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Jim Jackson – Midwest Speakers Bureau Showcase Speaker
Jim Jackson – Midwest Speakers Bureau Showcase Speaker
Almost all news you hear or see today is about the downward economy. People are losing jobs, the price of gasoline is skyrocketing; and then there’s the dreaded “R” word, Recession. As a leader, you are supposed to be upbeat and optimistic about the current economy. No matter where you go someone will ask you…
n n Everyone loved my story about Garrett Popcorn (check out “Business Excellence: Lessons from Garrett Popcorn” posted 08/04/10) — and I received a lot of terrific comments from you, my readers. I was happy with the popcorn, the story, and the feedback, and I didn’t think the Garrett Popcorn experience could get any better….
From now on, I want you to call me by my new title: Ref (short for referee). That’s right; I’m going to start calling the balls and strikes, and then count you out. I alone will determine when you’re out of bounds or your time has run out. If, in my opinion, you fail to…
n n Martha Stewart Cleans Windows for Las Vegas Keynote Speakern I was cleaning the window in my office today with Martha Stewart window cleaner. I purchased it at Home Depot on a dare with myself. A dare because I could not be seen leaving Home Depot with Martha Stewart under my arm. After all…
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…
You know, Buckminster Fuller, a great philosopher, says that we’ve all been born with a genius mind and we spend our whole lives learning how to be un-geniuses. And it’s all because of our filtering system. We don’t just accept the evidence of what we’re capable of doing. We filter out the things that we’re…