It’s hard to believe people are talking about winter already. After all, we just celebrated Independence Day and winter is still 162 days away. Yet that’s exactly what happened as I heard an inspirational thought during the International Dale Carnegie Franchise Association meeting in Vienna this summer. Weather-wise, winter can be challenging for many of…
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Step Outside of Your Comfort Zone and Into Success
Everyone feels familiarity, safety and security within their individual comfort zones. Our daily routines and patterns help stabilize our emotions and thwart feelings of anxiety and worry. To grow and transform, however, we must step outside of our comfort zones. Dale Carnegie said, “Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest…
Time Out!
What a great European vacation! Colleen and I spent over two weeks just seeing things we had only read or heard about, and now we have a completely new perspective and appreciation. Now that we are back, it seems as though we never left, and yet I am changed forever. First, thanks to Tom Mangan…
How to Adapt Your Leadership for Millennials
There may not be an industry that is plagued with more generational chasms and clashing than in professional sports. Specifically for the National Football League, every year new and eager Millennial rookies join teams with established cultures, playbooks, veteran players, and seasoned coaches who are separated by 1-2 generations. When Jim Tomsula was coaching the…
Three Ways to Win Work-Life Balance
If you struggle to achieve work-life balance, you’re not alone. Alarmingly, 94% of professionals reported working more than 50 hours per week and nearly half, more than 65 hours per week in a Harvard Business School survey. Whether at work or home, here are three secrets to winning work-life balance. Unplug. The question is not, ‘Can you…
Five Secrets to Selling Yourself in Sales
Follow these five sales secrets to be successful. Banish preconceived notions. A common mistake many sales rep’s make when selling themselves is focusing too much on themselves. They memorize their resumes, important corporate facts, etc. they believe will appeal to prospects. Truth be told, selling yourself isn’t about you at all; rather, it’s about them—how…
Three Strikes, You’re Out—Top Interview Deal-Breakers
This spring, nearly three million college students will graduate with an associate or bachelor’s degree. As many of these graduates embark on their professional careers, it’s critical that they perform at their very best during job interviews. Here are three deal-breakers to avoid at all costs according to expert Human Resource leaders. Trash-talking. Many Human…
Time Out!
I just received a text from a senior vice president who wrote, “Seems like my world is caving in.” Hmm…if you knew the back story you might agree. Now can you put on your servant lenses? As impossible as it might seem, the only way to stop the personal “cave in” is to focus on…
Fortune’s Top Workplace List—Four Dale Carnegie Principles at Work
It’s common for people to contemplate what their dream job would be, but how about the workplace of their dreams? Most likely benefits such as great health care; tuition reimbursement; the option to work a flexible schedule, and perks like gourmet coffee would top their lists. Every year, Fortune evaluates more than 1,000 companies based…
Four Business Lessons to Score from March Madness
As March Madness tips off, many fans will be glued to their TV screens or nose-down on their smart phones watching the nation’s top NCAA basketball players engage in fierce competition. Players will push themselves more than ever, and coaches will inspire like never before. Just as in the business world when stakes soar high,…