Before you turn away, consider that you don’t have to like someone to learn from them…

I have written two blog posts (Book Brew 33 and Book Brew 66….too bad this one isn’t #99 for a cool pattern—though I suppose 76 is still a neat number... if you squint.) on the topic of empathic listening and effective communication, so you would think I have said all...

“Figure out how to be yourself to get attention.”

“When you make a decision to do something, nothing can stop you. There is no excuse.  The limitation exists in your head.”

I just finished reading the section of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on the fourth habit of Think Win/Win. While reading through it, I had to stop quite a few times to sit and reflect on what I had just read because it was very insightful into some of the...

Eugene Schwartz is a legendary direct-response advertiser.  If you do anything with marketing, advertising, copywriting, etc., you are probably using one of his strategies or tactics.  

Why is it that more often than not, when we are given good advice from someone who has more knowledge, expertise, and/or experience in the area than we do, we don’t follow said advice? This has been heavy on my mind for the past few days, and I am putting this out there in...

Edward de Bono (Six Thinking Hats, Lateral Thinking, so many other books) was brilliant and creative.  If you don’t know who he is then I recommend looking him up.  Any introduction that I would put together won’t do him justice.

Choices. There appear to be many kinds of choices - Good choices. Bad choices. No choices. But are there really different kinds?

Cause why not?