What You Think Matters

The Man Who Thinks He Can by Napoleon Hill If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but think you can’t, it’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’ve...

Encouragement and Criticism

It’s a good idea to surround yourself with two types of wise counselors.  People who encourage you, and those who accurately criticize you.  It’s also a good idea to ignore both from time to time.
What Anxiety and Confidence Have In Common

What Anxiety and Confidence Have In Common

What anxiety and confidence have in common are….stories.  The stories we visualize, the stories we tell ourselves, and the stories we choose to believe about ourselves. Anxiety Anxious people visualize the most unfavorable outcome of a given situation.  They...
If Rudyard Kipling

If Rudyard Kipling

My friend Edward Gay taught me this poem when we were college students.  It’s been with me since then and has motivated me through many tough times.  I believe it has a place here for my readers because as marketers, entrepreneurs, etc, we dream, take risk, we...