by Rob Jolles | Sep 7, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
A BLArticle® Miniseries Part 2 “Something For Everyone?” Do you know the kind of book that publishers tend to run away from? Books that are for everyone. It’s instinctive to want to create something for everyone, but it isn’t logical. To begin with, how would you...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 24, 2018 | Self Help, success
A BLArticle® Miniseries Part 1 “Sometimes a book just finds you…” I’ve been conducting seminars for over 30 years, and I thought I understood what almost every audience needed. Back in the summer of 2012, nothing could have prepared me for the audience I met in a...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 10, 2018 | Corporate Communications, Management Training
Frequently, I’ll ask participants in the seminars I conduct about their expectations. Someone usually raises his or her hand and offers the following classic statement: “If I could learn one or two good ideas that I can use from time-to-time, I will be happy.” One...
by Rob Jolles | Jul 27, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Public Speaking
One of the challenges of grabbing a microphone, walking to the front of a room, and speaking, is the strange paradox of confidence that is clearly on display. If you come on with too much attitude, you can be perceived as pompous. If you come on looking too unsure...
by Rob Jolles | Jul 13, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
Fishing fascinates me. My Dad, Lee Jolles, loved to fish. My nephew Matt loves to fish. Quite frankly, I’ve never really understood what’s so interesting about sitting or standing around, for hours at a time, with a pole in your hand… but I learned a valuable...
