Category: Blog Articles

  • May: Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money Review

    May: Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money Review

    Join The Modern Leadership Book Club Book Description A practical approach to creating wealth-based on the established principles of ancient Jewish wisdom-made accessible to people of all backgrounds The ups and downs of the economy prove Rabbi Daniel Lapin’s famous principle that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon the things…

  • Eliminate Your Scarcity Mentality

    Eliminate Your Scarcity Mentality

    Someone knocked over a drink. Surprise? Not really; it happens every pizza night. My kids aren’t clumsy, they just have a scarcity mentality. We love pizza over here (my son’s favorite song “I love pizza more than you”, a song he made up; he’s five). The scarcity mindset drives them to inhale their pizza and…

  • Maximize Accessibility Without Destroying Your Life

    Maximize Accessibility Without Destroying Your Life

    I received an email from an outstanding performer. One line that immediately flooded me with anxiety. Do you have 5 minutes to meet? Maybe you can relate, these inquiries are never five minutes and rarely positive. Is he quitting, taking a better offer, asking for more money, did he screw up? So many possibilities. But,…

  • 500 Feet Above Death, Leadership Is Trust

    500 Feet Above Death, Leadership Is Trust

    Wet, cold, exhausted, shivering and huddled in a two-foot-wide crevice, the wind gusted hard up from below. I was way past “the point of no return”. (There might have been tears.) Leadership is trust. Scared? Hello, understatement. I had been crouching 45 minutes dreading my turn-last. I hadn’t seen the cliff yet, but I could…

  • ::SLAP:: And with that, I was reminded

    ::SLAP:: And with that, I was reminded

    “That’s bull **** and you know it!” interrupted my friend Alan Snyder And with that, I was reminded of the value of coaching. Alan knows leadership. As a CEO, a Managing Partner and Founder, he has built multiple successful companies from the ground up. Along the way learning a thing or two about “straight talk.”…

  • Success Detours

    Success Detours

    I’m a decent swimmer, but I don’t want my seat cushion used as a flotation device. But, this is a real possibility if my plane drifts off course. Being only a single degree off diverts a plane 1 mile for every 60 miles traveled; meaning New York bound planes from Los Angeles would end up…

  • Avoid Burnout, Show Stress Who is Boss

    Avoid Burnout, Show Stress Who is Boss

    Is it possible to avoid burnout? 64% of employees say they suffer from high levels of stress combined with extreme fatigue, according to an American Psychology Association survey. 69% of males working as financial professionals report being “burned-out”. Additionally, over one-third of employees lose at least an hour of day in productivity and almost one-third…

  • 7 Reasons Journaling Matters

    7 Reasons Journaling Matters

    Journaling matters. “If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.” – Jim Rohn Journaling has been an important part of my life for…

  • As Leaders, Do We Choose High Productivity or High Morale?

    As Leaders, Do We Choose High Productivity or High Morale?

    What do you think is most important in your organization, high productivity or high morale? Is it possible to have both? Finding a balance between the two is a worthy goal but which should be the focus of your organization; which comes first? At every company I have worked for (and with) we have been…

  • Leadership is The Ability to Attract Talent

    To be a leader you must have followers. There is no leader without at least one follower. But, leadership is more than just having followers, or a title, or a corner office. Even with all those things, you cannot be an effective leader until your team trusts you and is willing to follow your lead.…