Will tomorrow be better for you than today? Or will today be as good as your life ever gets? Let’s pretend for a moment that you heard directly from God, and the message was: You’ll never be any better than you are right now. Tomorrow won’t be terrible, but you will be a little less…
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I wrote down 60 of the most important leadership lessons I’ve learned in my 60 years of living to share with my sons. In the blog, I share them with you, too.
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Don’t aim for clever advertising. Aim for advertising that sells more.
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There are two important questions that determine the success of every leader’s day. Ineffective leaders don’t deliberately consider either question. Effective leaders keep both questions top of mind: What results do I want to achieve? How do I want to achieve those results? The first question sets the agenda for both the leader and the…
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Obviously, being bored is no fun. I’ve never met anyone who aspired to boredom, but it happens. Some even readily admit they are bored. When my boys were younger, I told them that boredom was a choice, not a condition. There are too many interesting things in the world to make boredom an inevitability. But there…
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I started a new novel and it grabbed me in the first two pages. That’s why I kept reading. The opening scene of a movie was exciting. That’s why I kept watching. I heard a speaker who made an opening statement I found intriguing. That’s I kept listening. Here is the key to powerful communication: instantly grab…
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I had lunch at a New Orleans style restaurant near my hotel. The outside was neat but nothing special. There was no bar. The seating space was small. Yet the restaurant was full with a steady stream of customers. Why? Because the food was very, very good. Yes, the service was very good as well but not notable. And…
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So many individuals and organizations study the competition. They want to do everything the competition does as well or better. But it rarely helps them get ahead. How could that be? The answer: he was only good at being the same. Nobody remembers same. Bland is unmemorable. Bold is memorable. There are many things you have to…
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“Don’t let it bother you.” How often have you heard or said that? It is usually about things we shouldn’t let bother us. But what about the important things, the things that make a difference? Some things should really bother us. If we let important things stop bothering us, we become numb to needed change. We settle…
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“It’s all for the best” or “Something good will come of this:” do you like hearing these words when you fail? I don’t. These sentiments might hold a grain of truth in them, but they rarely make us feel any better. The first thing to remember about failure is not to sugar coat it when it…
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