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...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 18, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
Part 2 – Who Are You? Who is your favorite actor? I’ve always been a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. Watch him in a movie and I can assure you, he’ll make you believe in whatever character he is playing. Coincidently, he’s famous for the intensity in which he...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 4, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
Part 1 – Making People Believe Although I’ve now spent over thirty years in front of audiences, it wasn’t until my junior year in high school when I first took to the stage. I was fortunate to have an amazing teacher and director, Rob Ramoy, who one day stopped...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 10, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Self Help
I’m a details man and that’s how I like to think of myself. Some might refer to me as a bit obsessive, while others might call me a pain in the neck. Guilty as charged. However, at the end of the day, I’m kind of proud of any of those names you might want to call...
by Rob Jolles | Sep 20, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Self Help, success
Something curious happened a few weeks ago that most of my social network either didn’t notice, or didn’t care about. Unbeknownst to me, my social media consultant sent out a request to “Like” me. I was not asked, and if I had been, I would not have given...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 23, 2013 | Corporate Communications, irony, Motivation, Self Help
When it comes to true friendship, there is almost no truer or closer friend than my cousin Steve. We’re virtually the same age, and we have been more like brothers since, well, since either of us can remember. We played together when we were very little, we had...
