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The Value of Moving Learning Outside
Where do you go for inspiration? When you need to solve a problem? When you’re feeling stuck? When you want to smash a co-worker's or boss's head through a glass window? When you need to step away from your desk to get some perspective? For me.......I get outside. My...
Need to change things? Stop saying you “need” to change things.
You "need" to do this. You "need" to do that. Need. Need. Need. I'll bet lots of people reading this have made lists of things they NEEDED to do. I don't know about you but needing to do something often leads me to procrastination, lack of commitment, and...
I’m not doing this anymore is harder than you think.
A good friend of mine works in educational sales. This morning she was telling (bitching to) me about the number of cold calls she typically makes in a week. I asked about the conversion rate. Abysmal is being kind. Now in fairness there are bunch of factors...
Businesses with a little edge are memorable
This past Saturday I participated in a 100 mile charity cycling event along one of the safest places to ride in Florida - The Withlacoochie Trail. It's a 46 mile paved trail with minimal road crossings. End to end twice with an added 8 mile section and boom........100...
Is more and bigger always better?
Is more better? Is bigger better? When you talk to some business leaders they will say yes. But I've seen many a business that realized that was not the case for them. Recently I was having a conversation with an association executive who was struggling with...
Doing something new is SCARY!
It's 2024. Call them resolutions, goals, promises, commitments, plans, whatever. I'm seeing lots of posts once again how you're radically gonna change. Guess what? You probably won't. These things take time. We're all a work in progress. And sometimes we all start to...
My two ideas to make airport time fun
Every so often I find myself with way too much time to kill in an airport. Performing a search for things to do in an airport offers results like these: get a massage shop grab a meal at a restaurant other than the food court style ones check out artwork and other...
Pens up. Phones down. An old approach to identifying and implementing new ideas.
Phones away. Silenced. Turned off. Whatever. How's that for an idea worth sharing. That's my first "suggestion" when I take a group off on the Adventure known as Best Conference Session Ever. (I'd love to call it a rule but you'd be surprised how many people just...
I don’t know is not an answer when a boy wants his Krimpets!
Any form of "I don't know" should NEVER be an answer to a customer. Never. "Let me find out" is a great response to a customer. "I'm not sure but let me check with someone who does" is a great response. "Let's figure out how we can get this resolved" is a great...
5 Reasons Learning Should Be Moved Outdoors
The Plague of 2020 taught all of us one very important thing.......... The importance of being outdoors for one's physical, emotional and mental health. It's also why I emerged on the other side of the plague with a renewed vigor to keep up something I had started a...