Friday, April 01, 2011

Samuel prayed "Speak Lord,I'm listening!" Too often we pray "Listen Lord, I'M speaking!" Prayer is LISTENING too. - Pastor Rick Warren
EVERYTHING I know I learned from OTHERS - so I'd be a fool to be prideful about it. Ego forgets it's all by grace. - Pastor Rick Warren

Thursday, March 31, 2011

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
-- John Churton
Im inviting you to The Ultimate Martini Experience -- http://caltweet.com/ico <-Click to Attend

Monday, March 28, 2011

Safe Relationships: Am I Pathological TOO? - People who were raised by pathological parents or with siblings who are... http://ow.ly/1bXluo

Thursday, March 24, 2011

People who are bored with life don't wake up every morning with focus and desire. - Dr. Farrah Gray

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence. - R. Acosta

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Safe Relationships: Should I React This Way? - Partners of pathologicals face chronic confusion about their reaction... http://ow.ly/1bT9Hf

Monday, March 21, 2011

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. - J Maxwell

Friday, March 18, 2011

As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big. -- Donald Trump

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

When's the last time you talked to a counselor?Just to get a check up from the neck up? Mental health is as important as physical health.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Speedcoaching: Live in New York City - One of my favorite events is coming up April 11th. I'll be spending the day a... http://ow.ly/1bMFc2
Speedcoaching: It’s Ok to Check Email First Thing in the Morning http://ow.ly/1bMLDq

Monday, March 14, 2011

Speedcoaching: Bring me stuff that's dead, please - RSS is dead. Blogs are dead. The web is dead. Good. Dead means t... http://ow.ly/1bL3qL

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Speedcoaching: Your SXSW agenda (or any conference, for that matter) http://ow.ly/1bJQ3c
Being miserable is a habit. Being happy is a habit. The choice is yours. -- Tom Hopkins
I can help you create the happiness habit. HMU
Speedcoaching: Relentlessly smaller - Some people work overtime to make their jobs smaller. If your job is smaller y... http://ow.ly/1bJugD

Friday, March 11, 2011

Speedcoaching: How Doing the Dishes Can Increase Your Productivity http://ow.ly/1bJ70i
Speedcoaching: Unskilled labor - Perhaps it's time for a new definition. Unskilled labor is what you call someone wh... http://ow.ly/1bIv2R

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Speedcoaching: Assuming goodwill - Productivity comes from interactivity and the exchange of ideas and talents. Peop... http://ow.ly/1bHu93

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Speedcoaching: Ranting About Success: Interview with David Newman http://ow.ly/1bH3Wv
Speedcoaching: Herbs - Thyme is cheap. Twenty five cents worth is plenty for a family of four. Hang out at the marke... http://ow.ly/1bGscU

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Speedcoaching: 6 Ways to Not Suck as a Presenter - Wow. Just wow. I recently sat through an awful presentation. It w... http://ow.ly/1bG2y3
Speedcoaching: Famous to the family - The way my family plays 20 Questions is that one person silently chooses a fam... http://ow.ly/1bFr6M

Monday, March 07, 2011

Speedcoaching: Monday Motivation – Work Insanely Hard, Right at the Beginning http://ow.ly/1bF2m0
Speedcoaching: Empathy - "If I were in your shoes, I know what I would do." Marketers can't do their jobs without un... http://ow.ly/1bEq50

Sunday, March 06, 2011

Speedcoaching: Cascade of broken promises - ... a cautionary tale. It's always easier to make a promise than it is t... http://ow.ly/1bDY6g
Speedcoaching: The limits of evidence-based marketing - That's what most of us do. We present facts and proof and ex... http://ow.ly/1bDDvL

Saturday, March 05, 2011

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. -- Douglas MacArthur
Speedcoaching: Important/Measured - Is something important because you measure it, or is it measured because it's im... http://ow.ly/1bCUYf

Friday, March 04, 2011

Speedcoaching: broken link, fixed - Sorry guys, here's the correct link from the previous post: http://www.thedomino... http://ow.ly/1bCsUE
Speedcoaching: How to Build a New Habit – 6 Lessons from the Trenches http://ow.ly/1bCyZq
Speedcoaching: The worst moments are your best opportunity - That's how we judge you and how we remember you. You ar... http://ow.ly/1bBXW7

