Success
In today’s world, the pressure to quickly deliver innovative solutions can sometimes lead to unintended consequences. Just ask Boeing. Its recent spate of mishaps is causing it a lot of problems. From increased regulatory pressures to safety concerns to customers, fliers, like me, worrying whether or not the Boeing plane they’re on is actually going to get…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Many of my clients are calling and asking me how to keep their existing business when the world has shut down. My answer is simple: Treat every existing client like they are a prospect. Here’s what this means. #VelocityMindset #ClientRetention #CrisisManagement
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Pausing is critical to gaining Velocity in life. It is an action that should be done on a daily basis. So how can you use the power of the pause to rethink your goals, adjust your actions, and ensure you are truly on the road to the fulfillment that you are looking for? Find out…
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Do you ever get those robocalls where the first thing they say when you answer the call is “please don’t hang up?” I don’t know about you but the first thing I do is hang up. So how can you start your conversation to have a better shot at getting the other person to stay on…
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Whether in business or personal lives, we often search for easy ways to achieve our goals. But what does it really take to get to the top of the mountain that I you are trying to reach? #VelocityMindset #PathToSuccess #AchieveYourGoals
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Too often, we try to do too many things that are not germane to the outcomes we desire. In turbulent times, however, it’s more important than ever to identify and prioritize the top tasks that are critical to the outcome, focus on them, and make sure your team has the tools to achieve them. In…
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Today, I’d like to follow up on the Friday video, in which I talked about the importance of being present in your conversation. I said that if your response is not coming fast enough in the conversation, it means you are not being present. However, there is a difference between pausing before responding, because you…
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Regardless of whether we are in a pandemic where things are changing rapidly or in normal times when changes come at a slower pace, we always must be prepared to make changes when unforeseen circumstances hit us. The question is not whether you have to pivot. The question is when the pivot is necessary, are…
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The Imposter Syndrome. Are you familiar with it? It is a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success. Turns out, it is a very common syndrome. In fact, in a 2017 article, Entrepreneur magazine looked at 12 world-known celebrities who faced that syndrome on a constant basis and had to battle it…
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When I think about FREEDOM and SUCCESS, the one thing that comes to mind is that you can’t achieve either of them without sacrifice. So as the fireworks go up this 4th of July weekend, ask yourself what are you willing to sacrifice and do differently to help everyone come together and be united to…
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As you pave your way out of the COVID-19 crisis, you have to make up for lost time and lost revenues – and you have to do it fast! Yet, getting your customers’ attention is now harder than ever. The modes of communication have changed, and you no longer can visit them in person. At…
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