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Leading as a Dad

Returning home my wife was prepared for us to host a few carefully selected couples who had been influential in our lives or the lives of the boys. Each was given an assignment to write a letter to our son expressing what they believe it means to be a man, specifically a man of God. After dinner, we all gathered in our living room and each couple read their letter to our son. We ended the event with a prayer commissioning the boy to Biblical manhood. At this point there was not a dry eye in the room.

When Your Parents Move in with You
Your Mom and/or Dad has moved in with you. At some point s/he told you s/he wants to pay you something to help defray the cost and you said no. Or maybe when the subject came up and you were uncomfortable and said “let's discuss it later”.

Caring for Aging Parents: What's The Best That Could Happen?
How often have you done something that you really dreaded and heard yourself saying "that wasn't so bad"?

Helping Your Aging Parents Help Themselves (Step Two)
"THE 2-STEP PROCESS TO AGREEMENT" consists of 1) helping your Vicky-D's (your aging parents) determine what they want and 2) helping them get it. A process by which, rather than you trying to convince them to do what's in their best interest, you help them convince themselves to want to do what's in their best interest - ideally the same thing!

Helping Your Aging Parents Help Themselves (Step One)
"THE 2-STEP PROCESS TO AGREEMENT" consists of 1) helping your aging parent(s) determine what they want and 2) helping them get it.

Trash or Treasure: De-cluttering That Preserves The Memories

Do you have a "memory box" filled with treasures such as a corsage from your high school prom, your Girl Scout badge sash, old Valentine's cards, a napkin from your wedding, ticket stubs from your first pro ball game, or your baby's first shoes? While this "stuff" may look like junk to others, to you these mementos represent precious memories, the story of your life - what I call the "family fortune".

Taking Control of Eldercare Paperwork
As an eldercaregiver, do you feel like you're playing "Whack-a-Mole" at a carnival but without the cool prize? Every time you get one issue under control such as managing your elderly parent's finances, maintaining their home, dealing with their driving (or driving them), another one pops up? If so, you're not alone.

Should You Sign A Nursing Home Admission Agreement?
Admitting a loved one to a nursing home can be very stressful. In addition to dealing with a sick family member and managing all the details involved with the move, you must decide whether to sign all the papers the nursing home is giving you. Nursing home admission agreements can be complicated and confusing, so what do you do?

Keeping in Touch: How to Avoid Return to Sender
I've always been a big postcard sender and this vacation was no exception! Watching me write the cards, one of the friends with whom I was traveling, a woman in her 80's, mentioned how sad it is that she's lost contact with many of her friends over the past several years. She said she doesn't know if her friends are sick, have passed away, or moved, and she doesn't know how to find out.

Elder Caregiving: Oy, The Guilt Already!
Are you giving everything you've got and then some to be a caregiver for an aging loved one and still feeling guilty that you're not doing more? If so, welcome to the club!! Not a club you want to be a member of? Then here are some suggestions that will help you out.

Communication that Works with Aging Parent or Older Clients
Do you want to open the lines of communication with your parents? Do you sell products or services to seniors and want the most effective communication possible?

Basic Eldercare Realities
I always say that for the best results, talk early and often with your aging loved so you can resolve your eldercare issues by choice, not crisis. The earlier you start talking, the easier it is to get plans in place. The better the planning, the easier it will be for them and you in the long term.

Another Eldercare Issue: Hoarding
What is hoarding? What are the differences between clutter and hoarding? What are some reasons people hoard? These questions and more will be addressed in this article.

Caring for Aging Parents: How Do I Know the Right Thing to Do?
I get asked this question a lot from my Generational Coaching clients: When making decisions for my aging parent, how do I know what is the right thing to do? The first question you will always ask is “What is in the best interest of my aging loved one”?

Elder Caregiving: How to Help Family Members with Denial
Family members get so frustrated that their aging parents or their siblings are in denial. "How can they not see it?" Some people think those in denial don't see the situation clearly because they don't want to. I don't think that's it.

