The Hope of Thanksgiving
Here are the hopes I have for all of us as we celebrate Thanksgiving.
Watch the Doors: How Initial Impressions Make or Break Your Business
The “doors” of your business are all the ways prospects and customers enter into doing business with you. The welcome or they warn. That’s why you need to give them careful attention.
When Service Becomes a Disservice
Independent and chain bookstores are working hard to survive. It is a tough time to be a bookseller. I want bookstores to succeed in a new world where so many books are sold online. In a perfect world, I prefer bricks and mortar and digital. I’ve been a long time fan of Barnes & Noble.…
Communicate Like a Leader and Crush the Clichés
Leaders communicate with gravitas to be heard and taken seriously. The problem is that common language and hyperbole don’t help. That’s why you need to crush the Jedi Master who have superpowers.
Status Quo is Dangerous
Do you think that once you become really good there is no need to get better? Learn why the status quo is a myth (and what happens if you don’t keep getting better).
7 Leadership Lies You Need to Stop Believing
Leadership keynote speaker Mark Sanborn explains seven leadership lies that you need to stop believing to become a better leader.
Five Things your Employees Hate that They Won’t Tell You
Mark Sanborn, keynote leadership speaker, explains five things you might be doing that your employees hate (but won’t tell you about).
Purpose Powers Your Potential
Success with Significance Mark Sanborn – Leadership Speaker Your purpose is essential to pursuing your potential. If you want to be everything you can be, you need a compelling reason, and that is your purpose. It takes a strong why to power the what and how. D. L. Moody said that our greatest concern in life…
How Leaders Get Better Every Day (and Why They Should)
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…
60 Leadership Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Living
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.