Mark holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame. He was recently honored with the Cavett Award, the highest honor the NSA bestows on its members, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the speaking profession. In 2020,
Global Gurus named Mark the #5 Leadership Authority in the world.
My friend Laura Stack (“The Productivity Pro”) has a new book coming out this week called The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days! It’s packed with ideas and worth checking out if your want to get more done and feel better doing it. Click the link (or image) to…
Leadership Lessons ezine by Mark Sanborn
Today a well-known baseball player under scrutiny for alleged steroid use (which he denies in the face of some substantial evidence) also denied beginning an affair with a well-know country western star when she was only 15 (which she did not confirm but rather said she could not deny). Said athlete admitted that he had…
I am blessed. I awoke this morning in my home, healthy and with food and water. 22,000+ victims of the cyclone in Myanmar did not wake up today. Tens of thousands more did wake up wondering if they could find food and water and perhaps contemplating if they’d ever have a home again. To say…
Aristotle believed in the golden mean, the midway point between too little and too much of anything. Just as wordiness is too much, sometimes brevity can be too little. If you find yourself defending your brief communications, the clue phone is ringing for you. Recently a friend was justifiably incensed by something he read online.…
I’m on the phone with a friend who wants Darla and I to come to an open house for a home his company just built. We plan to do so but I finish our conversation by saying, “We’ll be there unless something dramatic happens.” I really didn’t need to add those words. I’m the kind…
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an important editorial piece about John McCain I really encourage you to read for two reasons (click here). First, there are some powerful stories about McCain’s character that will give you insights into who he is that you probably haven’t and won’t see elsewhere. Second, there is a lesson to…
My friend Bill is a successful entrepreneur in Southern California. While having lunch recently he commented that whatever happened at the upcoming elections and whoever was elected really didn’t matter to him. He went on to explain that while he was concerned about what was best for our country and that he planned to vote,…
Larry Bossidy’s book Execution was a bestseller. My friend Sam Giest just wrote a book called Execute…or Be Executed. Both books speak to the crucial need for leaders to create results. The road to Hades, as it is often said, is paved with good intentions. The road to success is paved with results. Nearly fifty…
The best way to deal with jerks is not to be one. Gratefulness is a path through trials and disappointments. Mastery creates confidence. We make our decisions then our decisions make us. C.S. Lewis said the most important question isn’t “What do you think of God?” The most important question is “What does God think…