Lesson #2: Make A Commitment To Be The Very Best
“My first ambition in life was to be Miles Davis,” recalls Gardner. “I didn’t want to be a trumpet player, an artist or a jazz musician – I literally wanted to be Miles. My mom said to me, ‘Baby, you can’t be Miles. There ain’t but one, and he got that job.’ But I made a commitment at an early age that I wanted to be world class at something,”

Lesson #4: Tune In and Pay Attention
“It’s about broadening your scope through history and living your life,” says Lauren. “Tune in and pay attention.”

Lesson #2: Grab a Partner and Go

Orfalea recalls the way in which he first came up with his idea for Kinko’s: “It was an easy business…My dad made women’s clothing, and he had all this inventory to worry about. So I thought, this inventory thing is bad news. I don’t want anything to do with it. With a Xerox machine, I can dial a button and what comes out the end I can sell. It’s actually a simple, dumb business really.”

Lesson #3: If Your Job Does Not Excite You, Find a New One
Fuller was born the son of an RAF pilot who later became a teacher who was passionately enthusiastic about founding schools. It was that passion that took the Fuller family to West Africa. Simon, along with his brothers Kim and Mark, spent much of their childhood growing up in Ghana, where their father would establish schools.

Simon Fuller Quotes
Simon Fuller Quotes

Lesson #5: “Hard times are an opportunity for growth”
If there is one lesson that Wilson has carried with him since he was a young boy it is this: every opportunity, whether missed or taken, represents another lesson to be learned.

Keepers
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, garden hose in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things ... a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep

Crazy Dad Stories
Entrepreneurship requires serious determination. So does life. My friend Andy’s story of his dad’s fractured back reminded me of my favorite story about my dad’s dad.

Enough? Enough!
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but no matter -- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning --- “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby

Where It Comes From
I was recently asked, "What do you think it is about life that you love so much as to make your life about bettering it and bettering the lives of other people?"

My Daughters Are So Pissed
Here's how it all started. Hey girls, "I just signed up for a Facebook account."

Can Anyone Be A Major League Pitcher?
Alan Shimel has a fantastic post up titled Do they have to grow up? As I read it, I thought of some of the great lessons my dad taught me when I was a little kid and how hard they must have been for him to carry out.

I can’t help but wonder if I were born in any other time…
…how different my life would be today. If you were to ask the very same question, I am sure you would discover some remarkably interesting answers.

Father's Day Advice from My Father
Sunday is Father’s Day which, of course, always makes me think of my dad, Fred C. Trump.

Living with Integrity

”What I do is who I am” Chris Schenkel. Several years ago I heard about an ad placed in a sports magazine advising hunters how not to scatter their shots. The ad said, “For one dollar we’ll give you that information.” Many people sent their dollar and the advice was, “Just use one shot.” While the ad was deceptive, and I’m certain many of the respondents were irritated at being taken in, the advice was good.

Some lessons for your business to live by!

Here are 12 lessons to live by in your business 1. ALWAYS DO MORE THAN IS EXPECTED OF YOU I learned this at an early age from my Dad. He had a very successful career as a business executive and engineer, and this the core principle that created his success. You can apply this to your business in many ways... over-delivering to your customers, giving unexpected bonuses to your employees or outsourced workers, and more. Most people do just the bare minimum. Do more than is expected of you and it will do amazing things for your business.

The Impact of Coaching Salespeople and Sales Managers
Yesterday I presented at the Sales EdgeOne Three-Day Sales Summit and my co-presenter, Donal Daly, cited a statistic from Gallop: Organizations that use coaches get a 26% ROI from that effort. That statistic surprised me in two ways.

Just Say No!
Why is it so hard for some of us to say No?

How to sell yourself to others
So you've got all the great closing tactics down but you are still not closing. Here's why.

Disappointed By The Things You Didnâ€™t Do
The only thing that limits you is yourself.

I Have No Relationship Today With My Dad
There are many reasons for strained or broken relationships between parent and child. Damaged relationships are always painful to those involved. The good news is that relationships can be mended. The hard part is that you must initiate action that will lead to forgiveness and reconciliation. Here’s how.

