Why President’s Day is more than a Monday The origin of President’s Day dates back to 1885 to honor the birth date of George Washington, our 1st US President.  It continued each Feb. 22nd thereafter, until 1971, when the Uniform Monday Holiday Act went into effect, permanently moving President’s Day to the 3rd Monday of February.  This Act also included a provision to […]
Do you celebrate success?
Over time, I’ve been exposed to a bunch of different motivational books, programs and shows and most of them cover at least the following basic ideas: Have a goal or vision in mind before you get started. Clearly articulate (in writing) what that goal or vision is. Come up with a way to track progress, […]
The Power of Positive Thinking?
So I saw in interesting article in the Men’s Journal (May 2007 – I’m not doing a good job of keeping up with the backlog…). Anyway, the article was titled “Think Yourself Stronger (how sports hypnosis boosts performance)”.  The essence of the article was that the author was trying sports hypnosis as a way to […]
How to Network Effectively (10 Steps)
Networking for your business is about making friends (you don’t have to kiss them…). Unfortunately most people don’t really ‘get’ the whole networking thing, which makes going to networking events sometimes very painful.  As an example, at an event I was at last week there was a woman that was waiting in a corner and […]
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