Is Part Of Your Business Broken?
Jack Welch, GE’s famous CEO and the major media’s business guru of the decade, believes that “facing reality” is one of the most important “rules” of successful leadership. I agree. Many of the most gratifying and rewarding business experiences of my career were born with the recognition that things had…
Resist The Temptation To Do Less As You Do Better
A crow sat in a tree, doing nothing. A rabbit saw the crow and asked, “Can I also sit and do nothing?” “Sure,” the crow answered. So the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested. A few minutes later, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit, and…
Watching TV Is Bad For Your Energy
When I tell people how bad TV watching is, I often am told about how many good TV shows there are. It’s true. But that makes the problem worse. There is a lot of good material being aired, but that doesn’t make TV watching good for you. Watching the boob…
How To Make Your Guilt Work For You
Guilt, modern-day pop psychologists tell us, is a bad thing. “You are a good person,” they tell us. “If you’ve done something bad, it’s not your fault. It’s due to your upbringing, your DNA, or the bartender who served you those extra drinks. So rather than flog yourself, tell yourself…
Are You A Good Leader?
Forget about what the best-selling books say. There is only one way to determine whether you are a good leader: Ask yourself, “Do I get good people to work hard for me?” If the answer is “yes,” you are a good leader. It doesn’t matter if the way you do…
Test Yourself: Are You A Procrastinator?
Choose the response that matches your behavior: A) “It’s easy for me to find reasons for not getting started on tough assignments.” 4 = Strongly Agree 3 = Mildly Agree 2 = Mildly Disagree 1 = Strongly Disagree B) “I know what I’m supposed to be doing but often start…
The Effect Of Radio On Productivity
Waking early. Multitasking. Mixing work and pleasure. How much can you cram into a morning? That first half-hour especially, while you are getting up and making your bed, stretching, brushing, showering, and dressing? You’re doing some very routine and mindless rituals, so why not stimulate your mind? I have two…
Russ Whitney: Poor Boy To Multimillionaire
Russ Whitney was born into very ordinary circumstances and had no special gifts or circumstances that might destine him for success. In fact, he faced all kinds of difficulties — personal and financial — that would have been excuse enough for failure, if explaining away failure was what he wanted…
Getting Others To Push You All The Way To The Top
In any endeavor, there is a natural pyramidal structure to progress. You begin doing everything yourself. You have some success and hire two people to help you. Things continue to do well, and you hire four more. Every person “below” you does something you were doing at one time. If…
Create Infinite Wealth!
Dear ETR Reader, In a past message, I told you about Dr. Van Tharp one of the foremost experts on investor psychology and a living legend among professional traders. He is renowned for helping investors overcome psychological barriers that limit their returns. Recently, Dr. Tharp developed a comprehensive program…
The “Great, But…” Dilemma: Yet Another Solution
We’ve talked about how it’s not such a good idea to use the “great, but …” technique in dishing out criticism. You might say, for example, “Great looking dress, Josephine, but is it supposed to be that tight around your hips?” or “Great presentation, Sal, but I didn’t understand what…
When Your Marketing Founders Take Charge of Selling
We are in a recession, and, though most of the businesses I know are still profitable, the margins have fallen and profits are low. Back-end sales are still healthy. What’s changed is the new customer income. All those sales and marketing tricks that worked so well for so many years…