by Rob Jolles | Sep 19, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
Part Two – Let It Go Part one of this BLArticle® series outlined the pain and anger that goes along with a bad breakup, whether it be from a friend, a spouse, a manager, or a company. Assigning full blame to someone else and telling story after story describing the...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 22, 2014 | Motivation, Self Help, success
I’m a superstitious guy. I won’t eat certain foods on certain days, I won’t hit a snooze bar, and I have a lucky tie I wear when delivering keynotes. If you hang around me long enough, you’ll hear me tell you why I do what I do. I’ll try to find logical reasons for...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 8, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
They say opposites attract, and each morning, it’s on display in my house when the alarm goes off. My wife, Ronni, loves the snooze bar. She seems to look forward to not just tapping it or hitting it; when she goes for the snooze bar, she smacks it! It’s almost a...
by Rob Jolles | Jul 25, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
When I was younger, I used to love to run. I started by running 10-kilometer races, and then I graduated to 10-milers, moved on to half marathons, and before I knew it, I was running marathons. People would ask me: “What’s it like training for a marathon?” I’d...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 27, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
Story #1… Last week, the travel Gods really stuck it to me good. I showed up at O’Hare airport at 6:00 pm, and I found out that my 7:00 pm flight back to National Airport was running thirty minutes late. This was due to thunderstorm activity. When I...
by Rob Jolles | May 16, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
When you ask someone to do something, one of two answers are usually heard: “I’ll try” or “I will.” At first glance, these two responses sound a lot alike. After all, aren’t we taught to always try, or try real hard or try our best? Yes, it seems pretty easy to...
