The perfect time for a new approach is when you’re under the gun. When your world is shifting beneath your feet. Isn’t my timing perfect? What I’ve been doing these days when I’m mentally overwhelmed, instead of bemoaning my losses, which are huge, horrendous and heartbreaking, is to shift to an attitude of gratitude. I’m […]

The good news is: We want to buy your house. The bad news: You have to un-ass the property by May 31. Aaaaahhhh! I’m moving to Arizona and Susan is staying here to manage her equestrian business. The dumpster just showed up with two Pods soon to follow. I will be indiscriminate in the dumping […]

So, looks like you've made it. You spent 40 years grinding it out in the corporate blender and punched out before you got automated or digitized. In all of those decades, you always had a pretty good idea of where you stood in your own little world. Buying in to the perception that your last reward or recognition would carry you through to a retirement party in a fancy restaurant. How's that working for ya?

Vanilla. The nothing fancy, can't tell one brand from the other flavor that is also known as corporate speak. Don't wrinkle, don't ruffle, stay on message, get it done, throw a few compliments around, push it out and who knows where the fuck it goes as long as you plastered everyone's brains with your perfunctory, cover all the bases presentation that will mean absolutely nothing in twenty minutes. Did I leave out your reluctance to even being there? You are probably too self absorbed to notice that we see it too.

We have been very busy lately shooting sales training videos for our clients. There is no better way to keep sales people up to date and ready for prime time than with product and customer specific training. Sales scenarios, like features and benefits, handling objections and strategic planning are extremely effective when on line access […]