How To Prepare For Anything In Business

Always Plan For The Worst Back in the 90s, I was working for a large petroleum company selling bulk fuel and had just booked a large contract. My manager was extremely excited about the new business – primarily because the new business meant a potentially huge bonus. When I was forecasting the new agreement’s … Continue reading How To Prepare For Anything In Business
How Zombies Made Me A Better Decision Maker

You Never Know Where You Might Learn Something I love zombie movies. I think it’s the fact that I can immerse myself in two hours of mindless entertainment or, it could be the fact that zombies are just plain cool. Either way, I really, enjoy them. With this in mind a few years ago I … Continue reading How Zombies Made Me A Better Decision Maker
Success Requires The Mindset of A Conqueror

A Force To Be Reckoned With A few years ago, I attended an industry event and had the honor of spending the weekend with a former NFL player who absolutely dominated the free safety position from 2002 – 2009. Despite his NFL success, this former “pro bowler” was not a highly recruited college player. In … Continue reading Success Requires The Mindset of A Conqueror
Your Network. The Biggest Career Mistake No One Talks About

Newly Graduated, and Without A Clue I’m not too proud to admit that I have been wrong about a lot of things in life, especially when it comes to my career. I remember when I was right out of college in my early 20s. Now, I’ll be the first one to fess up that I … Continue reading Your Network. The Biggest Career Mistake No One Talks About
Understand The Customer – The Most Important Thing In Any Business

Hey. I Have A Great Idea….. Roughly 15 years ago I was involved in a project that was supposed to be a phenomenal hit. We had it all figured out: 12 Week Promotion Offer Customers A Brand New Offer Every Week Featuring A Highly Desirable Item At An Insanely Low Price Integrated Web based advertising … Continue reading Understand The Customer – The Most Important Thing In Any Business
Success Requires Vision

Vision: “The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has … Continue reading Success Requires Vision
Celebrate Being Underestimated

Underestimated From Day One The defensive coach looked at me as I stood in line with all of the other new players attending the first practice of the new college football season. “Where did you come from?” he asked. I explained who I was and his only response was: “It must be a mistake. I … Continue reading Celebrate Being Underestimated