Is There A Penalty For Hope?

by Rob Jolles | Dec 1, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help

Let me start by saying this:  I think we underestimate hope. Hope gets us through tough times. Although sometimes we may choose to give up on hope, hope will never desert us. Hope doesn’t hold grudges. Hope is only a thought away, and a powerful ally.   Hope sounds...

The Saga Of Soft Skills

by Rob Jolles | Nov 17, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, success

The other day, I was talking to a client about working with her sales team. She casually mentioned that the company’s budget was tight, and unfortunately, the first thing to be cut would be the training in soft skills. What are soft skills? The term “soft skills”...

Struggling? Now Is The Time To Celebrate!

by Rob Jolles | Nov 3, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success

There’s nothing like a well-deserved celebration after a hard-earned victory. One seems to feed off the other, and like peanut butter and jelly, victory and celebration just seem to be made for each other. Call me a contrarian, but I think a celebration, during a time...

It’s The Little Pieces That Count The Most

by Rob Jolles | Sep 22, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, irony, Motivation, Self Help, success

I guess my fascination with models started when I was very young. My dad used to love to work on model tanks of all things, and he was darn good at it. He would spend hours working on those models, meticulously putting together every piece, then every decal, and then...

To Believe Or Not To Believe; That Is The Question

by Rob Jolles | Sep 8, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always liked buying live music recordings. Live albums, live eight tracks, live cassettes, live CD’s, and live downloads. I love the music, and I love listening to the performer. I like live music because when I hear it live, it...

The King of Comedy, and Then Some

by Rob Jolles | Aug 25, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, success

As a little boy, I loved watching comedians – both old and young. In my office, I even have a wall filled with pictures of Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Laurel and Hardy, Dick Van Dyke, Phil Silvers, Don Rickles, and...