Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Everyone Has The Ability To Redefine Their Job And Their Potential
By: Leslie Ungar
August 11, 2014 | Comments Off on Everyone Has The Ability To Redefine Their Job And Their Potential
I stepped off the plane at the Dallas, Ft. Worth airport on my way to Tucson.
Unless you have your own private plane, there are no direct flights to Tucson, the land of the brown and flat. I was not even out of the gate area, when an airport [...]
The Difference A Day Does Not Make: LeBron’s Decision To Come Home
By: Leslie Ungar
July 22, 2014 | Comments Off on The Difference A Day Does Not Make: LeBron’s Decision To Come Home
NE Ohio, especially the Cleveland-Akron area, held their collective breath for ten days while the King-LeBron James-made his free agency decision.
And then on July 11 millions of people let out that collective sigh of relief when LeBron announced [...]
Who Leaves Their Own Party Early And Other Details That Make A Difference
By: Leslie Ungar
July 3, 2014 | Comments Off on Who Leaves Their Own Party Early And Other Details That Make A Difference
Recently I attended a reception thrown by one individual.
The length of the event was 90 minutes. At the 60 minute mark the host left for a dinner reservation. I was shocked. I stood there with my mouth wide open as he exited his own event. [...]
What If We All Came with Our Own BEWARE Sign?
The sign outside the pasture read: CAUTION. I BITE!!! DO NOT TOUCH!
While the horse looked friendly enough, I believed the sign. As I looked at the sign, then the horse, then the sign, a thought struck me. Sometimes a co-worker does not look [...]
How Johnny Manziel Empowered Himself – And You Can Too
Johnny Manziel, the 22nd pick in this year’s draft, went where no college player has gone before. Not in 78 years.
The NFL draft started in 1936. Let’s do the Math. Well, math is not really my thing so let’s do the estimating thing. That [...]
Storytelling 101: Tell The Right Story And Tell It Well
Every culture has valued storytelling since the beginning of time.
Look at Hollywood. Hollywood is a billion dollar a year industry. What does Hollywood do best? Hollywood and Bollywood movies tell stories. A blockbuster or an independent film [...]
Pick One And Only One: Talent Or Chemistry
OJ Simpson had his Dream Team of attorneys, researchers, and experts.
This Dream Team got him off of a crime he all but committed on national TV. Wouldn’t we all like to have our own Dream Team whether it was a professional or personal Dream [...]
Everyone Can Be Their Own Fireman-Put Out The Flames Of Communication Or Fan Them
It’s not easy being a fireman.
You have to be able to carry 60 pounds of equipment and a hose that weighs 200 pounds when at its water capacity. Then there are all of those steps that you have to be able to go up and down at will. For most [...]
Sports: We Can Learn As Much About What NOT To Do As What To Do
Sports “guys” have written about the lessons sports can teach business and the world.
They have written books, become well paid speakers, and evolved into respected talking heads experts like Stephen A. Smith. John Wooden wrote Pyramid of [...]
When Does An Apology Mean Something?
Apology speeches are best when they actually include an apology.
An apology needs to be an acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense. An apology means something when the audience decides that it is authentic. The [...]
My Gift To You: The Gift Of Clarity For 2014
I wish for you the gift of clarity for 2014 and beyond.
When we have clarity as to an answer or a direction we want to go, it is like it is heaven-sent. There are no good definitions for this word, clarity.
It is not about being clear or being [...]
There Is No Crying In Coaching: Why And When We Need To Suck It Up
The COACHING class, Principles of Coaching, at The University of Akron has garnered interest around the sports world.
ESPN wrote about it this summer as news of former Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel teaching a class on coaching ricocheted among [...]
Energy is Your Air: Like Water is to a Boat
ENERGY is our AIR.
We rarely talk about energy and we rarely talk about air. Not the “oh it’s polluted” kind of air. Just air. Yet it is necessary to our existence and present in our life every day. We can’t see air and we can’t smell [...]
Mentorship Is Like Wizardry: Find Your Glinda
My favorite definition of a wizard is a person with a power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform.
That is what you need to look for in your wizard, your mentor: the ability to help you transform.
Having a great mentor [...]
Let Your Inner Brilliance Out-How To Be Your Best You
Keith Dambrot, says it this way, “The worst thing you can do is make a gifted player over-think.”
As Men’s Basketball Coach at The University of Akron and the first person to discover LeBron James on the elementary school playgrounds [...]
Second Place Is A Myth: It Rarely Catapults You To First Place
Second best is not even close to the Brass Ring.
Vice Presidents rarely become president, and back-up quarterbacks rarely rise to permanent status as starting QB. Did you ever think about why?
What are the skills of a back-up and what are the [...]
What The Incoming Class Of 2017 Can Teach Us Before They Take A Class
College graduations must have hired a better PR firm than the one college convocations hired.
Every spring we hear a lot about college graduations. We hear about the multitude of commencement speakers past to present presidents, from Hillary [...]
Who Is Mark Brooks And What Does He Have To Do With Your Success
You may think you have little in common with Mark Brooks.
You probably don’t even know who he is. He has something in common with someone you know, or work with or are related to in some way.
Mark Brooks became a professional golfer in 1983. [...]
4 Lessons We Can Learn From Paula Deen: The Queen Of Butter
Say the name Paula Deen and even the McDonald’s tried and true, those that consider cold pizza a gourmet meal, know enough about her to say “the butter lady”.
She was a media mogul. She had an empire that consisted of TV shows, restaurants, [...]
We All Have Handicaps: What I Learned From The One Armed Handyman
We all have handicaps – some are more visible than others.
I walked into an office building at 6pm. The first thing I noticed was that there was a guy doing construction at the entrance.
The second thing I noticed was that it was 6pm! Don’t [...]
Summer Is A Season Not A Dress Code
As Dr. Phil says, no matter how thin you make a pancake, it still has two sides.
The good news/bad news of this pancake is that men have now joined women in dressing dilemmas and dressing faux pas. Women in the workplace used to be the sole [...]
5 Lessons We Can Learn From Erica Lafferty
A year ago most of us had never heard of Erica Lafferty.
Safe to say no one outside of her circle of family and friends in Newtown, Connecticut had heard of her. Even six months ago we had never heard of Erica or Newtown. Why is she important [...]
Coach Your Own Team – The New Golden Rule Of Business & Life
You may think you have little in common with a college men’s basketball coach.
You have more in common than you would think at first glance. There are three and only three things you control in your career and in business. The same is true [...]
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