What is on your “stop doing it” list? I have a few suggestions: Sarcasm. It’s one of the cruelest forms of condemning. Profanity. Stop offending people who are within earshot. Keep the colorful language out of your place of business. Being vociferous about politics. Be sure to frame all political conversations this year. Without question,…
Author: John Rodgers
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Teaching physicians say they could teach a medical student – perhaps anybody – in 15 minutes, how to operate on and remove an appendix. There is actually a game on the Internet to teach you how to operate on an appendix. (Isn’t the Internet great!) However, while the physicians claim 15 minutes to teach you…
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Welcome to September — the end of summer and the beginning of football season. For millions of students, a new academic school year brings new learning, new friends, new opportunities, and new challenges. Although it is up to everyone individually to make the most out of what’s new, many of us resist new ideas or…
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Generational issues kept coming up in my discussions with executives over the past two weeks. One organization actually asked me to give a talk with the title being “Knowing the Threat!” Their concern – as communications break down between their baby bombers and millennials – was they fear the “brain drain” because boomers are retiring…
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This week I had the honor of speaking with Joel Peterson, Chairman of the Board of JetBlue Airways and author of the book The 10 Laws of Trust. We were both being interviewed on a business builder radio show in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I was speaking about engagement, then Joel called in a talked about his…
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Creating a growth mindset. Coaching on the west coast this week with an executive who is clearly caught in a fixed or scarcity mindset. At age 60, he is working harder than ever because he claims he “loves” his job. No one else can do it like him, so he has a team of gofers…
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When was the last time someone asked you why you are so excited to be in the business you are in? If someone asked you today, how would you answer? I was asked this question on Friday and then asked to speak about it in Boston next week at our summer International Dale Carnegie Franchisee…
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I was informed today that the new 2017 car I will be leasing will not permit me to drive outside the lines of my lane. In fact, when necessary, it will accelerate, slow down, or stop for me, depending on what is happening in front the car. Who knows, maybe my wife will feel safe…
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Negative stress and excessive worry lead to all the wrong things in life. Without question, stress affects what we think, which drives what we feel. This, in turn, controls our behaviors, which directly influences our outcomes and goals. When we’re stressed, it’s no wonder we make poor business decisions, sabotage our marriages, create challenges with…
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How to win in life and work… Learn from the past Plan ahead Live in the moment Our core philosophy is to shift our thinking from “me” to “we” while becoming “other” focused. We can read and understand that sentence in 20 seconds or less – it’s written at the fifth grade level – but…