Focus, focus, focus… That’s what Sohail Khan, the JV expert, calls the best advice he’s ever received. I am fond of saying, “If you’re going to do something, give it all you’ve got.” Look at me, I started Karate at the age of 38. I’m one of the oldest guys in my dojo and I’m […]
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Seems I’m somewhat of a troublemaker… What can I say? Rules and I just don’t get along. Recently I was told off by my son’s daycare teacher…again. In fact, this is the 4th time in as many years I’ve been told off by a teacher there, each time for something I have done that was
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People never cease to amaze me… Sitting across from clients day in and day out, one gets a unique perspective on the human psyche. While it’s true that I did study psychology back in my college days, it wasn’t until I got into personal development that I truly began to understand just what makes us
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Change… It’s the one inevitable part of life. Technology, medicine, education, laws, concepts, society…it all changes given time. But with change comes pain. Just ask companies such as Kodak, Borders and Blockbusters which didn’t see how technology would change their industries. Think about it for a second, less than a generation ago Kodak was a
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“Fashionably late” is a term I first heard when I was living in the US some 20 years ago. I have no idea how this came about, but as my friends explained it to me no one wants to be the first person to show up at a party. Besides, the hosts are often running
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Author Michael Scott once wrote, “The day we stop learning is the day we die.” I couldn’t agree more. Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, the president of a Ivy League College, a successful entrepreneur, or even just a great mom, there’s always room for improvement. Perhaps it’s learning a new skill
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How quickly things change… I still remember the days without smartphones and the Internet. It was a simpler world, although admittedly somewhat inconvenient. Personally, I love all the modern conveniences we have as it gives me a platform to share ideas with on a global scale, but I admit it comes at a price. That
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We’re all looking for that one thing… The one thing that will make everything alright. For some of us, that’s more money, for others it’s prestige. Some prefer the quiet life free from stress, others want power. In the end, it comes down to one thing – happiness. That’s what we are all seeking, that
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“Just do it…” That’s been Nike’s slogan for years, expressing our inner athlete. The desire within us to win, to achieve, to accomplish what we didn’t think possible. But it’s much more than that. It’s actually the Golden Rule of Success. We are all familiar with the Golden Rule, the one taught to us by
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As a child, I always dreamed of becoming a black belt in Karate… Little did I know that I would begin chasing that dream at the “tender” age of 38. As it so happened one of my clients at the time was opening his Dojo in the area and with my son asking me about
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