It’s so easy to allow our focus to be consumed by tasks. Whether it’s making sales calls, updating a budget, filing reports or just doing our best to lead well, it’s easy for our attention to slip to tasks. Isn’t there more than preparing the next speaking topic, the next podcast, the next sales seminar […]

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Is good good enough? Do you yearn for something better? Have you thought that you needed to come up with something new to get noticed? Sometimes new isn’t improved. Imagine climbing Mt. Everest and telling a sherpa “I do not need you.” Imagine thinking “If I take their advice, then somehow, this won’t be my […]

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How many of us have ever thought “there’s nothing very exciting about me?” Like someone is standing beside you directing traffic around you saying, “Nothing to see here, move along please…” Do you imagine that you have little to contribute? Is there a voice in the back of your head that’s always reminding you of […]

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Are you overwhelmed by fear? Does the economy, disruption in your industry or aggressive competition leave you with a knot in your stomach? Do you feel isolated and vulnerable? As a result, these feelings disorient and cause panicked or irrational decision making. Surprisingly, there are many similarities between operating a business and the devastating, often […]

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This episode is all about the challenge of getting started. Have you ever heard this question: you want to do what? Are you crazy? Some of you might have been asked this by a stranger, friend, coworker, spouse, or a child…and honestly, as parents, who hasn’t asked their child that question?! There are moments when […]

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If I told you that you could have a rich life, one that you loved without sacrificing your own happiness, would you believe me? You might of if I told you before you got your job, got married, or had children. Maybe that seems a bit impossible now. But today’s guest believes that it’s not […]

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When was the last time you were tempted to compromise your integrity? If you are human, it had to be recent because we are all subjected daily to alter who we are in response to the pressure to “get ahead.” It’s hard enough dealing with the personal temptations to compromise, but what do you do […]

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Have you looked at your life recently and said something like “uhh, this does not look like I thought it would!” Welcome to the club! Life often has a way of turning out differently than we expected. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. Too often, we get wrapped up in what we can’t change: the past. We […]

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Have you ever felt like you couldn’t give another ounce of effort even if your life depended on it? Does it seem like the demands in your current job are so overwhelming that you are on the verge of a crackup? Do the words overworked and underappreciated describe exactly how you are feeling? Maybe you […]

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Many of us don’t work in the same office as our manager or leader. Maybe you work from home, work in a satellite office or possibly on a different floor than where your boss / manager / leader sits. It’s true, there are not very many good substitutes for spending time face-to-face with your leader […]

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