Creating new things leads to growth. Whenever I talk to business owners who want to grow their business, my question is "What are you creating to make that happen?" Many times, they don't have an answer. Instead, they are just trying to do more of the same things. More meetings, more conversations, more sales, more […]
It was late October and my son, Danny and I stopped at our mailbox before we went to the local diner for some food. I handed the mail to Danny and he looked through during our less than mile drive. As we arrived at the diner he discovered the envelope that held his scholarship […]
People who are associated with creative professions such as music, poetry, dance, advertising, research, etc. are most likely to be affected by creativity blocks. A creativity block is not only frustrating but also the worst enemy of a person. There are various types of creativity blockage that kill the creative thinking of a person. […]
Keeping up with all of the new tools promising to make our business lives better, more successful, easier, and do it all or less than the other guy's new thing is impossible. I Googled "new tools for business" and the G-ster returned 863,000,000 entries. Now let's say that 99% of those are not high […]
How am I going to get through all this work? I don't know what will happen if I fail? What happens if we don't meet the sales budget? I hope that I don't get sick! If this is a familiar train of thought then you are in trouble! Pessimism has been found to not only […]
For close to 100 years, most stress researchers have defined stress as the non-specific response of the body to any demand. If you really want to take control of your stress you need to do something really revolutionary and break away from this outdated conceptualization of stress. Stress is much more than a non-specific […]
