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By Carl Woolston
“Sales” has become an ugly word nowadays. Canned speeches have replaced the value that salespeople once offered.
Rather than finding out what people actually want, typical salespeople today just try to push what they sell.
Instead of being viewed as a valuable resource, these types of slick salespeople are the reason prospects leave feeling [...]

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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists; not so good when people obey and acclaim him; worst when they despise him. But a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, ‘we did [...]

Does the science of economics have real application in your life, or does it seem like a topic reserved for college professors and “experts?”
The word economics comes from the Greek words oikos (pronounced ee kos) meaning home or house, and nomos, meaning name, organization, or management.
To the Greeks, an “oikonomos” is a manager of a [...]

By Greg Fullerton
Stephen Covey talks a lot about people climbing ladders only to discover that the ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.
In other words, we work hard at acquiring and/or accomplishing the wrong things.
What a horrible — and easy — way to live a life of regret. To put so much time, effort, money, [...]

The messages people try to get across are sometimes lost in the way they are delivered. Watch this video and gain a greater understanding of how to deliver messages so that yours are never lost.

By Carl Woolston
I spent last week camping with a group of Boy Scouts at Flaming Gorge reservoir in Utah.
Over the course of the week we enjoyed tons of outdoor activities, including canoeing, kayaking, river rafting, fishing, cliff diving, motor boating, and more.
One of the favorite activities was being pulled behind the motor boat on [...]

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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”-Theodore Roosevelt

One prevailing counterfeit of humility is self-deprecation, or thinking you have little or no value. But as Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale wrote:
“People with humility don’t think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.”
Pride leads you to compare yourself to others and to derive your self-worth from things outside of yourself.
When [...]

By Greg Fullerton
So back in the days when I weighed 340…
“Oh, here he goes again on his ‘big’ days.”
I was in Panama City, Florida doing a training and I had some time to kill.
I was walking along the beach and I saw a guy parasailing. I had the crazy thought that I should try [...]

Patience can be hard to find in our fast-paced world. Watch this video to remember that with patience the world is a much more wonderful place.

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