Explain Your Business Failures

Tell me your war story and I will tell you mine One of the premises of social media is to create a conversation with your followers.  Some people are really great at striking up a conversation, while others lack social grace and simply ask the wrong questions. Organizations and individuals that are trying to help, […]

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Is Disarray your middle name this week?

Learn to control the feeling of disarray and you’ll sleep better at night. Ever have the illusion that everything is moving 100 mph an hour and the more you try to do the less you accomplish? You try your best, but you feel in disarray? When this occurs, I found that focusing on one task, […]

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Smartphone Auto Correction – I Didn’t type that!

Intelligent people need not put on their thinking caps to understand your message, even if there is a mistake. Has your Smartphone made you look like an idiot lately?  You want to be part of the social media hype so you pickup your smartphone and quickly log on to your Twitter or Facebook account and […]

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Keeping Your Promise Improves Your Business Image

Promising Yourself to Failure I promise, I will pass-on your resume I promise, I will help you promote this product I promise, I will stop smoking I promise, that I be home by 6:00 I promise, that I will lose weight I promise, I will come over and help you I promise, I will _____________ […]

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We’ve Stop Learning and Are Expected to do Greater Things

We encourage our children to keep learning, growing and developing, but why is it that when we become adults we slow down the learning process?. We settle for the CliffsNotes of learning, by watching condensed News, skim newspapers for interesting articles, flip through magazines that have more pictures and ads then real content. We listen […]

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Join me for a Lunch-n-Learn

Come join me at the Gurnee Chamber of Commerce as I speak on How to Enhance Your Business Through Your Image Be a participant, as I intertwine comedic balloon art with proven strategies that illustrate how your image communicates to customers and perspective customers. Learning how your image will develope can bring you greater success, […]

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The Excuse: “I am too busy”

I am too busy to exercise. I am too busy to read. I am too busy to have a hobby. I am too busy to take a vacation. I am too busy to learn all the functions on my Smartphone. I am too busy to write a blog. I am too busy to work for […]

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Improving Self-Image through Positive Thoughts

Perky Coworker vs Drama Queen – Which stimulates positive thoughts? Have you ever considered that your positive thoughts shape how others see you, react to you and thus create your self-image? Perky people are positive people who like bright colors and are willing to engage everyone and anyone in a lively conversation. They see the […]

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Perception it’s a Mind Game

Perceptions, don’t let them keep you from Archiving your Goals.   The inside sales staff perception of the world is controlled by their communication limitations.   Tethered to a phone, computer, and the surrounding equipment they struggle to achieve goals set by management.  Many will seek to reach the goals while others fall short and blame […]

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The Yin and Yang of Positive Images

Positive Images creates Winning Results I know doing standing side-lunges are good to build core strength and works the legs, but it is the one part of my daily workout I just want to fast-forward through. Organizing the basement is tedious and not fun or as my son would say when cleaning up his room […]

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