Tagged: Books

#Interested September 28

Jim Collins author of the book “Good to Great” early in his professional life created a personal board of advisors. One of the people he had was John Gardner who was Secretary of Health,...

#Difference September 21

just got thru reading a book I have heard about many times from my friend Mark Gogal. The name of the book is The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. The book is a true...

#Abundance September 9

I am re-reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. In that book the author spends time explaining Habit #4 which is called Win-Win. He believes that leaders possess 4...

#Incipient August 27

Came across a new word for me as I was attempting to find a synonym for growing. I found INCIPIENT. What struck me as a former basketball coach was the definition used a basketball...

#Reputation August 22

In John Maxwell’s book “25 Ways to Win with People” his # 6 tip is “give others a REPUTATATION to uphold”. here are so many examples where this technique is effective. As parents and...

#Surveyor August 20

I received a book from the Athletic Department at Flagler College called the Last Train to Paradise. I finished reading it last night and if you ever have the opportunity to drive from Miami...

#Zig August 15

I will usually respond to the question, “How you doing” with a ZIG Ziglar quote. I am fantastic but working on improving. Hilary Hinton “ZIG” Ziglar was an author, salesman, and motivational speaker who...

#Faults August 13

#Faults August 13

The book “The Art of War” written by Sun Tzu some 2,500 years ago appears on a lot of “must read” list for leaders. The book is composed of 13 chapters, each of which...

#BlogOfMonth August 3

It has been my practice to use the 3rd of each month to feature what I call the “Blog of the Month”. I profile a blog I follow and encourage you to explore it...

#Hedgehog August 2

The HEDGEHOG has one interesting quality about it. In fact one famous business author Jim Collins uses it as the centerpiece of his best selling book Good to Great. The lesson we all can...