Attitude Tip from a Green Beret: “It’s only pain if you acknowledge it.”

Self Motivation

I have tremendous respect, admiration, and gratitude for our military personnel, both present, and veterans. "60 Minutes" did a great piece on the Green Berets last Sunday, and if you have interest you can watch it at the CBS site. In that piece, one of the...

Free Ebook With 250 Motivational Quotes and Posters

Self Motivation

If you are reading this, congrats, you obviously  made it through the most depressing day of the year without doing anything drastic.    Yes, January 18 was the most depressing day, according to Dr. Cliff Arnall, a British researcher...

Overcoming Fear; How I Did It on the Golf Course

Self Motivation

Let’s take a look at situations where fear can be paralyzing and potentially cause you to not perform to your potential. Of course I’ll relate what I have to say to sales, but my personal example is about golf. Last weekend I played in a Member-Guest golf...

An Attitude of a Champion

Self Motivation

I was at the US Open golf tournament in New York. A great atmosphere, and the course is as beautiful as it looks on TV, even when it was wet,  as we experienced. I followed the finish on Monday on TV from my office,  and was rooting for both Phil Mickelson...

Football Players I Admire For Non-Football Reasons

Random Rants, Self Motivation

Sorry for not posting more frequently during the holidays and beyond until now. I’m back in the frozen tundra of Nebraska now (a record low of -14 this morning) but since Christmas I had been in the desert, working on projects, planning, delivering a couple of...

Questions to Ask Yourself for Your Best Year Ever in 2009

Self Motivation

Happy New Year! Several years ago I comprised a list of questions for sales pros to ask themselves as they started their new year. It was extremely popular, received tons of reprint requests, as well as suggestions to share them again the next year. So now I do it...