The Summer of Productivity Begins

The Summer of Productivity Begins

by | May 29, 2019 | Education

Last year, we spent the summer reviewing the major works of Seth Godin.[1] This book tour covered a dozen or more of his best works and it primarily focused on marketing. This summer, we will focus on personal productivity and time management. Since I knew I would be...
The Summer of Productivity Begins

The Power of Appreciation (Part VI)

by | May 21, 2019 | Education

This lesson was not planned but it was too good not to share. Last week, I visited the Goose Creek/Cane Bay GBN group. We briefly reviewed the previous four parts of the lesson on appreciation before discussing this week’s lesson—the data that demonstrated that we...
The Summer of Productivity Begins

The Power of Appreciation (Part V)

by | May 21, 2019 | Education

“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” -Napoleon Bonaparte In the last lesson, we reviewed evidence that showed that appreciating your people leads to closer relationships, closer bonds, and increased job satisfaction. We found that it has a...
The Summer of Productivity Begins

The Power of Appreciation (Part IV)

by | May 13, 2019 | Education

I am going to reveal one of the fastest ways that you could become a better manager, increase morale, and develop stronger relationships with your people. Would you be interested in hearing about it? According to David Sturt, writing in the Harvard Business Review,...
The Summer of Productivity Begins

The Power of Appreciation (Part III)

by | May 6, 2019 | Education

We have been discussing the power of appreciation. In the first lesson, we reviewed how Joe Girard became the “World’s Greatest Car Salesman” according to the Guinness Book of World Records because he recognized the deep longing that people have to be appreciated.  In...