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Job Seekers – good news

More and more of my work is now involving job seekers. To find and get the right job, it starts by knowing yourself. Be able to answer these three statements, then present them on your resume, and...

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Are You Bland and Boring or Fired Up?

We all need some excitement in our lives – at work and at home. Excitement means playing to your passions – to those things that get you out of the bland and boring and into a fired up! life and work....

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What if Emeril Lagasse Were a Busdriver?

If Emeril Lagasse drove a bus, we would never know the talented chef and restauranteur he is. If Tiger Woods were a salesman, we would never know the talented athlete and golfer he is. We know these...

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Are You The Right Kind of Smart?

Your IQ – your hardwired intelligence (actually your ability to learn) accounts for 4 – 10% of your career success. Important, but not the most important. Your EQ – your emotional intelligence (your...

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Get Up When You Fall

“The greatest glory consists, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Oliver Goldsmith. Some celebrities seem never to fall. Their careers keep rising, they have money, fame, great...

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Roadblock!

Picture this. You are driving along, not a care in the world, and suddenly the road is blocked ahead. You can’t continue. You have to stop. What is your first reaction? g%lr#*@#?$@! Now let’s say that...

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Your Favorite Things

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” A thunderstorm in the musical The Sound Of Music served as the venue for a very significant life lesson – both in the musical and for us: when things get...

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What Is Your “Thing?”

We are not good at every ”thing” – but we are good at some “things.” We create our best lives and work when we build them around what we are good at and love to do; when we build them around our...

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The Difference You Make

My new book is coming out shortly. And more information on that and some free chapter downloads soon. Here is why I mention this. I wrote the book to offer a process to help you know yourself, find...

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Kick It Up

Look at the word “EXTRAordinary” – it is made up of the words “extra” and “ordinary,” meaning something more than ordinary. But ordinary and extraordinary are personal – each of us determines, for us,...

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What is Your Masterpiece?

When most people think of the word masterpiece, they think of a painting by Degas, Rembrandt or even Warhol. Many think of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa or Botticelli’s Primavera. But a masterpiece just means...

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Got Journal?

I work with executives and people who want more out of life. I want the same for me. And in the process of helping people achieve their greatness, one of the most valuable tools is journaling. Life now...

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Something Important You Should Know

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” This quote by A.A. Milne of Winnie the Pooh fame says it all. You are more than you realize. It is time to get...

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