Archive for Life Lessons
What Are You Reading?
I just read an article in the Puget Sound Business Journal stating that Amazon said it sold more Kindle books than the “old-fashioned” hard cover books. Read story
What’s your take on this?
Mine is two-fold…
1 - I hope we aren’t seeing the demise of the hard cover book. I’ve seen the Kindle and it’s pretty cool [...]
Open Letter to Tiger Woods
Dear Tiger,
As an avid golfer for the past 31 years, a fan of your game and what you’ve done for the sport, and as a concerned human being, I’m sending you this open letter with unparalleled advice on how to get your “game” back on track. I know you pay the boys from New York [...]
December is always a great time to look back and reflect on the year. It’s pretty easy to think about the successes, failures, challenges, and triumphs both personal and professional. Bit how often do you consider what you put into your head?
Professional development should never stop. The second you think you know it all, you [...]
Where Do You Want Go?
I enjoy watching a bit of television while I eat lunch and I often watch the Biography channel. This afternoon, I watched a fascinating episode on the actor, Patrick Stewart of Star Trek and X-Men fame. There was a segment that showed Stewart auto racing for charity. He bumped into the wall twice and then [...]
Newport Journal #1
I will be journaling my trip to Newport, Rhode Island for Alan Weiss’ Million Dollar Consulting College ® at Castle Hill. You will get to see some of the sights and share a few of my thoughts on my trip.
I posted a quick note on Facebook this morning as I was taking the the shuttle [...]
4 1/2 Minutes - A Time to Remember
I’m getting ready to head out of of town next week, so I have been frenetically setting my schedule to make sure I get everything done. All of a sudden, it dawned on me that today is the 8-year anniversary of September 11, 2001. I knew it this morning - I put out the flag. [...]
The Weedin Forums
I am very excited to announce that I’ve just launched my exclusive forums for my professional community and it’s available to join immediately.
The Weedin Forums will be a place where C-level executives, small business owners, business professionals, and business leaders can come to learn, grow, and be challenged. The forums have many categories meant to [...]
Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech
Talk about speaking to influence…
Here’s a great example from 70 years ago.
I’m kind of a baseball historian and it was very cool to read that Major League Baseball is honoring Lou Gehrig on the 70th anniversary of his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. It will be read at every ballpark tomorrow during the 7th inning [...]
Are You Willing to Push Back?
One of the biggest metamorphosis I’ve experienced since becoming a consultant in 2005 is the art of the “push back.” As an insurance sales professional for nearly 20 years, I studied many sales approaches and most always preached that the client or prospect are “always right.” You never wanted to cause any waves, take any [...]
Life is a Team Game
As I sat with my daughters watching every pitch of the NCAA National Championship game between my alma mater Washington Huskies and Florida, I realized something. I watched as both teams supported each other through good plays and bad. The one constant between these two programs is that you never saw anyone visibly get down [...]
