by Rob Jolles | Feb 24, 2012 | Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
Last week, I wrote a BLArticle™ that took me longer to write than any other BLArticle™ I’ve written in the past two years. There were so many lessons in the Jeremy Lin story; I wanted to get it just right. Well, I almost did, but one word seemed to throw the message...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 17, 2012 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
If I asked you what NBA star holds the record for most points scored in his first five starts, you might guess Lebron, Kobe, Shaq, Johnson, Bird, Durant, Jordon, or so many others. Of course, you’d be wrong because the record was just set, this past week, by a...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 10, 2012 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
This past week marked the passing of a man many may remember, and many others may have never heard of. I’m referring to an old boxing trainer, and legendary corner man, Angelo Dundee. He trained many famous fighters, including Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 3, 2012 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
I’m on the road this week, outside the city of Philadelphia, conducting an Executive Presentation Skills program. It’s a program I really like teaching because it allows me to go back to my roots. After all, the first book I ever wrote was not a sales book, but a...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 20, 2012 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
The other day, I spoke with a friend who had good news. In a battered economy, a battered job market, and for this person, a battered personal profession, he had good news. After some hard work a break had come his way, and my immediate reaction was to...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 28, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
For a while, I’ve been working on a new book. The title, and the concept of the book are still under wraps, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a thing or two from it. Over the weekend, this book provided its first lesson to me. When a manuscript has been...
