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Entries for the ‘Lessons Learned’ Category

Mistakes

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, [...]

Fast and Feast

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 [...]

It’s Never Too Late to Learn

“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 [...]

Staying Young in Business

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 [...]