Blind Spots: Check Your Mirrors
If You Don't Check Your Mirrors, You're Going to Crash! For a driver, a blind spot is an area not easily seen. It may be the area the mirrors miss, either beside or behind the driver ... or is simply forgotten by the driver. Accidents occur when the driver changes...
Book Summary: “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith (part 1)
Subtitled "How Successful People Become Even More Successful," this book focuses on continuous improvement, especially for those people who have already achieved a certain level of success. The issue lies in a belief that "I'm successful" and the thinking of "Why...
Top Attributes of Highly Successful Companies
Highly successful companies have the basic components that you would expect: strong financial foundations and the usual sturdy pillars: Effective leaders. Competent managers. A motivated staff. Clear plans and strategies. Concrete goals. Quality control. Attractive,...
Do Opposites Really Attract?
Do birds of a feather flock together or do opposites attract? In the spirit of Valentine's Day, the UK's Oxford Psychologists Press (OPP) and its U.S. subsidiary the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT), looked for an answer in their data. Following is...
Are You Maximizing Your Potential?
For many years this slogan has been the banner we have waved at JFD Performance Solutions as we work with teams and individuals as they Strive, Perform, and Achieve. We continue to believe that everyone has the opportunity to maximize their personal and organizational...
Creating a Business Strategy
(It's not too late.) On a scale of 1 to 10, having a good business strategy rates about a 15! No matter what kind of business you have - whether you sell products or a service, as the saying goes, "If you fail to plan, then you're really planning to fail."...
Book Summary: “The Power of Habits” by Charles Duhigg
Subtitled "Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business," this 2012 book's author is an investigative reporter for the New York Times. He describes a habit as "a choice that we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue...
7 Reasons Why It’s Important to Have Goals
I recently had a conversation with a young friend. She has been out of college for a few years now but isn't satisfied with the direction her career has taken. In fact, she's not too happy with her personal life either. Her voice developed more than a touch of a whine...
“Snowflake” by RL Williams
Please enjoy this heart-warming holiday story. Snowflake 1998 Holiday Short Story by RL Williams Ten-year-old Becky stood in front of the pet store, looking through the large window at the puppies and kittens. She smiled and giggled at the well-groomed...
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