewildered by a situation, a relationship, that just didn’t make sense.…
July 19, 2011
The Power of the Ask
The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is in Chicago, and since its construction in 1973 it was known as the Sears Tower. In 2009,…
July 18, 2011
There Is a Reason To Do Every Deal…
There is a reason to do every deal. And there is a reason NOT to do every deal. I do real estate deals. No deals?…
July 12, 2011
“There is a tide in the affairs of men…”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life…
July 7, 2011
Four Ways to Spend Money
The late Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, on the four ways you can spend money: 1) “You can spend your own money…
June 1, 2011
Selling Sizzling Steak: Performance Plus Promotion
Doing the job right is the “steak.” Looking good while you do it is the “sizzle.” There was a time in my life when I…
May 24, 2011
Focusing Effect
Focusing effect simply means nothing in life is as important as we think it is while we are thinking about it. Focusing effect describes a…
April 18, 2011
Walking Between Raindrops
No, you can’t walk between raindrops. That is my point. I use the phrase to illustrate those times when we try to kid ourselves. We…
March 16, 2011
Stress Is Not an Event. It Is a Chosen Reaction to an Event.
You might have a bit of initial resistance to this thought. I know I did. “How can I not be stressed out? You want to…
March 15, 2011