Success
Gratitude fuels success! Your leadership lights up the business world, and I’m thankful for the opportunity to support your journey. May this day of thanks recharge your Velocity Mindset® for even greater achievements ahead. May the food taste great with the company of friends and relatives providing you with all the warmth your heart desires.…
So, what is the one element that can bring Velocity to everyone on the project? Awhile back I was the opening keynote speaker for a luncheon hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers. The room was filled with mall owners, construction company owners, and big real estate tycoons. The first line of my speech…
This week, we’re going to be talking about fasting. That’s right. We’re going to be talking about “The Negativity Fast,” a great book that I just read by Anthony Iannarino. Why is this so important? It’s simple. You cannot have both a negative and a positive thought in your brain at the same time. The negativity of…
Do you know that being present in your conversation is the key to gaining Velocity in life? When I’m presenting, whether virtually or in person, I like to engage the audience in a fun game. It’s called “Build a Story One Word at a Time.” Here’s how it works: Someone in the audience suggests a…
A few years ago, my opening story for a keynote involved reenacting a CPR scene. CPR is what you use when someone’s heart stops beating. In my twenties, I was a volunteer medic in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. The whole point of the story was this: “Look, I’m not here to suggest that you start…
Do you know why McDonald’s doesn’t sell onion rings? The reason why McDonald’s doesn’t sell onion rings is because of the old adage: rinse and repeat. That’s right! If you really want to scale an organization, how can you rinse and repeat the steps so that they’re easily replicable? That is where the profit is. You…
Imagine being 14 years old, diagnosed with a condition causing immense pain and grief. That’s what happened to me when I was 14. It was a speech impediment, preventing me from pronouncing the letter “R.” It was so painful and led to a lot of ridicule in my life. In fact, they called this impediment…
Does anything in life come easy for us? Yes and No. When we engage in activities aligned with our strengths and skills, they often come easily to us. On the other hand, tasks that we dislike or lack proficiency in can be challenging. However, that is not what I’m talking about here. Recently, I had…
How do you invigorate yourself when you are bored or deflated? The good news is you don’t have to go on vacation. But when you are bored or deflated, this is when you start to lose your edge. The key to a sustainable business is what we call “Rinse and Repeat.” Consistently doing the right…
As we prepare for Independence Day, I have one question for you: How many of you are truly independent from the thoughts and beliefs that keep you from moving forward, creating a drag or resistance on your velocity? You see, we have two types of independence. One is the freedom and liberties that we have…
As we’ve all seen for the last year or two, there’s been a lot of shoplifting. A pack of thieves breaking into stores, stealing massive amounts of merchandise, and leaving before the cops come. If they’re caught, they’re back on the streets in a couple of minutes. Shoplifting has gotten to such a high degree…
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I want you to meet Alex. Alex is a van driver who picked me and a few of my colleagues up from the hotel in Albuquerque this weekend to take us to the airport. It was a seven-minute ride. During the ride, Alex asked us if we had traveled to many different cities and ordered…
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If you truly want to keep your competitors out of your accounts, you must become part of the inner woven fabric of your client’s organization. Consider that loose piece of thread sticking out of the bottom of your sweater, and you start pulling it. All of a sudden, you inadvertently pull apart the entire sweater.…
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A few years ago, I was taking a self-improvement course in New York City with a good friend of mine. After the program, we returned to my condo in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on the 10th floor. Now, my friend is an accomplished pilot. He flew overseas commercially for a major airline and was a…
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This past Sunday, we had a great Super Bowl with an overtime win—the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams had two different styles of quarterbacks. One of the reasons both teams made it to the Super Bowl was because their head coaches leveraged each quarterback’s strengths. Coach Andy Reid, with the…
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In 2006, I collaborated on a negotiation book with famed negotiator, Herb Cohen. Herb has a saying that negotiation is a game, a game that both sides want to win. Yet, most people lose velocity in their efforts to negotiate a deal because they are married to getting the deal exactly the way they want…
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25 years ago, when I started my speaking and consulting business, I started my first office in an executive suite. I met this person who worked for a computer company and we developed a friendship. Every morning we’d come to work, we would meet in the kitchen, and we’d have our morning coffee. We would…
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Now that we have started 2024, and we’re looking at our New Year’s resolutions, the question is, “How do we execute them?” Here’s what I want you to think about: If you have more than one New Year’s resolution, and you’re trying to work on more than one at a time, that is a problem. This…
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So, what’s all this talk about mindset? Mindset is so important because it dictates what your actions will be. Mindset is everything about your state of being. It’s about your skill sets, it’s about your belief system. It’s about how you see the world. That state of being leads to the decisions that you make.…
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As you create your sales plan for 2024, what’s the one issue you must pay special attention to? That one issue is your ideal customer profile, because that’s going to determine whether or not you gain velocity in your sales efforts. Picture business 2012: I was just voted as the Vice President of the National…
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