I want to ask you a question: Who or what is a bottleneck in your business? I want you to take some time to figure out who that is. A lot of times, we have to make some really tough decisions to get those bottlenecks away – and remove them so we can grow our business....
I want to ask you a question today: What business are you really in? A lot of times many people I talk to don’t really even know what that is. If they sell computers, they think they’re in the computer business. If they sell financial plans or mortgage or real estate,...
Let’s say someone calls and yells at us, or a negotiation isn’t going our way. A lot of time that infuses in us, 17 minutes of temporary insanity. And really the only thing to do is to make sure you walk away, and give yourself 17-plus minutes to come down from it. If...
I want everybody to answer this question. Are you complacent or are you growing? As business people, we should always be in a forward-movement motion. This anecdote makes sure we don’t fall into a trap. The boiling frog is an anecdote describing a frog slowly being...
A lot of time, clients ask me, “What is the best present I can buy somebody?” And I believe one of the best presents you can buy somebody is a book. A book that you know is going to mean something to them and it’s going to help them in some way because you know them...
I want to push you today you get out of your comfort zone, where most of the population stays. I want you to get back to the extra fun and pushing yourself to the next limit. You can do it! Someone just reminded me about something Jim Collins said in one of his books:...
