The famous words of Scarlett O’Hara in the final moments of Gone With The Wind have been the anchor for procrastinators everywhere: “I’ll worry about that tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day.” Some things, as we know, are better left for another day. SOMETIMES, the best thing to do is to put off until tomorrow…. So, with the help of Success magazine, Psychology Today and the people at Creative… Read More »Postive Procrastination
A mindset is a mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations. Some people believe that mindsets are fixed. I believe mindsets are capable of growth and change. The Listing Mindset, therefore, can be developed, It is not present at birth. So how do we get there? First (and foremost) you must THINK listings. It is said that what you think about expands, so think… Read More »Get the Listing Mindset
A great journalist and entertainer, Stuart Scott, died after a seven year fight with cancer Sunday morning. He was 49 years old. My sons grew up with Stuart. He was their introduction to sports from a perspective to which they could relate. He was different, he was fun, he was COOL. Stuart Scott was more than cool, however, he was a leader. He was a Black leader in a business… Read More »Five Leadership (and Life) Lessons From Stuart Scott.
0% financing has induced car buyers into taking the plunge because it doesn’t cost anything to use someone else’s money. While mortgage rates are not at zero, they’re close enough that many buyers are applying similar logic. Qualified mortgage interest is deductible on taxpayers’ returns subject to the maximum acquisition debt of one million dollars. For the fortunate homeowners who have paid off their mortgage, their acquisition debt was reduced… Read More »Reducing Interest Expense
Yesterday marked the halfway point of the year. It’s halftime so to speak. So, how’s the game going so far? You winning? Losing? Not keeping score? While it’s a pretty good idea to consistently monitor your goals throughout the year, halftime is a logical time for an in-depth check and maybe some tweaking, restructuring or ditching. Some of your goals are right on the money. You’ve done the work and… Read More »It’s Halftime: Tip 22
The newest addition to my course repertoire is CRS 103: Mastering Positive Change in Today’s World. This course is different. This course is about your life. You know, your life, that pesky thing that can get in the way of all kinds of productive work time. Just kidding….. Maybe……. I digress. Anyway, in CRS 103, we look at ways to have a better business as well as a better life.… Read More »Two Minute Tip: CRS 103 A Class Worth Taking
I’ve seen a lot of exciting things in 47 and a half years of running. I’ve never been more excited, or more moved than last week, watching the 2014 Boston Marathon on my iPad in a hotel room in Nashville, TN. Yes, Meb became the first American winner since 1983 and yes, it can a year after the tragic event of Boston 2013. More than that, it was Meb and… Read More »3 Things We Can Learn From Meb Keflezighi’s Boston Marathon Win!
Are you communicating well? For years people in all walks of life have discussed UCLA psychology professor Albert Mehrabian’s discovery that face to face communication can be broken into three components. 7% of what is believed when we speak comes from our words, what we say. 38% is accounted for in the way we say what we say, some call it tonality. And what others see (body language) accounts for… Read More »7 + 38 + 55 = 100 Communication: The Two Minute Tip Week 10
The Two Minute Tip for week one is about goals and goal setting. This weeks application of that tip, the TIPPLICATION, will take that concept to another level. The goal is to get you to think beyond just a list of haphazard goals and dig deeply into setting up a system of goal creating, planning and achievement, that you can use for a lifetime.
As the new year draws near, it’s time to set, plan, refine, and begin evaluating the ways to create a better, more productive business. To help with that process, here are seven tips to effective goal setting for 2014. Tomorrow’s TIPPLICATION with examine ways to apply these tips to our business and lives.