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Sacrifice What?

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Today is officially Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday” for us non-French speakers. How many mask-wearing, bead-seeking people in New Orleans or Rio De Janeiro understand the real meaning behind this day? At its essence, we are to get as fat as we can on this Tuesday, for tomorrow represents a holy day in most westernized countries.

For Roman Catholics, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, which begins the 40 days prior to Easter Sunday – the grand celebration of the Christian Church. In these 40 days people all over the world make sacrifices in their normal lives in order to partake (symbolically, anyway) in something far more meaningful.

I find it classic that our culture would find a way to celebrate the day-before debauchery, rather than the essence of what it means to sacrifice.

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What Makes the Heart Grow Fonder?

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

There is common idiom that states, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Like many sayings of its kind, this one probably has some meaning that has been lost in antiquity. But there are so many ways in which this one is just wrong.

In fact, this saying is potentially lethal to your business if you subscribe to it either on purpose or inadvertently.

Relationships simply require presence.

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Why Change?

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

You really can change how you think. The question is, do you want to?

While attending an event with some very successful people recently, there was much discussion around the idea of change. Not whether the world is changing (that’s a given), but rather, can we change how we think and subsequently behave?

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In Your Head

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

When I endeavored to write the book Reality and Hope, one of the initial projects I had to complete was to take what I had written in the past and find commonalities that we could eventually turn into chapters. If I were to do this again, based upon what I have been observing recently, clearly one chapter would be on Change. Specifically, what it takes to make a sincere and authentic change in life.

Every person we coach desires some kind of change. If there’s nothing about your life or business you want to change, then for goodness’ sake do not get a coach!

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Over and Over

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

How much thought, energy, and effort has gone into helping others find some mystical key to success? If you were to scour the internet looking for resources on how to become successful in your work or in your life, you would undoubtedly find thousands of ideas, strategies, tactics and suggestions.

I must say that I am often skeptical of such advice, partly because “success” never seems to be defined the same way by any two individuals. For many people, success is some number, some amount of money. For others it is some level of achievement or stature or title. For still others it is a feeling of peace, or a belief that you are helping people.

However you define it, one key element has got to be consistency.

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Comfort and Discipline

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The discipline of exercise. The discipline of proactive business. The discipline of relationships. The discipline of pulling ourselves out of bed daily.

So many of my clients and friends start each January with the idea that the year ahead will be great if only they can remain disciplined in what they know they should be doing.

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