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Colonic Hydrotherapy and the Need for Variety
A few years ago, I was invited by Tony Robbins to his resort in Fiji to discuss the job market. I had a good time and spent about a week there. The only thing I didn’t like about the resort, however, was the quality of the gym. Tony had a personal...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 8 CommentsWhen I first started selling asphalt repair services door-to-door, I heard one response an awful lot: “Let me think about it!” In fact, I heard this so often it became tiresome after a while. I could speak with 100 people in an evening and...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentThe Importance of Creating and Maintaining Value
One of the questions that has bothered me for most of my life is this: “Why don’t certain people succeed?” The reason this question has bothered me so much is because I frequently see certain people around me who have achieved incredible...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 4 CommentsBears, Foster Homes, Resourcefulness, Love, and Endless Opportunity
When I was around 12 years old, my mother decided to take my 5-year-old sister and me on a trip from Detroit to northern Michigan. There was not a lot of planning involved, and all we knew was that we were going to be gone for two weeks. There was no...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 2 CommentsCharacter-Building Thought Power
In his book, Character-Building Thought Power, Ralph Waldo Trine draws a clear distinction between good and bad habits. In the process he raises questions as to whether we have control over habit forming and character building, or is it just a matter...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 9 CommentsBeing in the asphalt business in Detroit taught me very early on that things frequently go wrong. In fact, things go wrong so frequently, it is difficult to believe: Pumps break. Tanks break. Trucks break. People get injured. Employees do not show up...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 4 CommentsDo Not Tell Yourself You Have Negative Traits
Many years ago, I decided that I was not that good at math. This happened with seemingly good reason. I got an F in algebra in the ninth grade. However, I did not get an F because I was not capable of doing the work. I got an F because I never once did...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed Leave a CommentTo-Do Lists, Tactics, Strategies, and Going to the Moon
Companies, governments, and other organizations are typically organized in the following way: At the top of the pyramid are people whose job is to strategize for the organization. These are the people who set the entire tone for a group and define what...
Filed under Advancement, Featured 3 CommentsAre You More Interested in the Intangible or the Tangible?
Several years ago, I started a business called Law Firm Staff, which is a staffing business for attorneys, paralegals, and so forth. Because it was a relatively new business and I had hired a manager, I felt that it was extremely important that the business...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 9 CommentsSeveral years ago, I was on the island of Kauai in a very small, out-of-the-way restaurant with my wife. We had driven to one of the more remote areas of the island far away from the resort where we were staying. Seated at a table not too far from...
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