Five Bs of Communication

Five Bs of Communication

A CEO received an email with a PDF attachment from her VP of sales. The email said, “Please review the attached territory realignment plan for next year and let me know your thoughts.” Two hours later, the VP received an email back from the CEO saying simply: “Too...
Vacation Dos and Don’ts

Vacation Dos and Don’ts

I’ve noticed that many executives, professionals and salespeople don’t really ever go on vacation. Instead, they just relocate their offices to their vacation destinations—it’s easy to do with laptops, smart phones, email and the Internet. And these days, it’s easier...
Fear Not

Fear Not

PART 2 OF 2 In our last blog post, I talked about the crippling effect that fear can have on people. How it can distort reality, stop us from pursuing our dreams and keep us from successful outcomes. Fear causes all kinds of problems. It can make us fall short of our...
Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate and honor the women who have had the biggest impact on our lives—maybe for you that’s a mother or grandmother, an aunt or cousin, or even a family friend. For me, that person was my mother, Alice Corsini. This year marks the...
Fear

Fear

PART 1 OF 2 Fear is a powerful emotion. There are all kinds of fear: fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of heights, fear of death (either your own or that of a loved one), fear of snakes (I have that fear), fear of public speaking, fear of war. And now there’s...
Victory Over Fear

Victory Over Fear

Fear is a powerful motivator. It can keep us from reaching all kinds of life and work goals. But fear operates another way, too. You can harness the power of fear to achieve what you want. In fact, I’ll say that every decision you make on your way to success is rooted...
Cleaning House

Cleaning House

Is your spiritual house in order? If there are things you need to fix or change in your life, now is a really good time to do that. That’s because right now is an important time of faith and renewal for millions of people around the world. For my Jewish friends,...
A Few Thoughts on Life

A Few Thoughts on Life

I have no idea where these beautiful, wise words came from. It doesn’t matter. What matters is the message in each line. These are messages about faith and friendship—things that we all need in order to move through this world in a thoughtful, joyful and impactful...
Public Appraisal

Public Appraisal

In November of the 2022-23 football season, Denver Broncos defensive tackle Mike Purcell had an extremely public argument with quarterback Russell Wilson. Purcell was visibly upset about how the quarterback was playing. The heated exchange immediately went viral....