by Rob Jolles | Apr 5, 2019 | Coaching and Mentoring
I’m a quirky guy, and as a distance runner, I had a few rather unusual tendencies to prepare for a race. Some might even say these tendencies were neurotic. One month before every race: I would not take a sip of alcohol until after the race. I would not eat foods that...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 2, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Self Help, success
This morning I got up and made myself a cup of green tea. I hear it’s a healthier alternative than regular tea, and the taste isn’t half bad. The US National Library of Medicine provides a report that people who drank 1-3 cups of green tea a day, could reduce the...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 19, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation
The other day, I was texting a good friend of mine. Off and on over the years, we have promised to get together for lunch, and I thought now was a good time to initiate that get-together. It started harmlessly, with a couple of simple text exchanges. I was trying to...
by Rob Jolles | Sep 21, 2018 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation
For close to forty years, I’ve been a loyal United Airlines customer. In doing so, I’ve earned various premier status – logging in a minimum of 25,000 miles in the air a year, and crossing the lifetime million mile mark some years ago. Those million miles gets...
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 | 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...
