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Why Most People Say They're Addicted to the... →

Are you addicted to the Internet? If so, you’re not alone. Some 61% of people feel addicted to the Internet and are unable to quit browsing, according to an informal survey. Opinion pollster SodaHead surveyed 602 visitors to its site Feb. 16. about whether they experience Internet addiction…

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SHOOT THE BALL!

Last night we were playing some family basketball. The Teams were my 7 year old son and I versus my wife and our 3 year old daughter (my 3 year old insisted on these pairings). My son is not an aggressive type – more a thinker and planner. He would run to the hoop, I’d pass the ball to him. 9 out of 10 times, he would dribble away from the basket, turn run around, dribble, dribble more, look for a...

Jan 16th

CEO Forum

Here with some amazing people at the RYB CEO Forum in Tampa.

Jan 11th

Top Business Trends and Predictions of 2012 →

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Dec 27th

How One Company Transformed Its Boring Products

What color do men paint the Den? CIL Paints is betting it’s not Butterscotch. Recently, the Toronto-based company’s managers looked at the marketplace and saw an opportunity: Paint-color names are all pretty ladylike. If your industry is full of sameness and you’re having trouble figuring out how to differentiate your products, here’s an idea for how to inject...

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How to Turn Stale into Remarkable

If you look around your business right now, what do you see? Are you tired of looking at it? Does it excite you anymore? Do you feel stuck in neutral? If you are – then you are probably VERY frustrated because you KNOW that what you do is great…it just needs some new energy. Well, if you aren’t passionate about what you do, then no one else will be either. So you need to fix it NOW – before stale...

Oct 19th

You Can’t cure Cancer with a Band-Aid

As a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, it is painful to see how the franchise has slowly deteriorated into a helpless, bottom dwelling, shell of a team. They have gone from an elite franchise of the 70’s and 80’s down to a laughing stock. There are some very important business lessons we can learn from the Dolphin’s failures. You can’t sure cancer with a Band-Aid. The last time the Dolphins won games,...

Oct 11th

What can we learn from Netflix?

What can we learn from Netflix? Did you see it today? Another apology from Netflix for their decision to split their business lines and double their monthly fees. This is the SECOND apology sent out to their “beloved” customers in about 30 days. Their decisions have cost them millions (their stock has dropped nearly 50% in a month) and millions of dollars in monthly fees from the...

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All Experiences are temporary!

When frustrating experiences arrive, it is easy to get so caught up in the emotions that you end up in a very negative space. When in that space, it is easy to start feeling like everything in your life is “going down the toilet.” This is a sign you are caught up in your emotions. Learn to step back and remind yourself that the experience is temporary. Doing this does not mean you...

Aug 1st

The Word “NO” – The Silent Killer of Communication

As a sales professional, have you ever had someone simply fall off the face of the earth and stop communicating with you? Do they go where all our lost socks are? In today’s super “connected” world of social media, mobile devices, email we feel like we are “communicating” more than ever with more people than ever. In fact, I think communication is dying at a staggering rate. Have you planned a...

Jul 27th