Mentoring


SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Moments of Excellence.

Every so often, I try to take my expectations up a notch in an endless quest for excellence. The first time I really discovered how far I could take excellence was when William L. Belan, who was on the committee approving the written analysis for my Master’s Project told me […]


How much money do you need?

A friend asked for some advice. I thought that it was a good question and thought I’d share my response in case you might be feeling some of his feelings. His comment was in response to a question about money and how much it takes to be rich. ========== Hopefully, […]


About Gifts

I spent the past half hour or so sending a response to a long-time friend who thought I owed him a phone call. A phone call isn’t much to ask. This person has done many things for me over the last decade or more, but I’ve been crazy busy with […]


Mentors

People ask me who my mentors are. I always think of Ed Johnson and Mike Wert. When I decided to become an entrepreneur again at the start of the dot com boom, I asked a friend to recommend someone to give me advice. He suggested that I meet with Ed […]


UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

We are born knowing nothing. For me, it lasted a bit longer. When I went back to college to study music at age 30+, I didn’t know the notes on the bass clef … and I was a bass/baritone. Some amazing teachers ignored the fact and took me from ignorance […]


How to Win at Everything

There’s a flip side to everything. Almost anything is at least partly true. You can’t trust anyone all of the time. Everyone fails. Nobody is always on your side. So how do you win at everything? Remember the old saying, “The more you know, the less you know,” well it’s […]


If you don’t use it, you lose it.

I’ve been an international speaker for over a decade now and been interviewed hundreds of times on podcasts, radio, and television, but if you don’t use it, you lose it! For the last couple of years, I’ve been turning down interviews and speaking engagements to focus on finishing The Impact […]


I’m about to get a lot of negative feedback.

Why? Because I’m going to be starting to put myself and my biggest project (The Impact Factor Movie) on the firing line. Note: I’m not saying I won’t get lots of positive feedback! I already have received wonderful comments and that won’t stop! Many people are going to LOVE this […]


Life Expectancy

What’s the point? I’ve always set my life expectancy by comparing myself to my Dad. Dad lived to be 92 – Exactly. It was a goal to make it to 92 and he did.   Unfortunately, I’m not as slim and trim as Dad was, but I’m in reasonable health […]


Little Things

So, I’m in San Diego at the Impact Event and one big name marketer is telling me about how he increased his business 50 percent since he talked to another marketer when they were together at my event in Baltimore six months ago.   It was just a simple thing. […]