It happens every single year. The lake effect snow that we Clevelanders know all too well, arrives with a vengeance and we act as if it’s a rare, unexpected occurrence, one for which we are wholly unprepared. We woke to a foot of overnight snow and sat, watching out the window, waiting for the snowplow to arrive to clear out the driveway. After the requisite call to the company, he finally arrived at 11 am, cleared the snow, only to...

I’m sure you read the online jokes when we changed our clocks to daylight savings time recently. No one wanted to add another minute to this year, let alone another hour. We witnessed a year of jobs lost, store shelves empty of basic necessities and food banks and Covid testing lines growing longer every day. We, along with the rest of the world, feared the unknown regarding the pandemic. Most of us can’t wait to begin 2021 with a slowdown...

A common question I am asked often is how I generate powerful ideas for content creation, marketing initiatives and successful business growth ideas. Although I’ve written on this topic ad nauseam, I have also come to realize that one of the many techniques to generate such ideas is unknown to many. Let me share this powerful technique with you: Open up your browser, launch Google.com and start typing any keywords of interest. Notice how Google fills the screen with its...

In the midst of the chaos and turbulence of the presidential election, today, we pause as a one nation, united, to honor all those who have served our country this Veteran’s Day. World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary...

As 2020 is coming to a close and as I was reviewing this year’s lessons, I’ve come to realize the following crucial business lessons: Setting one goal a month will generate 12 of them a year. Imagine what would happen if we set 3 goals per day. That is equal to 1095 goals per year!   Taking massive action towards our goals is the secret sauce to remarkable success. Executing our daily tasks and initiatives with passion, energy, enthusiasm and...

Leslie Stahl, a veteran journalist for 60 minutes, interviewed president Donald Trump for her weekly broadcast. Following its airing, she received death threats for which she is now receiving round the clock security protection. She joins the ranks of Ohio’s now resigned, Health Director, Dr. Amy Acton, and renowned infectious disease director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who also receive physical protection after receiving death threats for speaking truth about the current situation facing our nation. Our son in law recently preached...

If you’ve been following my writing and content publishing over the years you probably have noticed my use of lists. I have to admit that I love numeric or bulleted lists. So, in the spirit of such lists, here are the 10 reasons why I recommend you create these lists and why they rock: They make your items and content stand out They are easy to follow and simplify the steps need taking   They are great for the purpose...

I am a naturalized US citizen, having been born and raised in Israel to parents, who themselves, emigrated to Israel from Poland and Russia following World War II. My parents were fluent speakers of many languages; my mother’s native tongue was Polish and my father’s, Russian. But living in a newly created state comprised of refugees and immigrants from all over the world, it seemed like a mini tower of babel with all the languages that I heard growing up....

I find questions to be a critical tool to evaluate where I am and where I should go. Yet, I have also learned that asking the wrong question will surely lead me in the wrong direction and outcome. Here are 12 tough questions that help me, and my clients stay the course and increase success:  What scares you or even paralyzes you from taking massive action towards your goals? What makes you feel alive that creates happiness and enthusiasm to...

Here are some of my weekly insights that I hope are of great value to you: Identify your next innovation and take massive action towards its achievement. When people attend your sessions, it demonstrates their desire to level up their game and how they can impact others. It may also express their lack of happiness with their current success.   Devote and focus your energy on the things you are most passionate about that produce the highest levels of energy...