Money doesn’t buy happiness, but thankfulness will. A while back I was having breakfast at the Central Plaza Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. I was reading the Bangkok Post when one article in particular caught my attention. It was entitled, “Money Can’t Buy Happiness.” The article reported the results of a massive study done in a dozen Southeast Asian countries. In …
Six Ways To Break Bad Habits Forever
Break your habits before they break you. Unlike other children, Sam never made a sound the first few years of his life. As a baby and then as a toddler, he never made the normal “ga-ga” sounds or even attempted to form a word. His parents were naturally quite concerned and so they took him to several doctors to have …
It's Only Failure If You Don't Get Back Up
Let failure be your teacher, not your master. As I coach people or speak to groups, I’ve learned there is nothing more unpopular than failure. That’s unfortunate, because FAILURE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN A STOP ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. Good salespeople know that, and so should you. Good salespeople know that no matter how good their …
Live On Purpose, Not By Accident
There are many definitions of “success,” but the only “true” definition is living your life on purpose, instead of by accident. Troyal went to Oklahoma State University on a javelin-throwing scholarship, but athletics did not feel like his real calling. So he asked himself a crucial question: “If God came to earth with a box containing the reason for my …