Category Archives: lessons learned

5 reasons I have to get back to writing again

Posted on May 16, 2020 by

Wow!  It has been almost two years since I posted a blog on this site.  I did write a lot on another site I own for about a year, but I haven’t technically done any writing for the last nine … Continue reading →

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How many Thursdays do you have left in your life?

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

I don’t know about you, but no matter what I do, it seems like I always use more time to do something than I should use.  This is not a new phenomenon.  Actually if you look it up there is … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti and Marshmallows and why kindergartners beat CEO’s in this task.

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

If you had to make a bet on which team could perform a certain task better between a group of kindergartners, or a group of business students amongst some of the top elite schools in the United States and abroad.  Who … Continue reading →

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This one thing is preventing you from success, and it is not what you think.

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

I was on the phone the other day with my good friend.  Who also is a coach and trainer.  We both have coached and trained hundred of individuals over the years.  We were talking about some of the challenges that … Continue reading →

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Personal responsibility. What happened to it?

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

Most of the time, I am writing about things that are on my mind at the moment. And after this weekend, the one thing that is on my mind, are the words Personal Responsibility.  I think the reason those words … Continue reading →

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My broken down car on the side of the road reminded me of how good “people” really are

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

Imagine this, you have been driving on the road for eleven hours.  You are traveling south back home from your hometown where you visited your family for the holidays.  The trip should take about fourteen hours, but because of traffic, … Continue reading →

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They are watching…what do you want them to see?

Posted on December 12, 2017 by

“I quit!”…”It has been six weeks since I quit chewing tobacco.”  This is what one of my participants recently told me in one of my leadership training sessions.   We were in week seven of a twelve-week leadership course. As … Continue reading →

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Four hundred times later, this is what I’ve learned

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

On January 13, 2014, I was sitting and staring at my computer just like I am now.  I had just purchased the domain name selfdevelopmentaddict.com My goal was to write/type a blog at least once a week for a year, and … Continue reading →

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My first business purchase and why you shouldn’t listen to most people

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

“Was that a roach?” My buddy said to me as we were walking through the property.  This had to be one of the nastiest homes I have personally ever walked in and he said the same. As I walked through … Continue reading →

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The day everything became clear to me…

Posted on November 9, 2017 by

Recently, I have had some conversations with several of my good friends and some of my clients about life, work, family, etc.  These are all highly successful people in their careers and in their life.  They have their finances in … Continue reading →

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