You are the sum of your habits. When you allow bad habits to take over, they dramatically impede your path to success. The challenge is bad habits are insidious, creeping up on you slowly until you don’t even notice the damage they’re causing. Breaking bad habits requires self-control—and lots of it. Research indicates that it’s […]

Language is a challenge when it comes to the words we use to describe race and racism. It’s constantly evolving to become more specific, expansive and inclusive. It’s also constantly being co-opted or weaponized to undermine its effectiveness. Just look at what happened to the word “woke.” The word comes from the phrase, “Stay woke,”

People don’t like to be sold, but they love to buy. It is an undeniable rule that on the surface seems relatively simplistic, but when you dig deeper, you’ll find the complexity lies in uncovering the motive of why people buy. Uncovering buying motives goes against the strategy of selling. Selling implies informing the prospect

Strong relationships are essential to business and career success. Whether it’s your boss, colleagues, mentors, clients or customers, or other people in your professional network, it’s important to actively nurture and build these relationships, as they can see you through all stages of success. One challenge of relationship building in the social media era is

Anyone who has committed to a diet or weight-loss plan—and stuck with it for a solid four or five months—is surely familiar with the plateau phenomenon. At first, you’re making great progress, watching the pounds drop off and feeling really great. But, suddenly, although you haven’t changed your methods or goals at all, the scale

Think about the way you sell and the way you present your product or service. How many times do you think you use the word we? Likely hundreds. How many times should you use the word we? None. Everything you do or say is in “we” format—especially if you have a marketing department. Does the

Does the crunch of a chip make you happy? Does the sound of gentle whispering lull you to sleep? Does the ticking of a clock erase all the built-up tension in your shoulders? If so, it turns out you’re not the only one.  If you like to follow the latest mindfulness trends, you’ll have come