Now that I have your attention, imagine that you’ve just landed in an unfamiliar town where you don’t know anyone, and you lack access to a rental car. To make matters worse, your hotel doesn’t offer a shuttle to pick you up. What would you do? Catch a bus? Catch a train? Hitch a ride?…
What’s the biggest barrier that’s blocking your path to success? As I ponder this question, I’m reminded of a story shared by author Ryan Holiday. In his book The Obstacle is The Way, Holiday shares the story about a King from the ancient times, who conducted an interesting experiment with his subjects. The king purposely…
Do you have a celebrity gap at your shop? “Dan,” a shop owner from the Midwest, has one. A few weeks back on a 100-degree afternoon, a customer named “Sarah” arrived at his location with the following request, “I just blew my right front tire, and I don’t have any cash on me. Can someone help me…
During my recent trip to Dallas Texas, I was a HOT coach. I touched down at 10 am and it was already 95 degrees! My first order of business was to get to my room to cool down. Upon arrival, I sadly discovered that the AC was turned off! I turned it on and set the…
Have you ever wondered what you could do to get the jump on your competition? The answer came to me as I was watching a video presentation that was conducted by motivational speaker Gary Ryan Blair where he provided the following detailed data on the sporting event known as the competitive high jump. During the…
When I was growing up, one of my favorite basketball players was Earvin “Magic”Johnson, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers. He could look in one direction while throwing an accurate pass to a teammate on the opposite side of the court. But that’s not why I liked him. He had the guts to take the…
The story is told of an eight-year-old boy named “Mitch,” who was out of control. He would do the opposite of whatever is mother “Molly” told him to do. When she said, “sit down,” he would stand up. When she said, “be quiet,” he would talk louder. When she said, “stop running,” he would run…
“That’s it, I’m done!” This is what a young professional golfer named “Ben” told his wife “Valerie” after a frustrating day on the course. At the end of the second round of The Oakland Open golf competition, Ben was in the last place. To make matters worse, Ben & Valerie were down to their last $50….
Are you getting the results you planned for? I thought about this last week as I embarked on my morning run. One of the specific running results that I planned for was to run two miles in under an eight-minute per mile pace. I even watched a running instruction video to learn the correct posture. While running…
“Nobody can do it like Eric!” This was my motto during much of my career as a district manager. My ideal picture of an effective leader was someone with an authoritative approach who had all the answers. Since I had all the answers, my people would contact me with all their questions regarding how to deal…