Archive for January 2014
Michael Hyatt & Barney Fife. Part II. – SCN Encourager 1/8/2014
Despite a chilling polar vortex, I couldn’t slip this one by you. More than a few people replied to yesterday’s Encourager and asked what I was drinking or smoking. They couldn’t believe I had tag-teamed leadership expert Michael Hyatt (who authored the NYT bestseller Platform) with my favorite lawman Barney Fife (well-known historian and constitutional…
Read MoreGoals 2014. Nip ’em in the bud. – SCN Encourager 1/7/2014
Michael Hyatt is not the only guru worth listening to. My long-time mentor Deputy Barney Fife is another. Here’s why. Determining your goals and resolutions for the new year is a difficult task, despite Hyatt’s help. There are lots of conflicting facts and opinions to sort through. One source states that if you set a…
Read MoreThe most successful got ready for 2014 in October. – SCN Encourager 1/6/2013
Not me. This fact alone should tell you why my name rarely follows the descriptor “most successful.” But dang, don’t these people use November and December to go to work, eat turkey with the family, shop at the mall, sing holiday carols, light fireplaces in the family room, and then settle in and watch 37…
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