There’s an old Mexican proverb that says, “One must learn how to lose before learning how to play.” If I hadn’t met Neil Bennett, the founder of Shamrock Companies, this proverb might have been nothing more to me than meaningless words. Neil taught me that losing was the first step in learning how to win…
DetailsZig Ziglar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar) is one of the best salesmen our world has ever known. He’s quoted often, but one of his quotes sticks with me as I go about each business day. Ziglar often said, “Rules are important, but example is the great stimulus.” I learned that observing by example is among the greatest teachers…
DetailsThere have been days when I’ve wanted to chuck everything, call in sick, and play a slow round of 18 holes with just a flock of fairway birds cheering me on. And I’ll admit, sometimes I’ve given in to this wishful thinking, and it helped me recharge my workday batteries. But, if I did this…
DetailsWhen I took Psych 101 in college I was fascinated with the id, ego, and superego. Long story short: id doesn’t care about reality and is there for our pleasure; the ego’s job is to meet the needs of the id, while taking into consideration the reality of the situation. So, why am I telling…
DetailsWhen I started my career, I worked for a very successful entrepreneur who always enjoyed the social side of the business. He would throw an office party to share success with the group and show his feelings of appreciation for his employees. One thing he said to me, though, struck me as a little off…
DetailsActually, we could substitute the word Business for Golf, and the same would hold true. Others, more witty than I have been drawing comparisons between golf and business for years. That’s because golf is a unique sport with an almost mystical ability to let us observe a person’s integrity, decision making abilities, mental fortitude, honesty,…
DetailsDo you trust your CEO? I recently read an interesting article on the Fast Company website that ranks how people trust. In 2009, 47% of the people surveyed trusted people like themselves while 31% of the people surveyed trusted CEOs. In 2011, the survey states that 43% of respondents trusted people like themselves while 50%…
DetailsWe decided to call our blog “the rock” because it’s easy to remember, and it’s also a shortened version of our corporate name. But, “the rock” symbolizes more than just a name. When I hold a rock in my hand, I see something that will last a long time, and I imagine where it’s beenâits historyâand…
DetailsIn Part One, I shared some statistics about the ravenous appetite mobile has for gaining new followers. Here’s just one more. ABI Research (a marketing research firm in New York), estimates that mobile marketing will explode during the next five years. ABI suggests that display ad budgets will especially skyrocket, with mobile ad spend bursting…
DetailsToday, heard on the street means a lot more than talk about the stock market. Walk along any street in America today, and you see people gazing into a small, handheld device and using their thumbs in quick staccato, making a soft tapping sound. With their heads bent and their fingers waving to a beat…
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