Don’t stop running. That’s the lesson we can learn from Landon Donovan. As you likely know, Donovan was the player who scored the goal that kept the United States alive in the World Cup soccer tournament. You’ve probably seen the video of him booting the ball in after another player had missed. What you might not realize is that Donovan had actually passed the ball to another player a few seconds earlier. After passing the ball, he could have slowed…
We’ve talked before about how important a blog can be in your efforts to connect with folks who will become part of your community. Those who are thinking about starting a blog and those who want to improve their existing blog would do well to read Seth Godin‘s post about “Things to ask before you redo your website.” photo credit: in-boulder Godin lists 24 excellent questions to ask yourself about your website. Spend some time considering all of them. But…
A few weeks ago, my wife and son were talking about license plates. For months my son has been playing a game of sorts, trying to find a license plate from every state in the union. He has a form with all the states on it. When we go on a trip, he gets it out, hoping to see a state that he hasn’t marked off the list. photo credit: codepo8 During the course of the conversation, my son mentioned…
Earlier tonight my mother called me to ask how to get from a hospital to a highway in Raleigh. She has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow, then she and my dad are going to pick up my aunt in a nearby town. She called because the last time they had to get to that town, they went in one direction on the beltline, but later thought that maybe they could have gotten there faster going the other way. They were right….
The other day I was driving down a road that I hadn’t driven in a while when I noticed a grand opening sign at an eatery of sorts. Someone had decided to make an attempt at building a business where a barbecue restaurant had earlier failed. photo credit: akeg I initially thought it was a biker bar that had moved from about a quarter mile down the road. The sign looked like the sign I had seen there. But when…
Anyone who’s been in multi-level marketing (MLM) for long realizes the old way of doing the business doesn’t work anymore. That’s why many successful professionals have learned network marketing online. photo credit: MShades In years past, MLM trainers would teach distributors to make a list of friends and family. Then they’d encourage their reps to buy leads. This continues even though the opportunity exists to build a downline by network marketing online. Unfortunately, even some who recognize the benefits of…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of watching both my daughters play on a fast-pitch softball team that won the state championship. My oldest daughter played on a team that took the state title three years ago, but this was the first for my younger daughter, an eighth-grader who was called up from the junior varsity at the end of the year. After the game, one of the coaches was talking to the team about the accomplishment. One of the…
I have a new car. Well, it’s not a new car, but it’s nice and I like it. It’s a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with low miles. It needs a paint job, but other than that it’s in pretty good shape. It’s doing a whole lot better than the last car I bought. One of the coolest features is something called “head-up display.” I had heard of the technology on Air Force jets, but didn’t know it was available on…
The other night I listened to a business training call about making decisions. It got me thinking about how great leaders are good at making decisions. They decide what to do and do it. If you want to make money in network marketing, you have to be a leader. That might sound scary, but once you understand how to be a leader, you just have to do it. Leaders get to be leaders by making decisions. If you want to…
I’ve noticed how people react to different leadership techniques. I thought about this today when the pastor made an interesting observation during his sermon. He pointed out the difference between cows and sheep. photo credit: qhienle Cows, he said, have to be prodded. Cowboys herd them in a direction by yelling, shouting and carrying on in various ways to make the cows move in a certain direction. photo credit: Antikris Sheep, on the other hand, prefer to be led. They…