One Mistake that Most People Make
Everyone makes mistakes. Successful people and organizations don't repeat them. The Five Friends share insights on mistakes that they see repeated by themselves and others.
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Jun, 2016
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May, 2016
How Do You Maintain Work – Life Balance?
Are you struggling to achieve that elusive state of Work-Life balance? The Five Friends share insights on how you maintain a touch of sanity in a world with unending demands on your time and attention. [...]
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Dec, 2015
Will Your New Year’s Resolutions Be More Than Talk?
Most of the talk about New Year’s Resolutions is just that – talk. Despite all of our good intentions, most people won’t achieve their goals for the coming year. Research released by the University of [...]
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Nov, 2015
How to Wrap Up 2015
From Larry Winget: Most reach the end of the year and look back to do some evaluation. If you haven’t done that yet, do it now. Seriously, stop right now and look back at the [...]
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Oct, 2015
What is Your Biggest Challenge?
We all have challenges, and you can't overcome them if you don't acknowledge them. The Five Friends share their biggest challenges in this video blog. So what's your challenge? And, what are you doing to [...]
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Aug, 2015
How Do I Stay Inspired?
From Mark Sanborn: The quick answer is that my greatest inspiration comes from my faith, family and friends, in that order. While true, that answer is incomplete. On a practical level there is a fourth [...]
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Jun, 2015
Lessons from My Dad
Father's Day will be here soon, and it started us thinking about lessons we learned from our fathers. We hope you enjoy them. From Mark Sanborn: My father spoke much good advice with me, but he demonstrated [...]
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May, 2015
Lessons From My Dog
From Joe Calloway: Scout is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He teaches three great lessons: Be glad to see everybody. Scout breaks out into massive and enthusiastic tail wagging no matter who comes around. Certainly [...]
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May, 2015
Straight Talk About Advancing Your Career
If you aren't satisfied with the way your career is progressing, you are not alone. Most of your friends and colleagues share your frustration and even the ones who like their jobs want to do [...]
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Apr, 2015
If Speaking Was a Trade
A prospect recently asked my fee for a one-hour speech. Their response to my answer was, “I thought plumbers and electricians were expensive.” With absolutely no disrespect to those who work in the trades, my [...]
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Apr, 2015
What Made You Decide to Do What You Do?
This is the first reader question we have answered in the Five Friends blog. It seems many want to know how we all got started in this business and we are happy to share that [...]
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Mar, 2015
10 Myths About Being a Great Leader Today
Leadership is about the ability to influence others – nothing more and nothing less. It has less to do with position and is more about credibility, trust, and bringing out the best in yourself and [...]
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Feb, 2015
Why Jon Stewart is Different Than You
Would you walk away from a job while you are at the top of your game? Would you give up a nightly platform that makes you the highest paid television host in the world plus [...]
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Feb, 2015
Employees Need to Remember That…
From Scott McKain: Employees should remember EVERYONE is replaceable – those who aren’t distinctive get replaced first. Steve Jobs died in 2011. Apple just reported their most profitable quarter ever. Tim Cook is good, too. [...]
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Jan, 2015
From Fully Successful to High Performance
Leaders are known by their results. Your organization’s results improve when the performance of you and your people improves. It sounds obvious, and yet performance development remains, at best, an oxymoron along with jumbo shrimp, responsible [...]