The Power of Color

Don’t Stop Short of The Final Hurdle

Have you been working towards something you want to achieve and do you feel at times like giving up? Do you wonder if it will ever happen? Perhaps you feel frustrated or fed up and this can stop you in your tracks.

Dealing With Tough Customers

Several years ago, I did some consulting work for the sales organization of a large pharmaceutical company. These people were very concerned with the fact that one of their new products wasn't selling very well. The product was a timed-release patch for managing pain that was used by chemotherapy patients. This product was an alternative to morphine and their clinical studies showed that it was…

Zig Ziglar On Following Your Star

Wilma Rudolph had an absolute passion for running . . . even though at age four she contracted polio and her left leg began to atrophy. Doctors thought she would never walk again, but her family didn't give up on her. Nor did Wilma. With the aid of a brace and orthopedic shoe, she slowly started to walk, even though she had been bedridden and…

Eight Sources of Negotiating Power and How to Get More

Negotiating power plays a major role in every type of negotiation, whether it's a labor negotiation, political negotiation, or a buy-sell negotiation. Both the buyer and the seller have power in a negotiation. Power is each side's perception of its strength or weakness in comparison to the other. This perception of power affects the ability of each party to achieve its own goals. The more…

Zig Ziglar On Age

The 1828 Noah Webster dictionary defines old as "outgrown usefulness; belonging to the past; shabby; stale." I can't imagine that you would lay claim to any of these adjectives concerning the way you feel about life.