Oct 28, 2019
The late Dr. Stephen Covey wrote several very important books, most notably The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This, however, is not my favorite of his books. My favorite is his book on how habits affect productivity called First Things First.
Dr. Covey created the 4 Covey Quadrants to describe various tasks and...
Oct 21, 2019
It’s 1972, at Allendale Elementary in Pasadena, California, and an 8-year-old Alex is participating in his Cub Scouts fundraiser. The goal was to sell as many boxes of chocolate chip cookies as possible because the scout with the top sales got to go to Disneyland with a friend. Alex’s friend Billy, a neighbor from...
Oct 14, 2019
Imagine a pathway. You’re at point A and you are looking to get to point B. It sounds simple enough, but dividing the pathway is nine locked doors. There are big locks, little locks, ancient locks, you name it, but each lock requires a different key. Your mission is to craft the keys that unlock each door, one by...
Oct 7, 2019
Being nice means different things in different cultures. In the world of sales, being nice means not closing the deal. I was reading Closer’s Survival Guide by my friend and colleague Grant Cardone and he discusses the root meaning of nice and how the word is defined in other cultures.
Nice in Middle English...