The Battery Test

The Battery Test

The Battery Test “Does it charge my batteries or does it drain ‘em?” Harry Shiavone The Screen Tests described in these three successive posts illustrate an easy way to help you identify the best people and opportunities for you. The beautiful thing is that the...
Four Simple Email Rules

Four Simple Email Rules

Four Simple Email Rules “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Will Rogers Never have an attitude when writing an email. When we have an attitude in writing an email two things happen. The likelihood that the person on the other end will want to...
Quit Flying Standby

Quit Flying Standby

Quit Flying Standby “Flying Standby” is asking for referrals in a hit-and-miss manner that generally yields few or random results. Just like you, I flew standby through most of my career when asking for referrals until I had an “aha moment”...
Humility

Humility

Humility “Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” Ezra Taft Benson Thomas Jefferson said, “If you are upset with someone count to ten, if you are really upset with someone count to one hundred.” On the...
Kindness

Kindness

Kindness “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Plato This quotation is as relevant today as it was 2500 years ago. In fact, we generally have no idea what other people are dealing with, from the cashier at the store, to our family,...