Tweet On Sunday I experienced humanity in a way that I never had before by attending the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon and Half-Marathon. The race was a great equalizer. The distance of the course doesn’t care about your age, race, health or anything else. As I stood at the finish line watching the [...]
Personality Poker- An Interview with Stephen Shapiro
Tweet Steve and I sat down, via Skype, to talk about his new book Personality Poker. As a fan of personal and professional development, I found Steve’s insights especially helpful when looking at the successful growth of an organization together. What are the biggest mistakes people make when working with others? People believe that opposites [...]
Seeing Through People – Don’t Ignore High Performers
Tweet At TEDxSanAntonio, my friend Alicia Arenas shared her story about being a glass child. As she described, a glass child is one that has a special needs sibling. Glass children aren’t named such because they’re fragile, instead, the parents look through them like glass and focus their efforts primarily on the special needs child [...]
A Republic, If You Can Keep It. Go Vote.
Tweet Whether or not you believe that corporations are ruining our government and destroying our existence, you should go vote. No voting = no complaining. Do your part. “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” The response is Benjamin Franklin’s when asked at the close [...]
Perfection Paralysis
Tweet High achievers can get caught up in the perfection of their work. ”I don’t want to put my name on it unless it’s perfect.” Sound familiar? I’ve said it too. It’s easy to get paralyzed by perfection. You need the words to be just a little better in this email or you need the [...]
Can You See The Future?
Tweet When you speak to one of your employees or coworkers, you have a choice. You know these people are growing, as we all are. You decide daily whether you recognize the people that you are speaking to as they are right now or as you know who they can and will be. Choosing to [...]
The Difference Between Agreement and Commitment
Tweet A Los Angeles police officer wrapped up a morning meeting where they were reminded on the importance of wearing their bulletproof vests. Everyone in the room nodded their head in agreement, understanding the importance of a bulletproof vest and how it can save your life. Later that day, one of the officers was called [...]
Rerouting Your Life | Interview with Dave Peckens
Tweet I’m a lucky guy. People contact me regularly because they need someone to talk to about changing jobs. These are people from all walks of life – older, younger, educated and not, those with “dream jobs” and those looking for a better life. We sit down either face-to-face, via phone or Skype and talk [...]
Damage in San Antonio, TX from Tropical Storm Hermine
Tweet Tropical Storm Hermine brought the fury in San Antonio, TX on September 7, 2010. Power outages around the Quarry area were likely linked to this tree that was taken out on Sunset near Jones Maltsberger. High resolution photos available on Flickr. Map of area View Larger Map Tweet
Filtering Feedbacks and Attacks
Tweet Reading through Dr. Mark Goulston’s blog posts, I noticed a piece about independence. He explains that the successful people he coaches have the follow three attributes in common: self-reliance, resourcefulness and coachability. Many of us will take on additional responsibility and we’ll look for ways to leverage resources but we miss out on these [...]
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