Cornerstone Moments

The recent Memorial Day weekend was hopefully your best. Sometimes memorials are the best and sometimes the opposite. I had a great time with old and new friends, my son and his fiancée while enjoying some great food, lots of laughs and a fun time at a Major League...

Each day brings both opportunities and requirements to decide whether to be a peacemaker or war-wager.  Sometimes those opportunities ascend to the mountaintop of bliss and sometimes they spiral into the ‘stinker” abyss. As for you, it is your choice to determine what...

Mind Meld is a term that may not be appropriate for this topic, so if you are a literalist, please forgive me (again?) for taking this liberty. But, when I think of the phrase, “Nothing new under the sun” I think of mind meld. I know that mind meld is really about...

'U-Haul is an American moving equipment and storage rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945' -That comes straight from their website. That is 74 years and many miles, locations, situations and different people. I’ve used U-Haul...

The third in my blog series on Passion, Art and Science hopefully provides you with a slightly different perspective on the Science of Living. There is so much obvious science around us there is no debating how important it is. However, as with skill development,...

In my book, Inspired Selling, I discuss how part of the skill of selling is art. Selling is surely part art. But what about other vocational or personal considerations? Does art, as in dictionary definitions ‘skilled acquired by experience, study, or observation’, or...

In my book, Inspired Selling, I address several variables that can either promote the success or speed up a failure.  I believe that selling is an honorable profession that in its purest state combines a passion, art, and science. In not only the job of sales is...

Most of my get-away weekends this time of the year are at a ski area or some place warm and on the ocean. Those holidays almost always relax me and take my mind away from the stress and strain of everyday professional life. The biggest challenge I have when escaping...

There were reportedly near three quarters of a million people in attendance last weekend at the Waste Management Phoenix Open played in Scottsdale, Arizona. That is a large audience.  Imagine the pressure on the players.  Add to that the behavior of that gallery and...

Have you ever been either guilty or credited with ranting and raving?  If you answer no, you should think again.  Join the club!  Sometimes ranting and raving represent different things, one being negative and one positive.  And sometimes they may both be positive or...