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Posted in Personal DevelopmentDuring a paid performance, the flying trapeze artist who flinches before she leaps is the flying trapeze artist who ends up breaking a leg (not in the good, sho…
Posted in Business developmentPersonal DevelopmentSometimes it's better to sell and convince based on your intent… and then work like hell to deliver what you promised. The psychology behi…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentI'm thinking about world peace… My mind is bugging out on all the war and violence in the news over the past month or so. There's a good deal of awful thi…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentTime ManagementI need to learn to wake board. I should start a side business. I've been working on this brick fireplace for three years and can't finish. I wish…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategyI love sports"not enough to spend time watching hours of it, but enough to read about it and watch a few championship games. Some of the greatest athlet…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategyLast week, while walking along the outside of Madison Square Park in Manhattan, a funny little thing happened. It was a hot, sunny day. There were very …
Posted in NetworkingPartnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentI made a little boo-boo last week. I had a moment where I was wrong and in the follow-up, I had the opportunity to make a…
Posted in Branding/Personal BrandingBusiness developmentCoachingEntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentWinning after betting on yourself. One of the most uncomfortable feelings in the world is …
Posted in Business developmentCustomer ServicePersonal DevelopmentStrategyJust because you can add spammy commercials and ads to your blog doesn't mean you should. Just because you can charg…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentI saw a play over the weekend that had a whole slew of characters with nothing discernible at risk. Watching the show was like watching an animated Wikipedia pa…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategy The wallpaper on my laptop reads, "What you allow is what will continue." For the past year, I've had this statement as a backdrop every time I s…
Posted in Business developmentPersonal DevelopmentIn mathematics there are "conditional statements" identified by the presence of the words "if" and "then." There are similar conditional sta…
Posted in Customer ServicePersonal DevelopmentNow that I have your attention with those two asterisks in the title, please see the definition of aristocracy that came across my desk this wee…
Posted in UncategorizedThe test is not whether you can make "it" happen"whatever your "Holy Grail" happens to be. The real test is actually a three parter: Perseverance and endurance. No exp…
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentStrategyInnovators, renaissance men and women, and artists are some of the most interesting and admired people on the planet. These are people w…
Posted in Personal DevelopmentRecently a friend of mine credited her recent success in her creative pursuits to me. I was stunned. I didn't advise her on her writing work. I didn't give much…
Posted in Guest BlogAs a “5-10″ article, I promise to give you something that takes less than five minutes to read and less than ten minutes to use what you’ve just learned…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentA dear friend of mine has been struggling for nearly ten years with his employment situation as well as his overall outlook on life…
Posted in Personal Development"Giving does not only precede receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive." – Israelmore Ayivor If I read that quote a few years a…
Posted in Business developmentPartnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentThe best thing I learned in the last two years is that if there is someone in a high position that you want to …
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentSo, I'm bringing a new incarnation of my one-man show The Gospel According to Josh (the heart of my Arts Entrepreneur-y activities for the past …
Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentTime ManagementI think I had a lightning bolt moment this week"a second of pure genius that will simultaneously put every fortune teller out of …
Posted in Personal DevelopmentStrategyJust after the new year a friend recommended a new book for me to read based on my love for European and Middle Eastern history. The Arabs: A History is…
Posted in Customer ServiceNetworkingPartnership and CollaborationFrom UCAN! Magazine (Editor: Star Davis)"Five Words That Will Take Your Career to the Next Level -By Josh Rivedal – "Ho…
Posted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal Development"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious." ~ Sun Tzu When the enemy (forces within or with out) is cl…
