by Rob Jolles | Sep 18, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, irony, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
Let’s face it, we’ve been raised with the idea that “more” is better, and if you really want to see this concept play out in all its glory, watch someone try to persuade another. What takes place is fairly predictable. I’m a huge fan of questions, but at some point in...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 21, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Sales Training, Self Help
As a society, we just don’t seem to like silence! We’ll do just about anything to avoid it. We’ll spend countless hours preparing for conversations, just to make sure there won’t be any uncomfortable silences. We’ll talk when we have nothing to say. We’ll even throw...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 7, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Self Help
Let me begin by saying that I am not much of a golfer. I’ve just never had the time to work on my golfing skills. When business was strong, I had no time to play. When business was not strong, why would I have been out playing golf? But I have played the game, and at...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 26, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
I have been accused of being, well, a bit quirky. I am a big fan of routine, and I have a long list of things I do in a repeatable manner. When I exercise, I swim a certain number of laps. I run a certain number of miles, and I do spinning and elliptical workouts the...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 12, 2015 | Public Speaking, Self Help
Humor comes easily to me. Maybe it’s because I used to watch, obsessively, old time comedians like Jerry Lewis, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, George Carlin, Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, and Milton Berle, to name a few. Maybe it’s just how I’m genetically programmed....
by Rob Jolles | May 29, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Public Speaking, Self Help
I’m not crazy about Matthew Broderick: I loved him in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, but who didn’t?! Thirteen years ago, I was in the audience of a Broadway performance of the musical “The Producers.” He was performing one of the lead roles. It turns out that some...
