“Life is a resume of memories. Choose this day to add to it.”
-Brian Sullivan
What do you remember most about your Holidays of the past? Take a minute right now to think of three of your best memories. Was it running around a basement as a child on Christmas Eve with your favorite cousins? [...]
Successful people are those who are never afraid to ask for help and who are always available to give it.
-Brian Sullivan
Ask the most successful people in sales, leadership, parenting and life how they got there and they will tell you that all the knowledge and skill they need lives in the minds and bodies of [...]
“It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind.”
-Steve Jobs
Co-founder and CEO of Apple
My three-year old daughter only recently discovered her Daddy’s iPhone. As she picked it up, she began pressing every button. As her finger accidentally slid across the screen, she noticed she could make things move. And if she pressed that button on the bottom, [...]
Half the time people think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
-Edgar Watson Howe
Think of the number of meetings you attend each week. What percentage would you say are a waste of time? If you are like many, that percentage is high. Because too many meetings take too long, get too little done and [...]
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
-Albert Einstein
“I’ve been in this business for over 25 years. I have run out of things to learn,” was one of the saddest comments I have ever heard from one of my recent seminar attendees. Stop learning? Don’t we need [...]
“Every person I meet has a lesson for me. But it is my responsibility to search for that lesson.”
-Brian Sullivan
Think about how many people you came into contact with yesterday. Now ask yourself, “How many of those people did I learn from, and what specific lessons did I take away?” If you can’t recall any [...]
The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
- Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
Former IBM Chairman and Master Salesman
Have you made any big errors lately? If so, congratulations….you’re human! And chances are you are not a wimp, afraid to make a wrong decision that just might not work out perfectly. You see, the people in [...]
Kid Lessons
Amazing what kid’s know about life and business, isn’t it? Just yesterday, as I walked in my kitchen I noticed a multi-colored, laminated list hanging on the refrigerator. This is what it said:
This season I pledge to:
• Fast from revenge and feast on forgiving people
• Fast from bragging and feast on having good sportsmanship
• [...]
“It is never too late to learn.”
Roger l’Estrange (1616-1704)
English journalist and pamphleteer
“I’ve been in this business for over 25 years. I have run out of things to learn,” was one of the saddest comments I have ever heard from one of my recent seminar attendees.
Stop learning?
Don’t we need to learn from our customers so we [...]
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;
as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;
as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
~Douglas MacArthur
Recently during one of my seminars I had a rookie salesperson tell me that he was told by his manager and some of his company’s [...]
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