Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

Too Blessed to Be Stressed

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, Life, General | 8 Comments »

I call it the “Disney Test” and it goes something like this. No matter how much you meditate, breathe, pray and practice emotional mastery the real test of whether you are the master of your emotional domain is how you ...

The Best of the Best

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, Leadership, Life | 5 Comments »

I had the opportunity this past week to speak to the Atlanta Falcons football team (they all read The Energy Bus) and Fisher Investments (regarded by many as having the best sales team in the financial industry). As I prepared ...

A Bigger Purpose

Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Leadership, Life, General | 12 Comments »

I watched Oprah as she told the story of a man who walked away from making millions at Microsoft in order to build libraries and distribute books in developing areas around the world. Other people featured on the show told ...

Top 10 Thoughts

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, The Energy Bus, Life | 7 Comments »

I've been in Maine with my wife and kids and the experience has inspired a number of ideas and thoughts about business, life and family travel. In last week’s newsletter I included my top 5 thoughts from the trip. Well, ...

Top 5 Thoughts

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Life, General | 19 Comments »

This past week I've been in Maine with my wife and kids. It's our first time in this beautiful state and the experience has inspired a number of ideas and thoughts about business, life and family travel. I've been jotting ...

Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in No Complaining Rule, Newsletter, Teamwork, Life | 7 Comments »

With the mortgage meltdown, floods in the Midwest, $4 a gallon for gas, food prices, the economy, famine, war in Iraq, etc., many would agree that there is a lot of negativity in the world and certainly a lot to complain ...

The Greatest Sales Strategy Ever

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, Leadership, Work, Life | 9 Comments »

As a student of people and ideas I have to admit that what two guys are doing in a Northeast Florida Starbucks is absolutely genius. The other day as I tried to pay for my green tea at my local ...

Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, Leadership, Life | 9 Comments »

They say the day we die we’ll have over 30 emails in our inbox, an unfinished to-do list and voicemails we have not returned. The fact is, we’ll never get it all done, no matter how much we do, so ...

Hope Is A Strategy

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Newsletter, Leadership, Life | 8 Comments »

While some candidates in this year’s presidential election have criticized others for inspiring hope in people, even stating that hope is not a strategy, I’m here to weigh in on the subject and say that without a doubt, HOPE is ...

A Great Quote…

Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Life | 2 Comments »

"I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer." - Jim Carrey Share This