Motivation on the Run

I don’t think I mentioned that the webcam is back up and operational. It is over at the Redhead’s site SanLeon.net, now on Wordpress, and with a lot of new pictures.
I am also in the process of putting together a photo essay of San Leon that should be ready in about a week, so [...]

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Continuing with the silent languages series brings me to this article on ’surroundings’ and how to interpret them. I have covered the language of personality, body language, and voice in this series and the main point to remember is that all of these work in conjunction with each other to give you a [...]

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Communication is a critical component in leadership and without good communication, no one can follow. I believe that someone that can not communicate can not lead.
One of the most important communications a leader must convey is his vision. He must be capable of painting a picture of the future that is clear, concise and inspiring. [...]

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My absolutely, favorite phrase I learned as a green salesman, “Telling is not selling,” sticks with me every day as I talk to prospects and customers. The other, “They don’t care what you know, until they know that you care,” is similar in that the focus is on the other person.
A favorite topic of mine [...]

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Hello Hello Hello … It’s time once again for a twenty minute visit. I give a quick report on the Houston Podcasting Association Meetup last Thursday evening. The SMART acronym is now SMARTER with a little more education involved.
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Here is where you find Daniel’s blog. Daniel is the person responsible for ENTHUSIASM in [...]

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This article has quite a few people listing their favorite sales books. If you are in sales, and realize the importance of reading, you can get a lot of good hints here on where to spend your next paycheck.
Books about selling can help newcomers, veterans in sales
A wealth of resources to improve your sales [...]

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On last week’s podcast, I asked for your help in forming a new goal setting acronym built on SMARTER, rather than the old SMART and the world is about to see the unveiling of SMARTER.

Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time Sensitive
Enthusiasm
Reward

Thinking about the letters, the desire was to stay with the original words for SMART to make it easier to [...]

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On this weeks podcast, I asked for help in changing the acronym SMART to SMARTER, but couldn’t come up with a good meaning for the ‘E’, but we may have a winner. Daniel commented that the ‘E’ could stand for ENTHUSIASM!
WHAT A GREAT IDEA, DANIEL. I LOVE THE WORD ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ‘E’ because that [...]

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The Houston Podcasting Association meetup last night was a roaring success in my opinion. A bakers dozen showed up for the gathering and the visiting was non-stop for three hours.
There were representatives from many great podcasts as well as a visitor that wanted to know more about podcasting. It seems that the meetup was [...]

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In this series on silent languages, and how we “speak” them, we now come to voice. I have already written about the language of both personality and body, and still want to discuss surroundings and words. Now, I hear you saying, “how can voice be a silent language?” Well, I’m glad you asked.
As we speak, [...]

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