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Speedcoaching: The thing that makes it popular... - might be precisely the thing that keeps it from working. Chatrou... http://ow.ly/1bAUdY

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Speedcoaching: The Shattered Glass Syndrome: A Simple Way to Reduce Stress and Drama in Your Life http://ow.ly/1bAtwq
Speedcoaching: Jumping the line vs. opening the door - Every morning, the line of cars waiting to get onto the Hutch... http://ow.ly/1bzR10
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. - Dolly Parton

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Speedcoaching: Initiators #1 [PTB] - To celebrate the launch of Poke the Box, I'm going to profile a dozen people wh... http://ow.ly/1bzjpm
Speedcoaching: Quick Feedback Requested: Networking for People Who Hate Networking http://ow.ly/1bzpGr
Speedcoaching: Who will say go? - Here's a little-spoken truth learned via crowdsourcing: Most people don't believe ... http://ow.ly/1byMls

Monday, February 28, 2011

Speedcoaching: Monday Motivation: Practice Persistent Starting http://ow.ly/1byjZI
Speedcoaching: The simple two-step process - Step one: Open all doors. Learn a little about a lot. Consider as many ... http://ow.ly/1bxFYc

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Speedcoaching: Wonder and anger - It's hard to imagine two emotions more different from one another. And yet one can... http://ow.ly/1bwOKc

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Speedcoaching: A linchpin hierarchy - Do exactly what the boss says. Ask the boss hard questions. Tell the boss what... http://ow.ly/1bw3Wi

Friday, February 25, 2011

Speedcoaching: 30%, the long tail and a future of serialized content http://ow.ly/1bvAj7
You can't have a better tomorrow if you're thinking about yesterday. -- Charles Kettering
Speedcoaching: Making a straighter ruler - It's not easy. It's hard to get straighter than straight. Over time, proc... http://ow.ly/1bv2yK

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Speedcoaching: The Mighty Mighty Decision Matrix - Pop quiz hotshot: What is the single most important thing you cou... http://ow.ly/1buzW3
Speedcoaching: An atomic theory of business size - The magic of the periodic table is that every atom is one thing o... http://ow.ly/1btUYR

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Speedcoaching: A flip side: the asymmetrical gift - Yesterday I bummed you out with a riff about favors becoming imp... http://ow.ly/1bsOIv
You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Speedcoaching: Asymmetrical mass favors, a tragedy of our commons http://ow.ly/1brJZP

Monday, February 21, 2011

Special Help for Domestic Abuse Victims - http://eepurl.com/cI2kY
Speedcoaching: Date certain - A powerful marketing tactic: tell me exactly when I'm going to get it. "This project w... http://ow.ly/1bqJQT

Sunday, February 20, 2011

High expectations are the key to everything. -- Sam Walton
As a Believer, I have outside the box expectations for God. What about you?
High expectations are the key to everything."
-- Sam Walton
As a Believer, I have outside the box expectations for God. What about you?
Speedcoaching: Bankruptcy - "Declaring Chapter 11" What a poetic phrase, starting with 'declaring'. Not sighing or a... http://ow.ly/1bpXON

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Find out how to help your friend who is living with an abusive partner - http://ow.ly/3ZI0r
Speedcoaching: What's a slogan for (banal on purpose) - At MWC, Claes Magnusson saw the following slogans on 25 diff... http://ow.ly/1bpmZ5

Friday, February 18, 2011

Speedcoaching: Art is what we call... - the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whe... http://ow.ly/1boW6r
Speedcoaching: Two paths for successful group events - I'm talking about trade shows, SXSW, street marketing... Ther... http://ow.ly/1borsZ
Domestic abuse goes far beyond physical assault! People are abnormally used daily in their finances, emotions, self-esteem, and much more.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The ancestor of every action is a thought. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speedcoaching: On pricing power - If you’re not getting paid what you’re worth, there are only two possible reasons:... http://ow.ly/1bnqsN

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Speedcoaching: 5 Ways to Make Your Product or Service Stand Out More than a Human Wizard at a Vampire Ball http://ow.ly/1bmZei
Speedcoaching: Make big plans - ...that's the best way to make big things happen. Write down your plans. Share them ... http://ow.ly/1bmnCJ

