Are you THE one…I’ve been looking for? Let’s find out. Written in 2006, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 46 languages. It has attracted a great deal of controversy and criticism for its claims, and has been parodied on several TV programs. “The […]
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make a difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson We are living links in a chain of wisdom, handed down through history. One axiom developed in that […]
“There are a thousand excuses for every failure but never a good reason.” – Mark Twain IF YOU”RE FEELING a little emotionally fragile, you may want to read this one later. Or never. Don’t say you weren’t warned. I have a confession to make…I’m sick and tired of people’s whining, complaining, rationalizing and justifying why their […]
The upside of trash talk? Zip. Zero. Nada. Then why do so many of us routinely engage in it? Let’s find out. Trash talk is a form of boast or disparaging insult commonly heard in competitive situations. We see it on constant display in sports, business and politics. It’s deliberately used to intimidate and demoralize the […]
MANY OF US DREAM of being magically persuasive, to be able to enlist our co-worker to help us, our team member to support us, our customer to buy from us, our partner and friends to listen to us, and our kids to take out the garbage for us. If you know the right words, if you […]
Hesitate in any way and I will outhustle you. Show up unprepared and I will clean your clock. Move slow and I will run circles around you. Underestimate me and I will teach you a lesson. Don’t follow up and I will gladly steal your customers. Underperform and I will make you look foolish. Make […]
JUST IMAGINE. What would happen. If we all chose to. Live deliberately. Keep our promises. Make it a habit of going the extra mile. Do what we say we are going to do. Face our fears. Honor deadlines. Take bold actions. Act with consistency. Commit to excellence. Focus on results. Pounce on opportunity. Speed things up. Raise […]
Your commitments want to have a word with you. Did you know… Commitments present themselves in delineations of black and white. You either honor your commitments or you don’t. Success is the result of making and keeping commitments to yourself and others, while all failed or unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the direct result […]
Man of La Mancha rocked Broadway in 1966 with its thundering theme song, THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM. It opens in soft reflection, “To dream the impossible dream… To fight the unbeatable foe…” but then …continues
“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” -Muhammad Ali To be biased is to be in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another. Sign me up for some of that… as […]
Gary Ryan Blair is the President of The GoalsGuy, a highly focused training organization whose mission is to help their clients build and sustain superior performance.
