What’s In The Way?
You can remove obstacles to success once you see them. This simple diagnostic will uncover most every obstacle. It works for both you and your …
Where?
There is an important place I encourage you to visit often. Where is it? Well… When you have guilt about the past or worry about …
You May Need to Change
Ways that worked for you in the past may have stopped working. Some of the tools, ideas, approaches, and attitudes that got you to this …
Mistakes We Make Trying to Get Others to Act or Change
Success requires that we become good at influencing others to act or change. So we get good at teaching, asking, telling, directing, demanding, coaching, offering, …
How to Handle a Stalled Conversation, Negotiation, or Sale
A stalled conversation, negotiation, or sale happens when one or more parties feels unsafe, like they might lose out. Defensiveness and resistance increase. Logjam. When …
Do Nothing, Get a Prize
You do your best work when you feel good. (See Effectiveness Habit #2.) And if you don’t feel good–if feel like poo–you may think that …
Quick-Start Your Effectiveness System
There is no one right way to do anything including starting your own Effectiveness System and Habits. You can start wherever you think it best …
Double-Dog Dare You NOT to Fight, Complain, Criticize
Do not fight, criticize, or complain about anyone or anything. Doing so has a very odd way of cementing into your business, career, and life …
No Mystery
Good business strategies and good career strategies are neither difficult nor mysterious. They share the same features. Your career or business strategy will be strong …
Decisions
How do you decide something? You may take the reasonable approach. You gather data, make lists of pros and cons, get other people’s perspective, or …