The same professionals who tell me they are “struggling” or “overwhelmed” will often talk about the great time they had playing some recreational sport. On the field, they can be intense and aggressive. They might be elated when they win or angry when they lose, but they go home and eventually let it go. After…
Everything you want is outside the circle! This week, Sandy recalls a tip from Psychiatrist David Viscott about taking risks in order to become your best, without which you can never achieve that ultimate, elusive goal: happiness. If you’d like to talk about how to apply this mindset, schedule a no-fee consultation with Sandy!
There’s an old joke about a young musician from the Midwest who, while roaming around mid-Manhattan, stops a local to ask, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” Without hesitation, the New Yorker replies: “Practice, practice, practice!” Early in the Beijing Olympics, the American men’s beach volleyball team, seeded second in a bracket of 24 teams, was
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If you’re just starting out in a professional or sales career, you’re probably struggling to get things going. If so, take heart. If you’re doing the right things, it will get much easier as you continue. You just need to get some momentum going, and momentum is always easier to perpetuate than it is to initiate. My friend
One of the Internet “gurus” I follow once summed up marketing in three sentences: Here’s what I got…Here’s what it will do for you…Here’s what I want you to do next… It struck me that this simple—if grammatically incorrect—triplet is at the core of everything I coach professionals and their sales teams to do in
Are you overwhelmed? You might be spreading yourself too thin, and wavering from the focus on what you most want to accomplish. Sandy explains Warren Buffett’s insight on the difference between a successful person and a REALLY successful person: the latter says “NO” to almost everything. If you want to talk about spending more