How to Advertise on the Internet! ~A MUST READ 4 SERIOUS ENTREPRENEURS

Most people who are selling something would want to know how to advertise on the Internet, but few take the necessary steps to produce results. Learning how to advertise on the Internet is a valuable skill that you must master if you want to be as successful as possible selling you product and that is exactly what I want to teach you in this article. Enjoy this short article by Omari Taylor and learn how to advertise on the Internet effectively.

Sales Manager Training: Rule #1 Self Awareness

I have decided to write a series of Blogs on a sales manager named Joe. Joe is a district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. In fact, there are many Joe’s in all companies. Joe is just a shade away from being a great manager. But until he truly understands the fundamentals of changing behavior he will be an average Joe at best. Joe is one of the members of a group learning session that I give to sales managers who have taken my course. As part of the coaching process I ask for feedback from managers. I question how well they apply the concepts that they had learned and if they are seeing the benefits of the training

Sales Management Requires a Different Mindset Than Sales
It was on the corner of 82nd Street and 37th Avenue in Queens where 12 year-old Mark Berezow learned to approach strangers and provide them with some compelling reasons to vote for his friend's dad. He believes that experience had a great impact on his ability to sell, manage salespeople and for the past 20 years, help companies grow their sales.

Get Time with your Family with this Online Home Based Business Opportunity
A business marketing plan that will enable you to enjoy more time with your family.

Getting Unstuck
Is there something you keep thinking about but never seem to manage to accomplish? If so you are stuck and the following article may help.

Marketing Strategies for Building Customer Relations
As business owners, we all want to sell more of our products and services to new and existing customers. But before we can achieve this goal, it is imperative to understand a few basic marketing strategies for creating interest, trust and desire.

Tha Approval Trap Solution
If the approval trap is major stressor number 1 what can we do about it. Oliver shows us exactly what. READ ON

Major Stressors - Number 1
Find out what major stressor number 1 is. And it will almost certainly surprise you

Pace The Race
Let david Oliver enlighten you with this practical method of stress management. Learn why athletes know it and lemmings apparently do not.

Feeling Guilty About Home and Work?
In this sensitive look at Work life effectiveness david oliver helps us lose some guilt and gives some practical ideas

Nine Ways to Guarantee Business Failure

Discover the nine "sins" business owners commit that lead to their own business failure... including how the Law of ACTION assists the "Law of Attraction"... how (and where) sales are made... and more down and dirty business truths. This quick article is built on Michelle's own experience and that of her clients, but greatly assisted by wisdom found on the back of a Starbucks cup AND the first man to profitably combine RATS and FOOD.. the founder of the Chuck E. Cheese empire! Enjoy!

So What About Change?
It is said that people don’t like change. It is said that people are scared of change. However, if we think about it, without some sort of change we would get bored! In fact, we have had to deal with change all our lives.

Think BIG - A Lesson from a Little One

Like most of us, I learned about the mechanics of goal setting early in my career. Although I learned the theory of goal setting in graduate school, it wasn’t until later in my career that I learned about the powerful psychology goal setting and how imbedding goals into the walls of our mind unleashes the real power. But it was only a few years ago that I experienced first-hand the power of thinking big… and it came at the hands of someone quite small. My oldest daughter was seven at the time. She loved to play catch with Dad. The object we threw - a tennis balls, football, one of those squishy balls - mattered little, but the challenge of consecutive catches matter very much to her.

Entrepreneurs – Some Changes To Help You Survive The Recession.
Times are hard, business is slower and your profits are squeezed. You love your business and don’t want to go back to being a wage slave again – even if there was any work out there to be had! So how do you survive the recession?

Rise and Shine
In today’s uncertain times, I constantly hear people gripe about how “business is slow, nobody’s buying” and “everybody’s cutting back.”For too long, many salespeople and business owners have been on the proverbial “gravy train.” Supply was less than demand and people got away from effective business basics. Besides, why should anyone hustle when business is lined up?

