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St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day This Sunday, we’ll celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. While it might not be high on everyone’s list of holidays, I want to take the opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a fun, loving and fun-loving day. St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated every...

Buy or Bye-bye

Recently, I was coaching a salesperson who was trying to add a new client to his book of business. He already had done most of the right things you should do when trying to get someone to make a change. He was just waiting for the client to “fire their current broker”...

A Valentine’s Day Challenge

Here’s a heads-up:  If you haven’t gotten your sweetie a gift, time is running out. Valentine’s Day is just a few days away! St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman traditions. Lots of stories are connected...

Printers & Policies

One recent Sunday night, I was trying to do something important. Our 7-year-old daughter wanted to do one of those “connect-the-numbers” drawings and then color it with crayons. In case she messed up with a few numbers, I wanted a back-up copy to allow her a “do over”...

Be Good and Get Better (part 3)

Comfort Zone … What Comfort Zone? The last of my three keys to help you Be Good and Get Better (and succeed in 2013) is going to sound illogical and contradictory. I’m challenging you to get uncomfortable. Yes, get uncomfortable. Push yourself. Learn new things. Do...

Be Good and Get Better (Part 2)

Changing Attitudes The second of my three keys to success in 2013 starts with you. You must challenge yourself to Be Good and Get Better. Furthermore, if you really want to do what you do better, you’ll start right now. To achieve authentic success in 2013 in all...

Be Good & Get Better

St. Augustine said, “Dear Lord, I want to be good … but later on, not just yet.” I think that’s how most of us feel a lot of the time. We want to be better, thinner, smarter, healthier, wealthier, etc. But often, the changes we need to make in order to achieve these...

Collaboration is Key

We’ll conclude the explanation of our Authentic Selling model with the ninth, and final,characteristic of the AUTHENTIC acronym. C stands for Collaboration. To quickly recap the first eight:  We started with the game-changing idea of being an Advisor to your clients....

Integrity is Everything

The I in our AUTHENTIC acronym stands for Integrity, and this is the eighth characteristic of our Authentic Selling model. Again, it’s all connected. Especially Undisputed Results and Integrity. One simply doesn’t happen without the other! So let’s focus on the...