Aug 3, 2016 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
As many of you know, my daughter Mindy was recently married. It turned out to be a gorgeous Seattle summer day. After the wedding, I piled in the car my other daughter Kelli and her friend Gina to head from the church to the reception at a downtown hotel. As we hit...
Aug 1, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Rolling Bottles This past week I had to fly down and back from California for a speaking event. I like to sit in the back row aisle seat because I’m right next to the bathroom and sometimes can get first shot at coffee or libations...
Jul 15, 2016 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
Last month, I went on my annual weekend golf outing with my high school buddies. We go somewhere new every year and play four rounds of golf, eat too much food, and generally pretend we are still in high school. At our final course this year, I went to pay for my...
Jun 13, 2016 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
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....
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...
