by Rob Jolles | Feb 26, 2021 | Coaching and Mentoring
About nine years ago, I wrote a four-part BLArticle® miniseries dedicated to dealing with how to handle difficult behavior without direct confrontations. There are a handful of ways to professionally avoid confrontations… but that doesn’t mean there’s never a...
by Rob Jolles | Sep 11, 2020 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
There’s no doubt about it; one of the best ways to get better at something is to simply ask for feedback. How do we get better without feedback from others? Feedback provides invaluable information we can’t see for ourselves. Feedback helps us evolve. Feedback...
by Rob Jolles | May 17, 2019 | Coaching and Mentoring
I’ve never been much of a gambler. I suffer from what I call the “John McEnroe Syndrome.” I dislike losing more than I enjoy winning, and that’s why you probably won’t ever see me in a casino. I have gambled in the past, however, and the game that has always...
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...
