What Motivates People?–Satisfiers & Dissatisfiers
In this short video, presented by Applied Transformation, Inc., I talk with Roger Green about what motivates people and about how Frederick Herzberg’s concept of satisfiers and dissatisfiers was an...
View ArticleWho Are You Surrounding Yourself With?
A significant challenge for business owners who have stepped out of the world of corporate support and started their own enterprise is that they become worried and scared to take chances on their own....
View ArticleMaking a Difference in Someone’s Life
There are little ways and big ways of making a difference in someone’s life. More likely than not, there’s someone you can immediately call to mind who has impacted you and really made a difference in...
View ArticleWhat Is Success & How Is It Defined?
No matter what we call it, we all pursue success. We all have desires and strive to achieve them. Our desires may be different from anyone else’s, and we may not consider achieving them to be...
View ArticleLacking Motivation?–Follow These Steps
Sometime ago, one of my blog readers asked me this question: I was wondering what do you do when your motivation level is lacking as well as your self esteem? What do you do to regain the motivation...
View ArticleSelling Goals vs. Life Goals (Pssst…They’re Related!)
I can almost hear the groans now . . . “Another discussion about goal setting?–How boring!” Well, boredom comes from repetition, and without repetition, masterful achievement is not possible. Reading...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You’re Not Motivated–Top 5 Tips
Someone once said to me, “Man, judging from the amount of things you accomplish, you must be motivated all the time.” Uhh, no . . . that’s hardly the case! It’s nearly impossible to feel motivated ALL...
View ArticleOne More Time . . . How Do You Motivate People?
Have you ever wondered how to inspire motivation in employees, friends, family members or others in your network? In this video, I reveal the one secret to motivating people. I also talk about how...
View ArticleBrian Tracy on Eating Frogs & the ABCs of Time Management
I woke up today feeling strongly inclined to share this video featuring my good friend Brian Tracy. Why? Well . . . I’m currently in Croatia meeting with my company’s Executive Management Team for a...
View ArticleYour Contribution Lives On
The news of Robin Williams’ suicide stunned me last week. He is someone we collectively feel strongly personal about, as if we knew him as a friend. And the situation that apparently led him to take...
View ArticlePromote from Within
In this video, I explain how it can benefit both business owners and employees when business owners promote existing employees from within the company whenever possible as opposed to hiring outside...
View ArticleThe Success Principles
In this video, I talk to my good friend Jack Canfield about Jack’s just-released updated edition of his bestselling book, “The Success Principles.” Watch the video now to hear the truly amazing story...
View ArticleWho Cares about Your Business?
Do you know who really cares about your business and wants to help you? Realistically, there are only a few basic ways of motivating people to care about and help build your business. Basically, it...
View ArticleHow to Combat the Fear of Failure
We all deal with the fear of failure from time to time. I know I certainly do. It’s a part of life and it can sometimes cripple us to the point where we’re so afraid of failing at something that we’d...
View ArticleWhatever You Do, Make a Difference
Sometimes it’s easy to wonder if anything you do makes a difference in the world. When I feel like that I remind myself of this story adapted from a story by Loren Eisely: A young man is walking along...
View ArticleThree Reasons Why Your Mentor is Your Greatest Asset
Where is your cell phone? Close by? Some of you may even be reading this on your phone right now. Most professionals will have easy access to the internet, and so many of us will jump straight to...
View ArticleNever Stop Educating Yourself
I’m a huge believer in the value of continued education. No one is ever at a point where they can stop educating themselves, and if you do stop, you’ll surely fall behind in your field. We can’t always...
View ArticleFour Keys to Becoming a Networking Catalyst
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no mechanic. In fact, when I was a kid, my father (who could fix just about anything) took me out to the garage one day and said, “Son, you’d better go to college...
View ArticleYour Business is Not an Ugly Baby
When was the last time you heard someone say, “Wow, your baby sure is ugly!” If they’re smart, probably never. How about this one? “You’re clothing, marketing message and overall business image are not...
View ArticleWhat is Your Verb?
I just spent the five days at my semi-annual TLC (Transformational Leadership Council) event in Mexico. I come away from each of these conferences with nuggets of great information. At this conference,...
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