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February 10, 2011

Cydcor Sets ‘Gold’ Standard for AT&T Inc. in Solution Provider Program

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Cydcor, the industry leader in outsourced face-to-face sales, received the highest accolade in AT&T Inc.’s 2010 Solution Provider Champions program, which recognizes excellence in service to one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies and its customers. In awarding Cydcor with the “gold” designation,  AT&T recognized the long-time partner’s consistent ability to maintain training competencies and demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing customers with premium solutions and service. “I’m proud that Cydcor’s team members seek creative, […]

February 8, 2011

The Tortoise Wins Super Bowl MVP

Aaron Rodgers, the Super Bowl MVP, is an example of the tortoise beating the hare.  Rodgers was not recruited by any Division I universities.  He had to start his college career at an obscure junior college.  Cal was recruiting a tight end at that junior college when they happened to notice Rodgers.  They gave a scholarship to both players.  But Rodgers was not the reason why they made the recruiting visit. After a stellar career at Cal, experts predicted that […]

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

How many of us have had days where we can’t quite see eye to eye with anyone? A fight with our spouse or kids. A confrontation with the boss or a coworker. A business deal gone sour. In my experience, it often boils down to communication or rather, poor communication. We talk at or over each other. Or if we can’t get a word in edgewise, we bide our time to interject our opinions and tit-for-tat responses. Or in anger […]

February 1, 2011

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

In business and in life, we talk a lot about winning in the context of competition or contests—of beating others to show we’re better at something. Winning means that someone else loses. It’s a “zero sum game.” While a “win-lose” proposition has its time and place, I’ve found that most situations require a different approach. I recall something Coach John Wooden, a great man and influence in my life, once said: “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.” Sure, winning […]

December 22, 2010

New Year – New Habits To Keep

New Year‘s is a time to reflect on things we want (or need) to change, from getting fit or quitting smoking to getting a better job or spending more time with family. It’s a time to replace bad habits with good ones and to follow through on them. How many of us, however, have made our resolutions with the best of intentions, only to break them weeks or months later? Perhaps more urgent matters crop up that consume our energies, […]

December 13, 2010

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

“To Begin with the End in Mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” The second habit of effectiveness, “Begin with the End in Mind,” is a favorite of mine. Covey points out how easy it is to get caught up in climbing the ladder of success only […]

November 22, 2010

Being Proactive about Habit 1 – Be Proactive

There are a lot of aspects to Habit 1, Be Proactive.  The most important aspect to me is that “if there is a will, there is a way;” whatever I need to improve about myself, I can with discipline and humbleness. Constant self-improvement has been vital for me to be successful in my business and personal life.  I had to improve on a lot of things.  Many of them were quite hard. Initially, my biggest obstacle was my speech.  I […]

November 15, 2010

Revisiting The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

My copy of Stephen R. Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is signed by the author and constantly referenced. Most noticeable is that it is dog-eared, and well worn,—a sign not of neglect, but rather of its indispensability and enduring appeal over the years. I find its ideas as relevant and meaningful today, as when they were first introduced over 20 years ago. One passage in particular always strikes a chord: “…[I]f you want to have a happy […]

November 8, 2010

Are we making the same mistake as Winnie the Pooh?

The book begins, “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin.  It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is a another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.  And then he feels perhaps there isn’t.” When I read this seventeen years ago to my daughter, I thought “I am […]

October 18, 2010

Chile’s miners—free at last

Rescue efforts for the 33 men trapped in Chile’s San Jose Mine have come to a triumphant close with the recovery of the last miner, Luis Alberto Urzua, the 54-year-old foreman credited with helping the men survive 17 days before they were discovered. Their 69-day ordeal—the longest entrapment in human history—is finally over. I marvel at how the world has united behind these brave men and the Chileans determined to save them. Live video from within the mine and hourly […]