I recently went on a trip. Yes, I went on an airplane and everything.  You know the drill from there…since I do what I do, I critique everything that happens to me. I’ll skip by the airline experience as that went as expected, but my car rental and hotel experience had a different tone since I’ve last used these companies.

The car rental experience started off rough. I’m a member of their ...

I just completed one of the most frustrating buying experiences one can have. Yes, I just got a new car. I had to choose between two (2) cars that I liked.

Car #1 was the most expensive but it was rated very high. I’ve driven one before but it was years ago and I was not familiar with the current model.   Therefore, the salesperson needed to ...

This isn’t a hard concept, its common sense actually. However, it is also paired with hard work and long hours, therefore, many ignore doing this. Instead, they would rather bang out 100 cold calls and get nowhere…or, worse yet, they may spend half the day researching leads only to make a call and get shut down. They do this because it is simply the activity that fits into their scheduled work hours.

Control your controllables. You control effort and attitude. Other items that are out of your control you shouldn't worry about. Keep a great attitude and maximum effort every day and you'll be successful.