Backstory The biggest gift a mentor can give is to provide you with words to live by; advice that serves you well for a lifetime. This is the treasure received from mine. Click to listen or follow below to read. Advice From My Mentor – #309 I once had a mentor when I appeared frequently […]
Business
Describing Your Job
Backstory – Describing Your Job What a unique opportunity we have, when someone asks how you are employed. You can just give the standard answer – I am a nurse, a housewife, an architect, etc. Or you tell the RESULT of what you do. Thinking about the possibilities resulted in this week’s show. Consider This Show […]
Will Today’s Veterans Become Tomorrow’s Leaders?
Time magazine had a cover story about The Next Greatest Generation. It was about veterans returning from war and the skills they bring to civilian life. I found it fascinating. The new Army, it explained, is not a place where soldiers follow orders mindlessly. It is a place where important decisions are being made by […]
The Business Owner
The employer seemed to be apologizing to his staff, for his big car, fine house and icons of luxury that he owns. Then he told what it was like to start the business; how he lived in a 300 square foot apartment for years, ate Ramen noodles, shopped at the thrift store and drove a […]
Listening
I remember hearing someone at a party described as a brilliant conversationalist. I was surprised at the comment, because it had just occurred to me that I had hardly heard the man say a word all night. I think what the observer had witnessed was good listening skills. When the man did speak, he fed […]
Things On My Desk
I look around at the things on my desk. There are many of them. A blotter in the center is sort of the no-nonsense zone. That’s where I put my papers of the day, the bills that need attention, the documents that match the first five things on my priority list for the day. But […]