by Rob Jolles | Apr 15, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, irony, Motivation, Self Help
It turns out you can learn a lesson or two from a squirrel. When you stop and think about it, the squirrel is a pretty amazing animal; nature thought about almost everything when putting this furry creature together. Squirrels are fast, strong, agile, clever, and the...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 1, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
It happens all the time in sports. One team is playing well, coasting along, and everything they do seems to be working. Then, in the blink of an eye, the momentum changes. Everything that was once effortless becomes strained and unnatural. The harder that team works...
by Rob Jolles | Mar 18, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
I’m well aware of Richard Carlson’s book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and it’s all Small Stuff. It’s an inspirational book, and it became one of the fastest-selling books of all time. It was published in 135 countries, and it spent over 101 weeks on the New...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 19, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help, success
Through the years, I’ve upset my share of audiences by telling them how overrated product knowledge really is. Product knowledge allows you to competently provide another individual with your solutions to their questions, but it doesn’t necessarily allow you to dazzle...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 22, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
While we were growing up, I’m guessing most of us had some rather interesting part-time jobs. I know I had my fair share. One of my more unusual and challenging jobs was during my senior year of high school, when I worked as an umpire. With my best friend Bob, we...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 8, 2016 | Coaching and Mentoring, irony, Public Speaking, Self Help
Years ago, I worked on a contract with the Farmer’s Home Administration to help them automate their offices. There was a lot of technical training involved, and that meant a lot of study. However, it seemed the more I studied, the more there was to know. It was a...
