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Are You Connecting The Dots?
- Originally Posted 5/4/2012, updated 12/2/2022 While on my way back to New York, from the ActionCOACH 2011 North American Conference I was thinking about the speakers who presented and had an insight I wish to share with you. It was a great conference with a massive amount of learning, insights, BFOs (Blinding Flashes of the […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From Luke Donald?
- Originally posted 6/26/2012, revised 11/30/2022. While catching up on my non-business reading the other day, I read an article in the May 2012 edition of Golf Digest by Jaime Diaz about Luke Donald (Golf Digest Article). The article triggered a few ideas about business that will assist you in achieving greater success as a businessperson: […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From James Taylor?
- Originally posted 7/11/2012 revised 10/13/2022 To celebrate the 4th of July my family and I went to Tanglewood in Lenox, MA to see one of James Taylor’s (JT) annual concerts. This has become a yearly event since we purchased our second home in Stockbridge, MA. JT has been giving concerts on and around July 4th […] Read More
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Napoleon Hill Got Me Thinking (Again)
- Originally posted 1/4/2013 Updated 10/1/2022 I recently tweeted (in December 2012) one of Napoleon Hill’s best quotes “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” As I was typing, I realized that simply tweeting this quote did not do justice to one this quotes most important points. During our quarterly planning GrowthCLUB workshop we invest […] Read More
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Effective Delegation Part 3 – What You MUST Delegate If You Want Your Business To Grow
- This is one of my most important posts. It was originally posted 12/4/2014, updated 9/14/2021. And now it has been slightly updated 9/12/2022. As part of my on-going series about the art and science of effective delegation, and in response to questions I have been asked, I have developed the following Top 10 List: […] Read More
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Effective Delegation vs. Abdication – Part 2
- Originally posted 12/6/2013, extensively revised 8/8/2022 (revisions are in Italics) Why You Say You Don’t Want To Delegate? I’ve surveyed many clients over the years, and the top reasons I have heard for not delegating are: It will take too much time I can’t afford the time to train someone to do this No one […] Read More
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Some Inspiring Quotes on Building a Team for Your Organization
- Recent reporting on the current state of employment, unemployment and job openings highlighted a challenge almost every executive and business owner I’ve spoken with is facing; how to build their teams when there is structural full employment in the economy? The number that got my attention is that there were 11.4 million job openings in […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From My Granddaughter?
- Originally posted 12/6/2013, revised 5/10/2022 Last week my 20-month-old granddaughter (now ten years old) suffered a broken pinky as the result of a stroller mishap. A few days after the accident my son-in-law sent me this photo of my granddaughter multi-tasking. After admiring how cute she is in the photo, I started thinking about, of […] Read More
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A BFO About Business from Sid Caesar’s Obituary
- Originally posted 2/13/2014, revised 4/2/2022. I was saddened to learn of the passing of the great comedian Sid Caesar, he was one of my favorites. While reading the obituary in my local newspaper, I had a Blinding Flash of the Obvious (BFO). I realized that one of Sid Caesar’s major pioneering milestones led to a […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business from The Boston Pops – Part 2
- Originally posted 7/31/2014, revised 4/1/2022. About two weeks ago I went to a wonderful Boston Pops concert at Tanglewood. While enjoying the concert, my mind wondered to business, and I had two Blinding Flashes of the Obvious (BFOs). My first BFO was the subject of Part 1 of this post, that a well-run business is like […] Read More
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