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 [...]

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 [...]

Tweet Engaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the ability to take action. You don’t need to be hasty if it isn’t required, but you don’t want to lose much time either. Here’s the time to act: when the idea is hot and the emotion is strong. Let’s say you would like to build [...]

Tweet “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” — Lou Holtz Success in life depends upon being strong people with clear goals and indomitable spirits. Unfortunately most of us aren’t born that way. We grow that way. And that growth can either come from us [...]

Tweet Love, Loyalty & Courage Recently I was having a conversation about some business issues with my friend and associate, and we got on the subject of Loyalty – which my associate pointed out to me was a core value for both of us and that was why we were in agreement on the issue [...]

Tweet One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “if it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility [...]

Tweet My wife and I recently went to the Henry Ford Museum.  My wife worked there for almost eight years as a guide and interpreter, as well as training guides and interpreters.  I always enjoy our visits, but this one was particularly insightful for me. I’m not sure what sparked the discussion, but she pointed [...]

Tweet Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, and the richest person in the world by several billion dollars, is convinced that the huge access to information will trickle down to the consumer. In another two years, he predicts, most decisions such as hiring a part-time worker for your home, buying a consumer product, choosing a lawyer – [...]

Tweet Too many people miss the point of what they do.  They spend all day working hard at their jobs and forget what they are trying to accomplish as a business.  This thought came to me as I was getting ready to work out at my local gym.  As I was putting on my shoes, [...]

Tweet Have you noticed that some workers receive more promotions and greater pay than do their colleagues?  This, despite the fact that they are apparently not even as competent. This doesn’t seem fair. Why should some people get ahead when others who seem to be working far harder, and even longer hours, get passed over [...]