HOW TO MANAGE UP
When an idiot calls you an idiot, they are actually giving you a compliment. –Todd Pike

DETERMINATION STARTS BY DECIDING RIGHT NOW
You must have determination—it is the key to on the job success because without it you will become distracted, discouraged, or derailed..

STOP TAKING ON UNNECESSARY PRESSURE TO SUCCEED
The good news is, most of these pressures are really put on us by ourselves…

ENHANCE YOUR HOME LIFE FOR A BETTER FUTURE
In a Forbes article on the 25 biggest regrets people have, the #1 regret was working so much at the expense of family…

DEALING WITH THE WRONG PERCEPTIONS ABOUT YOU
How do you respond when someone has the wrong perceptions of your motivations or actions?

HOW TO CULTIVATE DETERMINATION THAT LEADS TO EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS
Without sweat, determination and drive, your dreams will just be dust in the wind.

LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT OTHERS
What listening really means is engaging in discreet, but deliberate, observation of people in a variety of situations

STRATEGIES ON HOW TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AT CRUNCH TIME
I said, “I could do that, but are you sure you want me to do that? Are you sure that you want me to give you more money

HAVING FAITH HELPS YOU SUCCEED
Jonah had money enough to buy a ticket to get on a ship to go away from what God wanted him to do. If I won 1.5 billion dollars I would be Jonah every day

FINDING PASSION IN THE JOB THAT YOU HATE
In order to change your attitude about a chore that you hate you’ve got to find your passion and enthusiastically work towards it

NOT ALLOWING THE FEAR OF REJECTION STOP YOU
I am like most people—I dislike rejection. It is more painful than going to the dentist for a root canal.

WORKING WITH OVERWORKED COWORKERS
The HR Director told the buyer that she needed to stay in her lane because birthday acknowledgements were an HR function

REDEEMING THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE
While in prison Joey earned his GED, Associates degree in General Education, and Bachelor’s degree in Business.

WHY YOU NEED TO TAKE RISKS TO SUCCEED
Experimenting with the smaller risks, and getting exposure to the sensation of risk -taking, inevitably leads to a level of comfort with the process

TAKING TIME TO PROCESS HOW YOU FEEL
Understand that a negative emotional response is usually your body’s way of telling you that it’s not happy with the status quo. Listen and respond accordingly

SHOULD YOU TELL A LIE TO SAVE YOUR ASS?
We lie out of fear in order to save our asses. Bill Clinton, Rob Ford and Richard Nixon all famously did it

Many high school graduates can’t wait to spend their summers at the beach, shopping for a college wardrobe, and otherwise planning for their university experiences, which includes lots of parties and football and, somewhere down the list, getting an education.

In my Chicano Studies class at UCLA we had guess lecturer Dan Guerrero speak about his life. He is an award-winning television, live arts, concert producer, and activist who is most notably known for his performance of Gaytino!

My son came home from college and wanted to have a family movie night so he selected Jumanji. I have to say that I wasn’t interested at first because I believe that sequels usually don’t turn out as good as the original.

On a Southwest plane ride home I discovered a free movie app and decided to watch Crazy Rich Asians. I never saw any reviews of the movie and knew nothing about it. In the movie, Rachael Chu, an economics professor in New York, is dating Nick Young, who she doesn’t know comes from a crazy rich Asian family.

I flew into Portland for the first time to attend one of my daughter’s basketball game. I was greeted at the car rental counter by a wonderful person named Kristen who not only selected the car I wanted but also was able to give me some tips about driving in Portland, like not getting in trouble for pumping your own gas.