Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. - Doris Day As the quote above illustrates, we have more control over our mood than we realize. As you go about your daily life, do you come across more people expressing gratitude or more who are complaining about something? If you want [...]
Like a well-built home, teams and businesses require a solid foundation if they want to be successful over time. Even a home constructed with the best possible materials, will not stand when the inevitable storms come if they do not have a solid foundation. Storms come to all teams [...]
A blessing that is taken for granted will become a curse. - Sam Obitz I happen to live in an area that has an above-average number of people that would be considered physically attractive. The sheer number of them makes it hard for any of them to stand out in the [...]
I decided to go way back in the vault to find these two articles today. The first one originally appeared here in October of 2010. This one has to do with the problem of trying to build a successful organization without first developing a strong culture. It's titled: CULTURE AND [...]
The average practice a lot, the good practice hard, but the exceptional practice smart and purposefully. - Sam Obitz When people find out what I do for a living, it is not at all uncommon for them to ask me for “hacks” or “shortcuts,” to achieve some kind of result or [...]
Have you ever wondered why some people, who live in the best neighborhoods, drive the nicest cars, and have beautiful spouses, are often unhappy? Conversely, have you ever met someone who lives in a horrible neighborhood, has a clunker car, and has a perfectly average-looking spouse, who is happier than [...]
My clients never have bad games/days, but they do have off games/days where they learn and get better. - Sam Obitz Most people are more concerned with expressing their feelings than they are with taking control of them. As a result, they tend to use inflammatory language, that unintentionally, causes them [...]
Ghosting is defined as the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone suddenly and without explanation by withdrawing from all communication. In short, Ghosting is the modern term for what was previously referred to as shunning. The main difference is that today you are not only shunned- but often [...]
Losers wait for the right time to act. Winners act to make the time right. - Sam Obitz With the Final Four Men’s and Women’s collegiate basketball championship starting this weekend I decided to share something I wrote for one of my clients to share with his team before [...]
History is littered with individuals and teams who were extremely skilled but failed to achieve the greatness that was within their reach. There are a multitude of reasons why all of these people and teams came up short, but the most common problem was taking some of their opponents too [...]