Stress is an addiction In my last post, I ended with a question… Why would anyone shape their lives around pursuing something that would never be “enough?” Well, it’s a long story… Every one of us starts life with a fairly simple agenda – we want to live. When we’re born, life pretty much reducesContinue reading “December 12, 2021”
Tag Archives: Stress
November 14, 2021
Why do we need more than we need? My grandfather taught me a lesson many, many years ago: Why do you need more than you need? You can want more than you need, but why do you need more than you need? It’s a powerful question and it gets to the heart of something thatContinue reading “November 14, 2021”
October 24, 2021
We all seem to have the same patterns… In 2014, when my wife got cancer, I learned something about myself. And I didn’t like what I learned. I don’t handle stress very well. I mean, I thought I did. I thought that with a master’s degree in psychology, a lifetime of living on-the-edge, and evenContinue reading “October 24, 2021”
October 17, 2021
Serve your way through stress… Let’s be realistic: stress is inevitable. And frankly, some of it can actually be good for us. But as I mentioned last week, there are six main responses to stress and only two of them are healthy: influence or adapt. What makes these responses healthy? Let me offer two mainContinue reading “October 17, 2021”
October 10, 2021
Every single one of these responses is a sign that we got stressed. Did you get stressed this week? I know I did. What was the trigger? Was is someone or something? Was it an unfulfilled expectation or an unexpected disruption? I’ll get into what causes our stress later, but this week I’d like toContinue reading “October 10, 2021”
October 3, 2021
“It’s time to change the narrative…” I think the most dangerous thing about stress is that we have become so used to it. Now, don’t get me wrong. Stress is something that will never go away. But the sheer volume of it today – the constant presence of it – makes me shake my headContinue reading “October 3, 2021”
A simple, but CRITICAL, truth…
Maybe it’s just me, but lately I’ve been seeing a TON of craziness in business. Clearly, with the year winding down and the holiday season ramping up, many people are experiencing the insanity stress of making massive changes to a long-term strategy that simply isn’t working or needs to be rethought. But there’s more toContinue reading “A simple, but CRITICAL, truth…”
Killing High-Performance Teams, Part One (AKA the clarity problem)
If you or your team struggle with stress, you have a clarity problem. If you or your team struggle with conflict, you have a clarity problem. If you or your team struggle with broken processes, you have a clarity problem. If you or your team struggle with consistent underperformance, you have a clarity problem. Why do I say theseContinue reading “Killing High-Performance Teams, Part One (AKA the clarity problem)”
How to Deal with STRESSED OUT Customers
Next week, I am stoked to be joining my friends Jim Keenan (@keenan) and Anthony Iannarino (@iannarino) for a “jolt of Sales 411.” Our topic is going to be people who drive us nuts how to deal with a pain in the a$$ prospect/customer. Knowing these guys the way that I do, it’s going to beContinue reading “How to Deal with STRESSED OUT Customers”
The Three Biggest Causes of Stress… and Why You Are Addicted to Them
Well, it’s that time of year again. The business year is winding down. The holiday season is ramping up. And with just those two dynamics, the potential for stress is about to spike (if it’s not spiking already). God only knows what else could be contributing to the complexity, but – for me – it’sContinue reading “The Three Biggest Causes of Stress… and Why You Are Addicted to Them”
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