Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
A few years ago, I had the road trip from hell. I left on Sunday and flew to California – way out in the sticks – a place called Grass Valley. Spent Monday through Wednesday there and then drove to the San Francisco Airport to catch a red-eye flight to Hartford via...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Our memories of yesterday Will last a lifetime We’ll take the best, forget the rest And someday we’ll find These are the best of times The Best of Times – Styx 1981 I thought about this song the other day while feeding Beggin’ Strips to my dogs, Candy and...
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...
