Bless Your Holiday Stress: It Means You're Still Alive!
Here it comes again –the season of giving AND receiving. You know how you’ll be “receiving” some family and friend obligations you never receive except during the two months ahead? Once you CHOOSE to receive, you now get to choose your attitude and behavior. In my book, Bless Your Stress: It Means You’re Still Alive!…
Read MoreSpeaking Can Grow Your Business
This morning I spoke to NAWBO-LA, women business owners. My subject was The Business of Speaking: Crafting Your Perfect Pitch. As a professional public speaker with a star-studded track record, I have delivered speeches to audiences of thousands with huge celebrities. As the “pitch coach” for ABC-TV’s American Inventor, I coached the winners to persuade…
Read MoreFighting the Defense: Superstorm Sandy
No blog last week—did you notice? I travelled last Sunday to—wait for it—the East Coast! I was determined to make it in ahead of Superstorm Sandy. A big audience was waiting in Virginia. The Annual Conference had been scheduled a year in advance, and I was scheduled for a breakout session and the Opening Keynote…
Read MoreIt's Only the 4th Quarter: Never Give Up!
This column could be a tribute to the Manning brother quarterbacks, Peyton and Eli. After all, I did dedicate my book to Peyton, and Eli keeps astounding people with his cool performances under pressure. But it’s more than that for me: they are both masters of the 4th-quarter comeback. You know: when their respective teams…
Read MoreMark Weisman: A True Standout Player
During the last three weeks, I watched my alma mater University of Iowa Hawkeye football team beat their opponents. It was heartwarming to see. I was struck by the spectacular tough running performance of the best player on the team, in my opinion: running back Mark Weisman. His story is interesting. He was not recruited…
Read MoreRunning Tough
Anyone who has run a marathon—as I have—knows just how tough it can be. And that it’s not about how you start, but how you finish. And it’s not even about HOW you finish, it’s just about finishing! It’s about the phrase, “Just do it”—whether it’s through scorching sun in the Desert, or driving rain…
Read MoreLet's All Root-Root-Root for the Home Team
I did not realize how badly I want an NFL team to call my own until I went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game in Dodgers Stadium Saturday night. Not that I’m a big Dodgers fan, having grown up in Chicago going to Cubs and White Sox games (yes, both, due to a “mixed marriage”). …
Read MoreWill You Beat the Odds?
If it is true, as I write in my book, “Opportunity and intention are what football is all about,” where does “beating the odds” come into play? Last week was week 2 of the NFL season, and I heard these “odds” many times: Teams that start the season 0-2 have a 12% chance of making…
Read MoreEGO Loses the Game
Week 2 of the NFL season is over after tonight’s Monday night game. And what a week it’s been! A business lesson jumps out at me. It’s called DO YOUR JOB! It’s a recurring mantra among football coaches, as well as among corporate CEOs, presidents of volunteer boards, and soccer moms in charge of assigning…
Read MoreNew Season: ALL is Possible!
Yesterday was the First Football Sunday of the 93rd season of the NFL. I must admit, the thumping fanfare on CBS did bring tears to my eyes. This sport does not only move ME—it moves Americans as no sport ever has. I think it’s because times are tough. In the face of this inevitably-not-as-fast-as-we-want-it economic…
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