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Extra Points: Close Calls
The time-frame to walk down 20 floors of a hotel, discover the emergency is a false alarm, and then take an elevator back to your room is 15 minutes. I know. Just did it. I was in Las Vegas to teach a class last week, staying in a nice casino on the strip where the...
Taming CEO Frenzy
My April column for the Kitsap Sun... Have you ever been in a hurry to get to a meeting and couldn’t find a place to park? You’re already running a little bit late because of being delayed at your office. The parking lot is full. You find a compact spot (for your...
Extra Points: What You Keep
You may have noted the change in the format of this newsletter. I’ve made a change to a different provider. It’s part of a process I began last year to really examine my business costs. I realized that I was paying a premium price for a service I wasn’t nearly coming...
Extra Points: Free Throws
There was a study done done about 10 years ago about what the deciding factors in NCAA college basketball games decided by less than five points were. The top three in order were: Free throw shooting, rebounding, and turnovers. I was a little surprised because as a...
Extra Points: New Blood
Last week was wonderful as the newest member of my family was born. Our granddaughter made her grand entrance on Tuesday and I met her for the first time the next day. It's one of those special moments you always remember. Barb and I were at my daughter and...
Extra Points: Eye of the Tiger
For a period of about 10 years, Tiger Woods was the best golfer in the world. Arguably, he was the best athlete in the world. He was dominant; to the point of being super human in his play and stoic personality. And then came the fall. Both personal and physical...
Extra Points: Exit Plan
I’m doing an inordinate amount of air travel over the next six weeks. It often comes in chunks and I’m in a chunk! It’s interesting that most people ignore the safety information given by flight attendants prior to departure. Most of us have flown enough to know the...
Extra Points: Unhealthy Perfectionism
I get the opportunity to meet a lot of high school and college students in my work through Rotary. At a recent event, the discussion about academics and grades came up. One of the students - a college aged young man - was unhappy about receiving a B+ in a class that...
21 Days to Remarkable Results!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6p5jQ6RbI&w=560&h=315] The majority of my advisory work is on helping clients make changes. The changes may be skill-based, mindset-based, business or personal. In the end, they are working on creating a better...
