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If You Could Live Your Life Over Again …

Hindsight is, of course, 20/20. And it’s impossible to live your life over again. But what if you had access today to the vast wisdom of a life well lived? What if you could live your life according to what others—with far more experience—know will work best? Maybe...

Are You Better Than You Are Doing?

As many of you know, our company’s brand line is, “Do what you do better.” Francis Hare, of Hare Communications, came up with that line nearly 17 years ago. It still defines our brand today, and it’s how many of our clients introduce us: “This is the guy I told you...

Be Concise

A while back, a client asked me to review a significant proposal that he and his team were working on. Normally, when a client sends something to me to review that something is going to have major implications for their business. After reviewing the proposal, I...

Extreme Reading

I’ve heard people say that reading is the best way to gain experience without actually being there yourself, and I think that’s true. Over the past couple of years, I’ve become a junkie for business books of all kinds. I read or listen to at least one book each...

What’s the Most Important Ingredient to Success?

We’re still close enough to the beginning of the new year to continue our discussion about how to make your promise and promises a reality. I know that because it seems like everyone still is offering lots of tips and suggestions for making this year your big year to...

The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

I recently read The Garner Files: a Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur. Garner was perhaps best known as Jim Rockford in the long-running TV show The Rockford Files, but he also worked the big screen in movies like The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. Garner’s...

Three Questions for the New Year

Let’s continue to talk about the brand-new year. Like many of you, I made some New Year’s resolutions. As I mentioned in the last blog, I make my resolutions based on the answers to three simple questions: What do I want to do more of? What do I want to do less of?...

Advice from Ivy Lee

The New Year is the closest thing there is in life to a “do-over.” It’s a fresh start. A bright beginning. I know of no other time in the year that offers more promise and promises. Benjamin Franklin put it this way: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your...

What’s Your Ratio?

There is a feedback paradox for most of us—especially in business. We all want good news, affirmations and encouragement. We thrive when positive energy is directed our way. Yet, for some reason, we are wired to be critical—especially when it comes to assessing Let me...

Bad Things

Bad things happen to all of us. No one in this world is exempt from setbacks. At work, a setback could be the loss of a key employee or executive or valuable client, a partner dispute or even being forced to sell off the family business. The list, unfortunately, is...