What do you LOVE?
What do you LOVE? The power of a great question can come in the most ordinary of interactions. As Jeanine sat down in the stylist chair for a haircut, Vanessa first asked her “what brings you in today, what would you like?” Jeanine replied “oh I don’t...
Wishing Doesn’t Make It So
Wishing doesn't make it so. I know this isn’t a newsflash to most of you reading this, but it’s not easy to build a business that sustains over time. Being on the path of Mastery really asks something of you. You have to be willing to risk. To have...
How to Move from Frustration to Creating New Agreements
How to Move from Frustration to Creating New Agreements As much as we entrepreneurs like to think of ourselves as masters of our own destiny, it’s amazing how often things don’t go our way. And when they don’t, we all get frustrated, we all get upset. …...
Don’t Drive With Two Feet
Don't drive with two feet. I think it’s a Northern California disease. I never seem to notice it, but my wife Jeanine is excellent at spotting it. We’ll be driving down the highway and look over in the fast lane. We’ll see a car that’s going 70 mph, but...
The 3 Keys to Maximizing Your Team’s Performance
“People are our most important resource”.. blah, blah, blah. How many business leaders have you heard spout this eye rolling phrase only to behave in exactly the opposite way. Here’s the reality. People really are your most important resource, and you...
Great Leaders Plan From Their Action
The only thing that ever makes a difference in your world is the actions you take. Not the planning you do or the thoughts you have beforehand. What I see that slows most people down is they’re preparing to play their game rather than playing their game....
From insight into action
Everybody who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari. I recently did some coaching at a entrepreneurial mastermind...
Given this just happened, NOW what would I like to create?
It’s all gone to crap. In my disaster restoration company we always said we would never have one client represent over 10% of our business. An insurance company from the midwest had quietly climbed to over 18% of revenues. Then one day they pulled the plug. Some new...