Once again, a great Brainzooming blog post from Mike Brown caught my attention. He had seen a Forbes story about the 13 habits of “exceptionally likable people” and rather than click on the story, he decided to create his list. You can check out the original Brainzooming post here: http://brainzooming.com/13-characteristics-of-a-likable-personality/25719/. Here is Mike’s list of […]
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Accountability for your own actions
I recently wrote about millennials who have been raised to not take responsibility for their own actions. A good example was in the news this week. A young man from Texas had been placed on probation for a vehicle accident in which he was the driver, was intoxicated, and hit a vehicle of a disabled person on the side of […]
Disney World—the happiest (and most exhausting) place to spend the day
And during the holidays? Not the best time to go. Don’t get me wrong; I am a Disney fan, and I was with my wife and 6-year-old grandson. But since it was the end of the holiday season, the park was slammed. It was a human car wash where you agitate your way through the crowd. There […]
Think before you speak
I have previously blogged about my exchange with Ronald, a very professional and engaging entrepreneur with whom I spoke at the PaymentsFirst conference in Birmingham. He told me a story that I have to relay here. Ronald was going through the drive-through at a local fast-food restaurant. When he pulled up to the window, a […]
A Chat with Ronald
On December 11th, I had a Grounded keynote address in Birmingham for PaymentsFirst, a non-profit payments association. My talk was not until 1:15, so I was chillin’ in the vendor area and I noticed a shoeshine station. It turns out PaymentsFirst had sponsored free shoe shines. I decided I would love a shoe shine and walked […]