May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
May 23, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
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...
May 20, 2016 | Business Strategy, Uncategorized
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...
May 16, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
One of the biggest threats to your success in business and in life is noise. Last week, I was part of a conference call with well over 100 attendees. I was a guest speaker for a group of the most highly successful brokers for a publicly-held insurance and risk...
May 9, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: That’s What We Do Barb and I watched the third and final movie of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay Part 2 this past weekend. There was a scene heading into the climax of the film that captured my attention and kept me thinking...
May 4, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Uncategorized
Yesterday was the day that my county (as well as many other communities nationally) hold their “Great Give.” It’s a unique way to ask donors to support all their favorite charities with one payment. It’s a pretty slick process, until… I...
