by Rob Jolles | May 19, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, irony, Motivation, Self Help
You hear it in sports all the time, particularly after a team has won a big game: “We just wanted it more than they did!” The thought of wanting something more than others seems to answer many questions, but to me, it seems trite and extremely misleading. If only life...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 4, 2016 | Corporate Communications, Sales Training
I want to be emphatic when I say this: I have never been a fan of online training. This form of training has been knocking at my door for years, and I’ve done a magnificent job of hiding under my sheets – hoping the knocking would stop! I have been bred to...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 7, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation
This past weekend, we were all treated to some amazing golf as the United States won the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup is a golf tournament played every two years, and it pits the best golfers from the United States against the best golfers from Europe in a series of...
by Rob Jolles | May 13, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training
Let me set the stage for you: You are about to walk into a high-pressure situation, and there’s a lot riding on the conversation that’s about to take place. This isn’t just any conversation, but one that requires you to find the courage to ask for something from...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 29, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking
I’ll never forget the first real job I ever had. At age sixteen, I was an usher at Roth’s Seven Locks Movie Theatre in Potomac, Maryland. I proudly wore my red and black blazer and manned my flashlight like a pro. Leaning on the back wall of the theatre, I also saw a...
by Rob Jolles | Mar 4, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking
Think Like A Juggler! You may not know this about me but once upon a time, I was a pretty darn good juggler. I could juggle in a weave, in a circle, off the floor, off the wall, around my back (a crowd favorite,) off my knees, and off my head. As my pièce de...