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Speedcoaching: Misspell a Word, Get Stabbed in the Heart - No, the title of this post doesn’t refer to some new real... http://ow.ly/1blWRb
Speedcoaching: No one plays the lottery if there are no winners http://ow.ly/1bllGh

Monday, February 14, 2011

Exercise Programs for Weight Loss http://ping.fm/lk2VI
Speedcoaching: An acre of attitudes - Anne Lamott relates an image from a friend in her great book on writing, Bird ... http://ow.ly/1bkQ5S
Speedcoaching: Treating best customers better - As I mentioned in an earlier post, the way you treat your best custo... http://ow.ly/1bkivC

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Speedcoaching: Familiarity breeds respect - It's nice to sign a letter, "sincerely yours," but far more powerful, I ... http://ow.ly/1bjv60

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Speedcoaching: Evil plans, Enchantment and Orange County, California http://ow.ly/1bj7fy
Choice, not chance, determines human destiny. -- Robert W. Ellis
Speedcoaching: The danger of repeating signals - Kevin shares this great quote from the Count of Monte Cristo: "I ha... http://ow.ly/1biL3D

Friday, February 11, 2011

A man can get discouraged many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. -- John Burroughs
Speedcoaching: Ethical placebos (stunning, but not actually surprising) http://ow.ly/1bhMuQ

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Speedcoaching: The World Wants You to Be Stupid: My Ridiculous Nuts http://ow.ly/1bhm2o
Speedcoaching: What's the use case? - Visit an architect. On the first visit, right after shaking your hand, she unr... http://ow.ly/1bgJvy

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Speedcoaching: You don't need more time - ...you just need to decide. http://ow.ly/1bgcsX
Speedcoaching: Communication Key: Play the Player, Not the Cards http://ow.ly/1bghWw
Speedcoaching: Autarky is dead - Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want t... http://ow.ly/1bfFzr

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Speedcoaching: The new craftsmanship - There's always been a bright line around the craftsperson, someone who takes ... http://ow.ly/1beBea

Monday, February 07, 2011

Speedcoaching: A Word to Those Walking “Off the Beaten Path” http://ow.ly/1be8AX
Speedcoaching: How should you treat your best customers? - Here's what most businesses do with their best customers:... http://ow.ly/1bdxtq

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speedcoaching: Are $300 headphones worth it? - A friend wanted to buy Dr. Dre headphones. They list for about $300. ... http://ow.ly/1bcJcN

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Speedcoaching: Protecting the work - In describing the role her brother played in producing one of her movies, Sofia... http://ow.ly/1bc1VL

Friday, February 04, 2011

Speedcoaching: How Badly Do You Want This? - I read a great post this week on WriteToDone.com about the discipline, ... http://ow.ly/1bbEWM
Speedcoaching: Pleasing - A motto for those doing work that matters: "We can't please everyone, in fact, we're not e... http://ow.ly/1bb3O7

Thursday, February 03, 2011

Speedcoaching: The space matters - It might be a garage or a sunlit atrium, but the place you choose to do what you ... http://ow.ly/1b9ZRy

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Speedcoaching: The World Wants You to be Stupid: The Headline Fallacy! http://ow.ly/1b9y17
Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator. -- Robert Orben
Speedcoaching: Unreasonable - It's unreasonable to get out of bed on a snow day, when school has been cancelled, and... http://ow.ly/1b8VEq

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Speedcoaching: Tech Gets You Hired, Soft Skills Get You Fired http://ow.ly/1b8uQx
You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behave yourself into. -- Stephen Covey
Speedcoaching: All abstract strategy discussions are useless http://ow.ly/1b7Sz9

Monday, January 31, 2011

Speedcoaching: Two Simple Keys to Business Success - Last week, my buddy and fellow speaker (and marketing expert ex... http://ow.ly/1b7s6D
Speedcoaching: In and out - That's one of the most important decisions you'll make today. How much time and effort s... http://ow.ly/1b6Rhv

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Speedcoaching: Texting while working - Yes, you shouldn't text while driving, or talk on the cell phone, or argue wi... http://ow.ly/1b65YK