Social Media: Breaking Up is Hard To Do Like many people, I have a love-hate relationship with social media. Recently, I have been contemplating whether or not to remove myself from Facebook. In fact, I’ve even attempted to break up with them a few times. After a few unsuccessful attempts to disengage, I had an…
Achieving Greatness…Need a Nudge? Years ago, I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) Annual Conference in California. For those of you who don’t know NSA is an organization made up of some of the world’s best professional speakers. Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Dr. Norman Vincent Peal, and Og Mandino are just a few…
“Money Changes Everything” – Cyndi Lauper Two Sides of a Coin Money is an extremely powerful force. There is volumes and volumes written about its impact on people and society. Most people’s beliefs about money lie somewhere on a spectrum between two end points. On one end we have the belief that money is evil…
Us vs. Them: A We Bit of a Problem The other day I was chatting with a client about the inner-workings at a gold mine. There is an ongoing issue that happens throughout the mining industry between the Maintenance Department and Operations. Now remember, we’re talking giant pieces of equipment. Fully-loaded Haul trucks that weigh…
That’s What Friends Are For… “For good times, for bad times, I’ll be by your side forever more, that’s what friends are for!” – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager The year was 1982, Dionne Warwick and Friends (Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight) collaborated on a hit song entitled, “That’s What Friends Are For.”…
7 Minutes To Live? Okay so it sounds like an absurd question? And yet, I have been asked this question once before. It happened when I working with an amazing woman and mentor of mine by the name of Glenna Salsbury. As part of the process, I had to answer a few very poignant questions.…
Don’t Wait! – Finishing Unfinished Conversations: We all experience times in life when you feel like you get a couple of fast balls thrown at you. They brush you back from the plate, grab your attention, or wake you up rudely. Life deals out it’s fair share of adversity, and it shows up in a…
Lessons From a Courageous Leader There are leaders…and then there are Courageous Leaders A number of years ago there was a story circulating on the internet about a U.S. Navy SEAL by the name of Michael Anthony Monsoor who was killed during the Iraq War on September 29, 2006. The story goes that his platoon…
*(An excerpt from Joe’s new coming coming out later this year) Extraordinary Wisdom – Part III “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein. A Most Extraordinary Thinker One of the people I admire most is Albert Einstein. Over the course of many years I have quoted him quite often. Partially,…
(*An excerpt from Joe’s new book coming out later this year – To read Part – I click here) Extraordinary Wisdom – Part II “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson The Relationship Between, Wisdom, Honesty, & Ego If we are to be wise and act wisely, we…