Written by tripp on February 1, 2012 – 2:44 pm
Tweet If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down. I used to take notes on pieces of paper and torn-off corners and backs [...]
Written by tripp on January 25, 2012 – 8:14 am
Tweet Being Part of the Team In high school I had the good fortune of having very demanding and knowledgeable football coaches. Our head coach’s name was Jim Haluska. He was one of the premier coaches in the state of Wisconsin. As I look back on my time with him I realize that he taught [...]
Written by tripp on January 17, 2012 – 9:12 am
Tweet Yesterday we spent the day celebrating a great man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is certainly one of the most influential men in world history. He was a rare combination of visionary and implementer. How did Dr. King accomplish so much in his life? I believe there were three key secrets to his [...]
Written by tripp on January 12, 2012 – 3:16 pm
Tweet To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time we achieve our successes as part of a team. That is why I want to devote this issue to the secrets of successful team. We are all part of teams. Our family is a team. Our [...]
Written by tripp on January 4, 2012 – 3:02 pm
Tweet First, let me say Happy New Year to all of you. I appreciate your continued support. I’m looking forward to a great new year of solid content for you, so stay tuned. Second, like many people, the new year has me thinking about how to make improvements in my life. I’ve gotten to that [...]
Written by tripp on December 28, 2011 – 7:52 am
Tweet As we get ready to go into a new year, I have a favor to ask. I’ve been asked to work on a project involving high school students across the country. My pilot program has over 400,000 high school students in it. As a former high school athlete and a person who loves a [...]
Written by tripp on December 21, 2011 – 3:12 pm
Tweet Last week we posted the first half of the article by Brian Tracy on Leading and Motivating. Here’s the conclusion. The third quality is courage. It is the chief distinguishing characteristic of the true leader. It is almost always visible in the leader’s words and actions. It is absolutely indispensable to success, happiness and [...]
Written by tripp on December 15, 2011 – 7:58 am
Tweet It’s been said, “Leadership is not what you do, but who you are.” This, however, is only partially true. Leadership is very much who you are, but it cannot be divorced from what you do. Who you are represents the inner person, and what you do represents the outer person. Each is dependent on [...]
Written by tripp on December 8, 2011 – 9:31 am
Tweet Through the years I have spent hundreds of hours working with people in their relationships: Marriages, friendships, working relationships and social relationships. Through it all I have seen some wonderful things and some terrible things. It truly is the good, the bad and the ugly! But I have been able to find three core [...]
Written by tripp on November 30, 2011 – 7:40 am
Tweet Over the years I have met and observed thousands of people and each and every last one of them say they want some improvement in certain areas of their lives. In fact, most of them flat out confessed that they hated certain situations they were in. But after further evaluations, I iscovered that they [...]