Your Initial reaction - is it valid or fair
Sometimes we react with a habitual response. In testing times this can be both unfair and/or invalid. Learn to test you reactions before you pass the messag on.

10 Ways to Beat the Deadly Procrastination Demon
Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to discover how to stop procrastinating at an early age. So I'm going to share my secrets with you right here and now.

Is Radio Advertising Right For You?
Is the radio the right medium for you to market your business? It all depends. Many businesses have blossomed from it and others have been burnt badly. While there are always exceptions to the rules (and I LOVE exceptions), here are some good guidelines when it comes to choosing RADIO as a place to promote your business.

”I’m sorry” just isn’t good enough - the new science of apology
Ever wonder why apologizing can sometimes make matters worse? There is a secret to apologizing better than everyone can learn - essential for dealing with customers, AND loved ones.

It's Official - Your Sales Pity Party Is Now Over

Your Pity Party Is Now Officially Over The business environment is always in a state of flux. So it is up to you to decide the pro-active directions, activities and attitudes that are best for your business. And being flustered stops you from being focused on what is really important. This is the year for you to get your act together and create strong relationships with your customers and potential customers. It's the year for invention, re-invention, moving forward, carving away what doesn't fit and adding what does.

Life is a Marathon
Three time cancer conqueror, Matt Jones, shares winning strategies he learned from overcoming cancer and running a marathon after relearning how to walk. No matter the challenge or goal you face these strategies will help you be successful in the marathon called life.

Natural Motivation (Surround yourself with the right people)

The decisions we make will be a result of the information that we have and our perception of the world. Both this information and this perception will be due to the people that have been a part of our lives. However, a lot of us like to consider ourselves as independent beings that make our own decisions. I do not see these two trains of thoughts as being mutually exclusive. By that I mean we do have the power to make independent decisions but that decision will be the outcome of the impact that other people have had on our life. The overall message is to surround yourself with people who will help provide you with the inform

Keep Your Word, Be Reliable, if You Want to Achieve the Goal of How to Increase Sales
Do you know what makes your customers buy from you? Do you think it is your price or maybe your extensive product line? You may be surprised by the answer.

The (Aging) Parent Trap
When people think about midlife (and the crises that surround it), they don't always consider their unique relationship with their aging parents. That adds a whole other dimension to the mix!

Reflections of Sept 11

September brings with it both endings and beginnings. Summer has ended, a new school year has begun. 9/11 brought many dreams, wishes and lives to an end. However, rising up from that tragedy were many new beginnings. This article is dedicated to those who are no longer with us as well as those of us who are still very much alive and creating new beginnings in our lives everyday. Is today the day to make a new beginning for yourself?

Why A Home Based Business Franchise Is Perfect For Mom

Though some in our culture seem to believe that motherhood is a second-rate vocation, most would agree that only someone who has never been a mother or never actually paid attention to what his own mother has willingly done could make such a brash statement. In every way, motherhood is one of the most trying, tiring, and honorable professions a woman could ever take on. And it really is a profession; it requires at least 18 years of a woman’s life, takes all 24 hours of her day, includes the use of at least a dozen different skills and abilities, and normally pays in relational and emotional ways that no other career can.

Work to the Beat!
A while ago I asked you if you preferred to work in your office or at your house. In that posting, I talked about how it is important to understand what works for you. What makes you focus? What makes you want to get up and move? What helps you with creativity? For me, it is frequently music! You see, I grew up in a very music filled family.

Were All Entrepreneurs On The Inside
This article highlights the core capabilities and features that are indicative of successful entrepreneurs. Knowledgeable, friendly, professional and supportive of customer needs are just some of the features of entrepreneurship that this article explores.

Passive Income Ideas For Work At Home Parents
So you're a stay at home mom (or dad). You decided that for you, your family comes first, period. You don't regret it for a second and you wouldn't trade the experience of being there for your kids whenever they need you for anything in the world.

The Impact of Unhealthy Relationships on Your Salsepeople
What to do when your salespeople are surrounded by negativity at home.

