The Biggest Problem in Business!

Driving up Highway 5 in California, headed for a vacation in Lake Tahoe, it’s 105 degrees outside, and the road is a smoldering 120 degrees when we get a flat! I get out to look the situation over and realize it’s blistering hot, dangerous with trucks speeding by, and I have a problem! I’m in the […]

Do What You Do Best

Are You Doing What You Do Best?  Or are you a micro-manager? My client Gill was the classic delegator; this was his mantra. He went from building medical equipment containers to building the best mobile medical vehicles in the world! How did he do it? He did what he did best and delegated the rest! Are […]

Get A Life!

Do you need to get a life? When I was a teenager, my father scolded me for mowing the lawn, doing my chores, and working on my car on the weekends. He asked me why I went to school, worked all week, and then worked all weekend too? He suggested that I get better organized, […]

Are You Winning or Losing?

Are you winning or losing? It’s Monday at 7 am and I’m waiting in line for food at the airport. The conversation is surprisingly not what you would think. “The Browns beat the Cowboys,” the woman says and the husband pipes up, “and miraculously, they now have a record of 3 and 1 on the […]

How to Be a High Performer

Do you know how to be a high performer?  What do these and other highly successful companies have in common? McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Best Buy, Apple, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Facebook, Kentucky Fried Chicken, JCPenney, Oracle, Whole Foods, Microsoft, Uber, Ford, and others.  It so happens that average people with no college degree started all of them. If […]

Are You A Pro?  

The 10 Beliefs of A Pro We all have heroes or someone we admire for their accomplishments. Odds are, you’ve read a story about a person or watched a movie or sports competition where people perform at a high level and marvelled at their pro status. Now, have you ever asked yourself if you are […]

Is Your Mindset Wealthy or Poor?

Is Your Mindset Wealthy or Poor?  Let’s talk time and money. One of my favorite Warren Buffet quotes is: “The poor work for money, the wealthy work for time.” It serves as my constant reminder to leverage my time, delegate, handoff, share ideas, and communicate with my team. I might add that Mr. Buffet owns […]