Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Have you ever run across a problem so big that every solution you use simply won’t work? If so, you’re not alone. Each day we’re surrounded by new challenges. Politics cause the operations of a nation to change. The economy changes the nature of what we do at work and...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
The other night I watched a commercial promoting Ancestry.com. Most of these feature people who find, serendipitously, that they are related to somebody famous. I’ve also heard people talk about how they can “channel” their great ancestors who were famous warriors or...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
What’s the best way to learn a new task? You can learn the background, the theory, the technical details….or you can just jump in. In the Navy, the training mantra was “See on, do one, teach one” which worked well. Military folks can do tasks that civilians need...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Marketing, Motivation, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Respect means that people take you seriously. Nobody wants to be disrespected. How do you gain respect? Be reliable. I can’t stress this principle enough. Years ago, when we lived in MD, my wife’s personal trainer from the Healthtrax Gym in Germantown (we’ll call...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
When we lived in MD, I always volunteered to speak to students at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, MD for their career day. Jeff Baker, the Career Academics Coordinator there did a phenomenal job at rounding up speakers in a wide variety of careers so the...
Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Marketing, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
One of my favorite TV shows is Shark Tank. If you’ve never seen the show before, entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a group of wealthy business people hoping to trade a small percentage of equity in their company for some cash. Ideas range from Rent-A-Granny services...
