Servant Leadership

This is a great parable I once read: A man once asked God about heaven and hell. “I will show you hell,” God said, and took the man into a room.  A large banquet table in the center was laden with every conceivable delicacy.  The sight and smell of food were intoxicating.  Around the table

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Burn the Boats

In the year 1519, Hernán Cortés, with some 500+ Spaniards and a dozen or so horses, landed in Mexico. The Spanish conquistador and his men were about to embark on a conquest of an empire that hoarded some of the world’s greatest treasure of gold, silver and precious jewels. Cortés was aware that for more

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Deserve Success

Years ago, in doing research for a Football Character Presentation, I came across an interesting tidbit from our Founding Fathers.  Both George Washington and John Adams used similar lines in letters they wrote during the American Revolution:   “No one can guarantee success.  I can guarantee something better. We will deserve success” “It is not

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Be Relational

I was working a trade show with a business colleague of mine and we were discussing his sales style that is heavily weighted on relationships. The reason for the conversation was that he had just met a new and very significant decision maker at the account he handles, a top 3 account for the company. 

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Coaches Tribute

God wired me to be a coach. Yet that is not my chosen profession, just my passion. I have spent over 35 years volunteering as a coach and being involved with young athletes. I have coached at many levels – rec leagues, travel teams, AAU, High School, College, Special Olympics volleyball and even a Women’s

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Got Milk?

“Is the glass half empty or half full?” is a common expression generally used to indicate that a situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty). I personally have always said the glass is “half full with plenty of milk in the fridge.”  I am an optimistic realist, I like

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The Last Mile

The ‘last mile’ is a phrase widely used in the telecommunications industry, the industry in which I make my living. It refers to the final leg of the network that delivers services to customers; that portion of the network that physically reaches the end-user’s premises. The last mile is typically the speed bottleneck in communication

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Hope is Not a Strategy

I am not exactly sure where or when I first heard the phrase “hope is not a strategy.” In fact, it is debatable as to who conceived the phrase. I have seen it attributed to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who used the phrase, “Because ‘change’ is not a destination, just as ‘hope’

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