Do you have a dream, a vision, a goal that you’ve always wanted to accomplish? Are you unhappy with where you are right now? Is there something you want to change-maybe your weight, your home, your income or your career? I have good news for you: You can change. You always have a choice.

As many of you know, my wife Mary had open-heart surgery this past January. She is recovering very well and, after only 60 days, is back to her full self, minus a little weight and muscle. The cardiologist has cleared Mary to go back to her normal life. A full recovery in 60 days –…

We all have discipline, but it may not be focusing on what it is we want. You may say, “Well, I’m not very disciplined.” Yes, you are. You just haven’t learned how to focus it toward a specific goal to do what you want to do. Discipline means doing something that is going to move…

I want you to listen to an interview with the great Colonel Sweeney. Listen and ask yourself how am I leading under the changing economic environment? Read the Colonel’s background and you will realize that you are listening to a real American hero. The link for the MP3 is at the end of this article….

Some people go around saying, “It’s not my fault. I had to do it. I have to work. I have to take care of…. I have to… I have to….” They always feel like somebody else is forcing them to do whatever it is that they are doing. Their basic premise is: “It’s not my…

Sometimes, when I tell people, “You always have a choice,” they look at me kind of funny. There’s this kind of gulp! Then their eyes get a little wider. And finally, they choke out the words, “Yeah … I guess that’s right, isn’t it?” Not like they like it. They realize it puts the burden…

Sometimes, when I tell people, “You always have a choice,” they look at me kind of funny. There’s this kind of gulp! Then their eyes get a little wider. And finally, they choke out the words, “Yeah … I guess that’s right, isn’t it?” Not like they like it. They realize it puts the burden…

A while back, I had a rare opportunity to visit New Iberia LA. I met the most impressive business man I have ever seen or heard in the last quarter century of working closely with successful business people. He was as profound in his thinking as he was in his execution. He was so focused…

Years ago, I was out on the golf course with Laddy, one of my Yodas, when he asked me: “What’s your shelf life?”

Leadership is in fashion as a focus for business. Across America businesses invest time and energy in different leadership programs. There are as many different opinions as to what leadership is as there are cars. There are as many different and effective leadership styles as there are people to lead. With all the emphasis put on…