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Extra Points: The Business of Relationships
Tomorrow, my lovely wife and I will celebrate 30 years of marriage. Barb and I were high school sweethearts and our actual time together as a couple spans nearly 34 years. To say we've been blessed is an understatement as we have raised two wonderful children, have...
Extra Points: The Cloak of Invisibility
This Week's Focus Point: The Cloak of Invisibility Hello, this is Captain Jack. I'm the charming, witty, and highly brilliant pal of my human. Dan is out golfing with his old high school pals - and boy do they look old! He asked me to fill in. I'm sending you this...
How to Exponentially Grow Your Revenue in Less Than 30 Minutes a Day
My June column for the Kitsap Sun's Business Journal... Let’s be very clear about one thing… The most important function you perform in your company is acquisition of business. Period. That ends my prepared comments. Questions? Okay, allow me to elaborate. Without...
Extra Points: The Greatest
I remember the first time I saw Muhammad Ali fight. It was versus George Foreman in Zaire, dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle." Ali knocked out Foreman, then the heavyweight champion, in the 8th round. Some pundits have argued it was the greatest sporting event in...
Extra Points: Memorial Day Special
This Week's Focus Point: Memorial Day Special In memorium. In memory of. Remembrance. All words that signify and define the word, "memorial." I can't imaging what it would have felt like on June 6, 1944. To be 21 years old, standing on a Navy ship, and set to be on a...
Unleashed Resiliency
Chris Tucker from the Central Kitsap Reporter wrote an outstanding piece for his newspaper about a speech I gave to a business forum a week ago. He obviously was paying attention becasue it's spot on. I didn't even know he was in the room! Here is his article in it's...
Extra Points: The Wrong Gate
Last week, I spoke at a conference in Spokane and flew in and out of their airport. After dropping off my rental car to head home, I hightailed it straight to the nearest security point. Spokane is not a huge airport and I have TSA pre-check, so the process was pretty...
Be Good To Yourself
Jordan Spieth was arguably the best golfer in the world in 2015. He won two major championships - the Masters and United States Open - and culminated the year with the FedEx Championship. All the golf pundits were not taking a giant leap of faith when proclaiming he...
Being Memorable
I was recently interviewed for an article on being "memorable." This is a quality that is important for any business professional. I thought I'd share my answer to the interview here with all of you... To be “memorable,” a business professional (or anyone for that...
