My Posts on Leadership
When 95% Just Isn’t Good Enough
My son Spencer was the timpani player in 2017 for the All District Band which was held at Darlington Middle School. The leader of the Senior High District Band did an example, which I'm sure isn't new to him, that talked about that in Music 95% right isn't...
Be Where Your Feet Are…
My son Nicholas is preparing to start his Freshman baseball season with the FDTC Stingers. There was a preview article in the Morning News over this past weekend (linked here). There was a quote as part of the article that really caught my attention: “We...
Frank Martin on Castro and Cuba
I ran across this video recently of USC Gamecocks Men's Basketball Coach Frank Martin discuss the death of Cuban Fidel Castro. It's a very interesting 10 minutes to hear his perspective from his family and their experience in Cuba. It's quite different...
Selling Extra Tickets – A Social Media Analogy for Selling in Today’s World
I had an interesting conversation with one of my former managers with Johnson & Johnson a couple of years ago that serves as a great analogy about the use of Social Media in today's business world. He was attending the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl between...
Attack Your Day!! Before it Attacks You
November 2012 Book Review - Attack Your Day!: Before It Attacks You I purchased this book for my Kindle App for the iPad on a whim while we were on our fall vacation in Hendersonville in early November. I had never heard about it, and I feel like when it comes to my...
Six Simple Rules for Life (John Maxwell)
I read this from John Maxwell's site, and thought it was simple, short, and straigh forward. As such, I thought I woud share it with you. If you haven't visited his site, here is a good place to start... Six Simple Rules for Life A five-year old slugger...
Why I Love Selling
I learned a long time ago that selling is the highest paid hard work and the lowest paid easy work that you can find. In selling, you are paid according to the results of your efforts so your level of success is all up to you. The skills, knowledge, and drive...