Pivotal Moments
At one point after some minor surgery, I hadn't eaten very much for two days, either on doctor's orders or because I hadn't felt much like it. To my pleasant surprise, I found that I had lost three pounds. I
Don’t Lie to Me
I've been following the various political frenzies going on in Greece, the UK, and the US. Then there are the investigations into the markets here, and derivatives, and technical trading glitches, and so forth. There are competing marketing claims from
Twelve Failings That Kill Consultants (And Most Others)
• Failing to return a legitimate email request within a day. NO ONE is so busy that they can't return email messages in a day, unless you are allowing all kinds of spam to intrude or are spending all your
The Odd Couple® in Vegas
Patricia Fripp and I are once again (for over a decade!) conducting The Odd Couple® Workshop for marketing professional speaking services this June in Las Vegas. Details are here: http://www.fripp.com/oddcouple.html We've just waded through a flurry of schedule changes and related
Xylophone Lessons
I'm a product of the pubic school system when it was an impressive place to learn, even in the inner city. When I attended grammar school, teachers were regarded as the most highly educated people in the community, were respected,
A Brief History of Breakthrough
Of all my books, Million Dollar Consulting is by far my best seller, having something over 400,000 readers, in its fourth edition, and on the shelves for 18 consecutive years. That is relatively rare. Its name has created perhaps the
Identity Crisis
From 36,000 feet, posted from a Delta jet with wifi: I’ve counseled hundreds of people who have involuntarily lost their jobs. And I’ve found a fundamental difference among those who are resilient and those who are desperate. I had been asked by
The Change Management Workshop
Here is an advance notice for my blog community. You can register for this brand new workshop directly with me or wait until it is on my site next week. (Immediately: Fax to 401/884-5068, secure voice message to 800/766-7935 [401/884-2778]
Flies In A Bottle
A famous scientific experiment put honeybees and houseflies in a milk bottle, with the closed end toward a window. The expectation was that since honeybees are known to be far smarter than houseflies, they would more quickly exit. However, the "smarter"
Professional Speaking Rules to Break
Reprinted from the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers: Ask the Expert : What “Golden Rules” Can Be Broken? by Alan Weiss The speaking business has changed significantly in the past decade, but the people in it often seem not to have noticed, as