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Book Summary - Outwitting the Devil

If you are looking for a fast, fun read with a message that you can put in place, Outwitting the Devil would be a great choice

Monday Morning Motivation - Desire

What in life do you REALLY desire? (Or, put another way, do you know the difference between a want and a need?)

Book Summary - The Alchemist

Monday Morning Motivation - Awareness

How is your awareness?

Book Summary - Meet and Grow Rich

In Meet and Grow Rich, Vitale and Hill describe what a mastermind group is, how to form such a group, and how to run such a group

Monday Morning Motivation - Solution

Are you focused on the problem or the solution?

Book Summary - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

While we would all like to believe that we are immune to the influence of others, nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is that we are hard-wired to be susceptible to various techniques of influence.

Monday Morning Motivation - Problem

Can you fully define the biggest problem you are now facing in your life?

Book Summary - The Lean Startup

Eric Ries describes a process that entrepreneurs can leverage to accelerate the development of and increase the probability of success of their businesses

Monday Morning Motivation - Flow

What do you need to do to make things flow better in your life?

Book Summary - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

One of the most widely read and most widely referenced books on personal development is Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The habits are

Monday Morning Motivation - Devoted

To what are you devoted?

Book Summary - Rework

Monday Morning Motivation - Try

What do you need to quit trying and start doing?

Quarterly Market Review – Forth Quarter 2025

Once per quarter, we roll up our sleeves & take a deeper dive into what's happened in the stock market—our quarterly market review (January- March 2024).

Monday Morning Motivation - Rebuilding

Where are you focusing your rebuilding activities?

Book Summary - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich was first published in 1937. It could just as well have been published today as the principles that Hill espouses are truly timeless.

Monday Morning Motivation - Service

What act of service will you perform this week?

Book Summary - How To Retire Happy Wild and Free

A few years back a colleague recommended that I read Ernie Zelinski's How to Retire Happy Wild and Free. It was a GREAT recommendation as I've since re-read the book two additional times and recommended it to countless others. While the book is targeted at folks that are either about to or recently have retired, it's a great read for anyone.

Monday Morning Motivation - Development

Are you growing or dying?

Leadership Lesson 30 - The Best for Last

Think about the last time that you really thanked someone. Perhaps you were facing some challenge or obstacle that seemed insurmountable, and your friend or colleague took the time to sit with you and help you figure out what to do.

Monday Morning Motivation - Challenge

Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone and challenge the status quo?

Leadership Lesson 29 - Do The Right Things

One of my favorite sayings is: "We judge ourselves by our intentions, others judge us by our actions." Ultimately, it's not what you say, but what you do that matters most to people.

Monday Morning Motivation - Structure

What sort of structure have you put in place in your life?

Leadership Lesson 28 - It Depends

Leadership requires that you deal with a variety of individuals and a variety of situations. The key to success is recognizing that a single style is not going to work all of the time

Monday Morning Motivation - Advice

Are you willing to accept the advice of others?

Leadership Lesson 27 - Ask, Don't Tell

While "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may be more familiar to many of us, "Ask, Don't Tell" is really where we should be spending our mental energy.

Monday Morning Motivation - Feedback

Are you providing CONSTRUCTIVE feedback to those in your life?

Leadership Lesson 26 - Discipline Redux

The point of this step is to explicitly call out the need for a leader to follow through to completion, and discipline is key to that follow through.

Monday Morning Motivation - Confrontation

Are you avoiding confrontation?

Leadership Lesson 25 - Celebrate Failure

When you give up on perfection and embrace failure, you open the door to success. With each new trial you move a little bit closer to passing through that door.

Monday Morning Motivation - Insight

Are you relying on the insight of others to avoid making costly mistakes in your life?

Leadership Lesson 24 - The Importance of the Physical Environment

A scotoma is a blind spot—something that is there as plain as day for everyone else and yet something that we cannot personally see. We all have them. The key is awareness.

Monday Morning Motivation - Perspective

Are you looking at things from a broader perspective?

Leadership Lesson 23 - Completed Staff Work

Sometimes you come across a timeless piece of information—something that's as applicable today as it was the day it was originally published. "The Doctrine of Completed Staff Work" is one of these gems.

Copy of Monday Morning Motivation - Clarification

Why are you hesitating to ask for clarification?

Leadership Lesson 22 - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of Ockham's razor—the simplest, most obvious solution is often the best. And while William of Ockham gave rise to the concept in the 1300's, its history can be traced back to Aristotle and the Greek philosophers.

Monday Morning Motivation - Celebration

What is keeping you from having a celebration in your life today?

Quarterly Market Review – Third Quarter 2025

Once per quarter, we roll up our sleeves & take a deeper dive into what's happened in the stock market—our quarterly market review (January- March 2024).

Monday Morning Motivation - Forgiveness

What is keeping you from offering forgiveness?

Leadership Lesson 21 - Good Intentions

You have no doubt heard that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." There's probably no better adage available to remember Rule 21—Execution!

Monday Morning Motivation - Hope

Are you providing hope to others each and every day?

Monday Morning Motivation - Respect

Are you treating others with respect or condemnation?

Leadership Lesson 20 - Eat!

Is there anyone out there who does not enjoy Thanksgiving dinner? How about the Fourth of July BBQ? Or the office potluck where everyone brings copious amounts of food?

Morning Motivation - Encouragement

Are you offering encouragement to your friends and family?

Leadership Lesson 19 - Your People Are the Priority

With the pace of business these days, it's easy to get caught up in pursuing the next project, the next objective, the next dollar. It's also extremely dangerous to fall into this trap and lose sight of what is really important . . .

Monday Morning Motivation - Affirmation

Are you providing affirmation to your friends and family?

Leadership Lesson 18 - Playing Nice with Others

I have learned a ton of things over my time in the workplace. Perhaps no lesson was more transformational than the importance of "soft skills" versus "hard skills."

Monday Morning Motivation - Comfort

What are you doing to provide comfort to your friends and family?

Leadership Lesson 17 - You're Not Davy Crockett

American folklore loves to celebrate the rugged individual that blazed trails for all to follow. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, the young Abraham Lincoln. All these big, rugged, self-sufficient men took on the world single handedly and prevailed. Poppycock!

Monday Morning Motivation - Containment

Are you practicing containment and self-regulation when it comes to your emotions?