Do a better job, and you will get paid more
Do a better job selling BENEFITS and your sales and profits will increase.. Guaranteed!

Sometimes Customers Lie
What should you do when the customers lie? 1. Make sure you are correct in your point of view or claim. 2. Ask the customer in a professional manner to prove his claim. 3. Make sure you never offer something you cannot deliver. 4. Sell the benefits the customer receives from your product / service

What I Learned From Sam The Border Collie Dog
Sam was a very intelligent, smart and active dog. He was a real live wire! Here is Sam’s last year in his words. What can you learn?

Are Sales People Born or Made?

When I started this business, five and a half years ago, I think I would have given up very quickly if I thought sales people were born. I was terrible at sales – it was very definitely a skill I had to learn. I’m sure like anything else, there are some people who don’t need to be taught anything about sales – they just naturally know what to do and how to do it. But, not me. It was something I had to learn how to do.

Boost Your Business -- Become An Advisor

So what is the difference between an agent and an advisor? Agents just want to list a home and hope it sells. Advisors help their clients lead the market, not follow the market. They do that by knowing their market inside and out. Advisors are inquisitive because they know they must understand where potential clients are in the process. When you understand that along with understanding their motivation, you’re on your way to being a great advisor.

The world’s greatest Business Tool revealed
Or Metrics that Matter.... Continuous improvement

Don't Be Taken Advantage of Because You Work at Home
When working at home, one of the hard things to do is to make it clear to others that you are actually working. They seem to think that since you are at home, you can come and go as you please or worse yet, as THEY please. This can be extremely frustrating while you are attempting to keep on task and get work done.

8 Tips to Help you Start a Successful Home-Based Business
When starting a home-based business, what you don't know can hurt you. Here are some basic tips that will help you make building a home-based business a reality.

The Smartest Man In The World
When I was a kid, around the age of 6-7 years old, I remember helping my dad fix the eves on our farm house. I remember the day like it was yesterday. Standing there on the ground, holding the ladder, looking up at my dad smiling down at me as he cracked jokes and taught me wit. He challenged me to see who could say the alphabet the fastest.

How To Spend More Time With Your Family
A coaching call with a new client prompted me to write this week's article. Mary admitted with great sadness that it was her family that suffered the most from her being so consumed by her business. When you make your family a priority, you will find the time to spend with them. I hope this week's article will move you to get a grip on your priorities and take action.

The Wrap Up Of 2007
So here is my final newsletter for the year... time for a quick reflection on the past, and looking forward to the future. Business has been very rewarding this year, financially and emotionally. I've experienced some major highs and lows this year personally. And no matter how much I achieve, nothing is more important than my family and my health.

Is the Home Staging Business Right for You
Do you have a talent for decorating? Have you considered home staging as a great home-based business? If you haven't, then check out the information below and you'll be surprised how easy starting and growing your own home staging business can be.

Can Multitasking Ruin Your Work Life Balance?
We have become so conditioned to multitasking that we have forgotten how to be 'fully present' and do just one thing at a time? Yet this is one of the keys to successfully balancing your work and family life.

What Makes A Leader
This is a story based on my Keys To Leadership seminar series, as this is part of the first key to leadership I talk about.

A Positive Story
Sometimes, the smallest things in our lives can reap big rewards, often when we're not looking for them. I tell this story in hopes that it makes others remember similar stories in their lives.

What Does An Androgynous Cow, The Life Lessons of a Father, & Closing More Sales Have To Do With Each Other?

What Does An Androgynous Cow, The Life Lessons of a Father, & Closing More Sales Have To Do With Each Other? Only Learning To Ask One of The Most Powerful Qualifying AND Closing Questions You Can Ever Ask a Prospect! This weekend, as most, Netflix delivered right to my mailbox another movie for the kids. My six and seven year old boys, like most I’d imagine, love animated movies. Barnyard The Movie, who stars somewhat androgynous animated cows, is certainly not the best movie my family has ever watched. But here’s the thing;

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