Intensity vs Consistency

I am coaching a young executive who is relatively new to leadership. As with many new executives (and some seasoned ones, for that matter), he is struggling with several things—time management, dealing with multiple projects at the same time, prioritization, team...

‘Mom, the Fuller Brush Man is Here!’

Today I’d like to revisit a blog I wrote years ago during my sales-coaching days. It includes two positive stories. Both are about success and perseverance, and one of them is close to home for me. A past issue of Selling Power magazine featured Alfred Fuller, the...

The Fundamentals

In sports, when a coach has a losing season, everyone asks what they are going to do to get the team back to winning. Their answer almost always involves renewed focus on the fundamentals. They talk about focusing on conditioning, getting stronger, proper technique...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

In our last blog, we talked about the power and importance of establishing positive routines in our daily lives. Today, we are going to talk more about why it’s so crucial to establish these routines, and it might be something that you haven’t thought about. The thing...

Making Your Routines Routine

Today let’s focus on routines. Are they important? Do they matter? What do routines have to do with success? The answers are yes, yes and a lot. Here are a few varied examples: University of Alabama fans are probably well aware of Nick Saban’s meal routine. He has two...