Don’t Be A Hypo-Criticizer!
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt Yesterday, I spoke about us not complimenting each other enough. Today, here’s the flip side, we all criticize each other way too much. I’m beyond guilty on…
Do We Compliment Each Other Enough?
After the 9/11 attacks, I was assigned to Senator Joe Lieberman’s security detail. We became fast friends, which is unusual for protector/protectee. There is usually a bond, but always a separation. It’s hard not to be Joe Lieberman’s friend. Even…
What’s Your Excuse?
“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” George W. Carver Man-O-Chevitz!! This is the absolute truth. Quit with the excuses already. Any excuse….at all….ever. Just stop. Seriously. My mentor and business partner,…
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1000 percent return on energy!” Brian Tracy Coming from a military background, from my earliest days of adulthood, I was taught the value…
Trying Is Lying
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.” Anthony Robbins As a Mental Toughness Coach, whether I’m dealing with a…
Are You Effective or Efficient?
“If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.” Lee Iacocca It took me years and years before I realized I could be efficient (achieving…
A Week of Excellence: THINKING
This week, we are striving for excellence. Today, we are concentrating on Excellence as it relates to our mental health or our thinking. “People who have accomplished work worth while have had a very high sense of the way to…
Do You Use Critical Thinking? If Not, What’s It Costing You?
Are you a critical thinker? A better question might be, what is critical thinking? Critical thinking is logic based reasoning, which separates out all the emotion during problem solving. Let me put in another way, take a look at all…
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