by Rob Jolles | Nov 11, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
It’s certainly no secret that I perform for a living. Sometimes I perform keynotes, and sometimes longer seminars and workshops. Sometimes I perform as a coach, and sometimes as a consultant. Sometimes I even perform just talking on the phone. By the way, so do...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 4, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Self Help
I’m not one who shares in the joy of seeing the highlights of other people’s trips. I didn’t like watching the slides from my relative’s trips when I was little, didn’t like Super 8 movies when I was a teenager, didn’t like the VHS vacation tapes as a younger adult,...
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...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 21, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
I was conducting a program in Denver last week, and the concept of “thinking outside the box” came up. It’s an overused phrase. It is astounding how many people think they’re operating “outside the box” when, in fact, they are stuck in their prison of familiarity. ...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 14, 2011 | Motivation, Self Help
It’s amazing how many people pass through our lives in a lifetime. To quote a saying from the Grapes of Wrath, “some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain’t nice, but that’s as far as any man got a right to say.” But I do want to say a little more because...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 7, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
There’s no sugarcoating it: The most challenging part of the job of a salesperson, a parent, or of anyone who wants to persuade, is to ask the more difficult questions. These are the questions that are sometimes referred to as “pain” questions. If you spend two...
