I’ll be the first to admit that patience has not been one of my best virtues. However, as I’ve grown older, and hopefully wiser, I’ve come to appreciate its incredible power. In hindsight, I see that some of the major mistakes I made could have been avoided had I been more patient.
In 1984, shortly after […]

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I met Charlie Cullen through his nephew during my sophomore year in college. Charlie had been ranked by his peers as the top speaker in the country, and he had addressed the leaders of many Fortune 500 companies. But on this day, as a favor to his nephew, he interrupted his schedule to address a […]

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The Root Word for “motivation” is “move,” and movement is change. Ask yourself right now…Am I moving forward or am I standing still? Do I have a career that I love? Am I pleased with the relationship I have with my spouse, my kids? Do I have a healthy lifestyle? Is my energy level, my […]

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One of the most amazing things about business (and life) is the power of one idea. And one of your greatest challenges as a leader is to understand how to find and nurture them.
One of the great myths in life is that most breakthrough ideas come from scientists with advanced degrees. While that is true […]

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"Soutwest Airlines was founded" in 1974 by Herb Kelleher with the simple goal of focusing on two things: hiring the best people and offering the best prices. His start-up airline has become legendary in the airline industry. Thirty years later, the market value of Southwest Airlines is now worth more than the next five airlines […]

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"In my book" , The Nature of Success, I shared how my friend Jim Cathcart became one of the top speakers in the country by applying Earl Nightingale’s philosophy of spending one hour a day pursuing your goal. If you did this, Nightingale said, you could become a national expert in five years. Jim, with […]

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