Thanksgiving for the problems you don’t have…
While Thanksgiving is a holiday to celebrate everything and everyone we appreciate, there are also things I’m thankful NOT to have or need… Here’s a potent life lesson! (2-minute read)
11 Practices for 2025 from the Business Black Belt
You may want to laugh when you read what I’m going to suggest, but these things are exactly what you need to do, and they will help you build your business. 1) Take a deeper interest in your customers. A much deeper interest. Their success is required for your success. The more you can help…
What Are You Going to Do Next?
Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. “You know exactly what to do. You just don’t do it fast enough.” ~ Robert Petersen, CFI, Flight Instructor You really do know what to do… One afternoon I was flying my airplane home with my instructor. As we flew into the San Francisco Bay…
8 Tips for Being a Brilliant $peaker in Person as well as on Zoom
Former Toastmasters club president $hares insights on $peaking $uccessfully My Australian networking group (The Connect Collaborative) asked me to speak to them about speaking. From my experience with Toastmasters for several years, I share a handful of presentation tips I haven’t heard anywhere else. Pre-Speaking Ritual Words are worth 1,000 Pictures What Your Background Reveals…
Selling 3.0
Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. What if your customers already want to buy? Your job then, as a good salesperson, is to engineer the deal. Sales techniques we learned in the past are appalling and ineffective, yet many are still in use — let’s revisit the sales process…
