Listen Before You Speak

One of the challenges many people face in business relationships is their ability to listen to their partners. The brain can listen to people at a rate of 125-250 words per minute but thinks of 1,000-3,000 words per minute. So, instead of listening, we are often thinking about what we want to say next, or…

The Marketing Bully

We’ve all heard of the playground bully.  The kid who walks around terrorizing the other kids, typically ones that are smaller than him or her.  There are numerous movies out there with this character like in “A Christmas Story” and “Stand By Me.”  The feeling a playground bully likes to prey on is fear.  Fear…