I’m in Las Vegas for some business meetings. I love this place, mostly because everyone seems much calmer and happier than in many other places. Looking out my window I can see the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, The Eiffel Tower, a pyramid, a French palace, Venetian gondolas – why spend the money to travel elsewhere when all that good stuff is right here?
No, I didn’t spend all night in the casino and the previous paragraph is not the result of being over-served the free drinks. But it is a business lesson. Continue reading
Tag Archives: life lessons
Fantasy Island
Filed under Reality checks
Do Yourself A Favor
It was yet another innocuous piece of LinkedIn group spam – you probably get them in your in-box all the time as well. Unlike most of the others I get on a regular basis, this one really caught my eye and I read it over a few times to make sure I hadn’t misread it. Unfortunately for the author , I hadn’t. But I did get a good laugh out of it and maybe you will too. Maybe you’ll also do yourself a favor and learn from it. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Helpful Hints
Ready To Win
You hear the phrase about someone being a “choker” every once in a while. It’s a negative term meaning that the person had victory within their grasp but let it slip away or that someone performs well most of the time but cracks when facing the pressure of an important event. It happened this weekend in professional golf and you see it in other sports as well as in business. Oh sure, sometimes a great performance by a competitor steps up and beats you even when you play well but much of the time, in sports and in business, the person not finishing first wasn’t ready to win. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 