“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”, said renowned business man Jim Rohn. Whether you agree with this or not, one thing is certain, the people around you matter and will have an impact in your life in one way or another. So choose your inner circle wisely. Surround yourself with positive people that can encourage you. Negative, pessimist people are dangerous and will rob you of opportunity and growth. Surround yourself with…
“So what is your why?”, asks the man sitting next to him. Paulo was sitting by his departure gate at the airport waiting for his flight to arrive. It was his first business trip after his first son was born. He was a bit nervous about it but knew that his wife, Alicia, was more than capable of handling any situation that would arise. As he was waiting for the flight, he decided to continue reading his book that his…
It’s no news that what keeps most of us from doing that one thing we’ve been thinking about doing is fear that we will fail. We’ll give ourselves all these different excuses for not doing it and basically give in to the fear. But why do we fear failure? Author Seth Godin in his book Tribes states that fear of failure is overrated. He states that what actually stops us from taking that next step is fear of criticism. This…
Alicia had just arrived home from dropping off her husband at the airport. It was the first time he had to go on a business trip since their first child was born. Although she was glad that her husband hadn’t traveled during their son’s first 5 months, she was nervous about the whole situation as she had no other family in town or close friends since they were new to the area. “Have to go honey, we’re leaving the gate…
If you find yourself in the presence of someone you would like to get to know better or simply just have a good conversation with, maybe it’s someone that interests you, maybe it’s an exec from your company and you want them to remember you, how should you engage them? Maybe talk about something that interests them. Maybe you can get a reading of what they are interested in based on what they are wearing or holding, or where you…
“Why does this always happen to me, and in the worst moments! Is it possible that the keys grow legs and hide when I need them! If I don’t leave in the next 10 minutes I’m going to be late!”, says Stacey with a frantic tone as she’s running around the house looking for her car keys. Immediately after, her husband Michael yells out, “I found them!”. “Thanks Honey, not sure what I would do without you.”. He responds, “Babe,…
As she’s making dinner, Mary gets startled by the slamming of the front door. Soon after her son shows up in the kitchen, furious and teary-eyed. “What’s wrong Brian?”, Mary asks. “The coach is making me run the 110-meter hurdles in the next track meet. I’m terrible at hurdles, I always either knock them down or fall flat on my face. Imagine falling flat on my face on every hurdle in front of all those people, and with my team…
Sam arrives at the first meeting he’s been invited to by his mentor, Mr. Smith, who is the CEO of a large corporation. At first Sam thought the idea of having a mentor at age 30 was silly, but was later convinced it would bring him many benefits and he felt very fortunate to have Mr. Smith as his mentor as he had heard so many good things about his amazing leadership skills and ability to turn companies around. In…
The place was much nicer than what Vanessa expected. Crystal chandeliers hanged from the 30 ft ceiling, providing the perfect lighting. The tables and chairs seem perfectly in place as if they sprouted from the marble floor. And all this accompanied by the smell of good food. To call this a restaurant did not seem right. “The only thing that could make this experience any better was knowing that all my friends made it.”, Vanessa thought. And there they were,…
Julia wakes up in the morning feeling really good about herself and motivated to start her day. She gets ready for school and heads out. When she arrives she runs into her friend Karen. Karen doesn’t seem to be having a great day and after taking a look at Julia she says, “You look horrible Julia, you must have had a rough night. Are you having a big test today?”. Julia responds, “Really, I look horrible?Actually no, I don’t have…