by Rob Jolles | Apr 3, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation
One of the benefits of being raised by a marine was that I was taught the meaning of courage. My father was a corpsman in not one, but two, wars, and the courage he displayed was beyond imagination. At an early age, my father demanded that I learn how to be...
by Rob Jolles | Mar 20, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Sales Training
At some point in a workshop, you’ll probably be engaged in a role-play. Did you see that face you just made? It wasn’t a happy face; it was a face that looked like you had a toothache! I’m not sure I’ve ever met a person whose reaction to a role-playing was this: “Oh...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 20, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a movie buff. At six years old, I would walk with my brother Richard to the Silver Movie Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland and thus began my love for movies. I shared that love with my own kids; one of our favorite outings...
by Rob Jolles | Dec 26, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
The mind is an amazing mechanism, but it sure can fool you. Left unchecked, it can convince you of all sorts of things. When the body is injured, the mind can convince you you’re just fine. When you hear something that goes bump in the night, the...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 28, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Self Help
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar Let me set the scene for you… You’re sitting at your computer, and you’re focused and working hard. Perhaps it’s a proposal you’re working on, a blog you’re...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 17, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
I have always enjoyed the game of basketball. Not blessed with great height, I fell in love with the position of point guard. The position allowed me to relay plays being sent in by my coaches, and manage the flow of the game. It was the perfect...
