Like a lot of you, I’ve worked for some big-named companies, and I’ve reported to some powerful leader-type people with fancy titles. However, I’ve learned that there is very little correlation between a person’s title and how much they actually influenced my life. And I’m sure the same is true. Leadership has a lot more to do with influence than …
7 Ways to Make Sure You Apply What You Learn
What’s the secret for getting ahead at work? Or in your life? Or in your relationships? It’s continual education … with a twist. In other words, you can’t expect to achieve tomorrow’s goals with yesterday’s skills. You need to keep on learning. After all, if your competitors keep on learning and you don’t, guess what’s going to happen when the …
The 8 words that separate a winner from a loser
No one wants to be a loser, I would think. But there are an awful lot of them out there, And no, I’m not being mean or judgmental. Losers are not necessarily liars or leeches. Losers can be nice, decent people, BUT they are losers because they are not all they could be. And as a result, they are literally losing out …
How to discover your real purpose with 2 questions
You have a purpose. You really do. As author Christine Qunintasket put it, “Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease, an herb to cure it, and every person, a mission.” Unfortunately, most people are not sure what their purpose is. And many of them try to laugh it off, somewhat pathetically, I might add, saying such things as …