Crazy Enough to Win (For Those Who Love the Game of Business)

Send us Fan Mail This is an important question society must answer.  YouTube just pulled a video from two licensed doctors who shared their protocol opinion and statistical findings about Covid-19.  These people are doctors.  Regardless of whether we believe their findings or not, should their voices be muzzled? 

Send us Fan Mail Are some people looking for an absence of risk in order to get back to work?  There is always going to be risk.  We must decide how much risk we are willing to tolerate in order to get back to work. We cannot rely on the politicized media. There is good news regarding the virus that seems to be overlooked daily.  Instead, we hear of doom and gloom.  Mostly negative headlines stoke...

Send us Fan Mail The Joe Buzzello has been in leadership for Fortune 500 Companies.  He has led large sales teams and grown businesses.  Well, Joe flunked retirement and has reentered the workforce to launch a new and unique business.  Oh, and he just published his fourth book on sales.  We discussed the pandemic, business trends, and his predictions for the economy.  We had a great time!

Send us Fan Mail Are you safe in a hotel during this pandemic?  Will you be safe in the near future?  Are you willing to travel for business?  Hotels are taking major steps to protect staff and guests.  Are you crazy enough to book a hotel room?  Discover some crazy measures hotels are implementing to keep you safe! 

Send us Fan Mail The coronavirus is an additional challenge impacting demand for energy.  We don’t know when demand will increase or how fast.  We do know, however that it will increase at some point.  What goes down must come up.  People are not going to abandon planes, trains, and automobiles.  People need plastics.  People need chemicals. 

Send us Fan Mail It is time to allow people to protect themselves from Covid-19.  We must trust the people to do what is right during a pandemic.  We must assume positive intent.  I am devastated by the sad news regarding every single death from the coronavirus. Every death has family members who are grieving and in pain. One is TOO many. However, this virus might make us the victim twice!

Send us Fan Mail We are defined by difficult moments in life.  Our response to adversity is the pivot point in life.  We can pivot to bitterness, or we can pivot to betterment.  It is our choice.  Like many others, I watched my eighteen-year business lose ninety-five percent of its revenue in less than a month.  I felt helpless to make a difference.   I felt trapped by frustration.  I was pissed o...

Send us Fan Mail Things are changing by the day with Covid-19. Sweden is taking a different approach. They are the canary in the coal mine.  What can we learn from Sweden?  How is that important to Americans?  Might Sweden hold the key to our future during this pandemic?

Send us Fan Mail Most epidemiologists believe the covid-19 virus is not going away soon.  In fact, some believe this virus will be with us long-term, like influenza.  We must go back to work at some point in the near future.  We need to pick our date to re-invade the public.  This invasion will involve risk.  We will suffer casualties.  We cannot be held hostage by this invisible enemy long-term. ...

Send us Fan Mail As Americans, we are suffering emotionally.  We are feeling this pandemic and the complex emotions that accompany the loss of normal.  We cannot go to our favorite eatery. We cannot travel.  We cannot escape reality at a movie theater.  We cannot get a simple haircut. We know we are suffering, but we may not know exactly why.  To make matters worse, we are suffering financially wi...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is about looking forward.  It not a judgment about what we have done so far.  It is not about what we are currently doing as a response to the pandemic.  I am focused on the days ahead.  Sweden is the canary in the cave.  They are testing the air to make sure it is safe for the rest of us. 

Send us Fan Mail Listen to this interview with a recent college graduate on lockdown in Houston. Learn advice for those considering a sales profession.  Discover best practices for being successful as someone new to sales. Hear tips on dealing with social isolation.  Millions of people around the world are going through this pandemic together, yet alone at the same time.

Send us Fan Mail Love will find a way.  Covid-19 has changed dating and social interactions for most people.  Others, not so much.  This hilarious account of actual interviews from people all over the world is revealing.  Humor is more important now than ever.  Enjoy this break from the reality we are all facing with coronavirus.  Have some fun!

Send us Fan Mail This ongoing crisis is defining you in the minds of your people.  Your leadership (in their eyes) is being formed like cement and will be hardened in their minds once this is over.  Crisis defines leadership or the lack there of.  We are going to experience four phases of this pandemic:  process, response, recovery and reflection. Learn how leadership impacts each phase.

Send us Fan Mail Today’s podcast is straight-up science. No political BS – no hyperbole – no exaggeration for effect.  I am going to keep the explanation simple, so we don’t bore the paint off the walls. My purpose is to give you plain and easy to understand facts about the future of this Covid-19 disease.

Send us Fan Mail Where are you putting all this toilet paper?  Under your bed?  Discover why it is a terrible idea to hoard.  Learn the psychology behind hoarding.  There is a website to crush the numbers and determine how much TP you really need.

Send us Fan Mail It’s possible to overcome a tough situation by out-of-the-box thinking.  Covid-19 is our perilous situation.  Many small businesses are not sure what they are going to do. How will we survive? How long is this going to last? I encourage you to use this time to reflect on your business. Look at this crisis as a time to reboot your business. We are often too busy to reflect on both...

Send us Fan Mail Driven employees with the capability to perform are the difference between success, existence, or failure.  Can you give someone drive?  What is the difference between drive and motivation?  Learn the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.  Take a journey into the human mind!

Send us Fan Mail   We are all grieving because of Covid-19.  Grieving our recent, normal lives, our sense of routine, our businesses, and our lack of perceived control.   I am going to share the 7 stages of grief so you can identify where you are in the process.  Next, I am going to share a message of hope from China.  Stay with me until the end.  

Send us Fan Mail Nine days after this person was born, he stopped breathing. Sadly, the doctor laid the lifeless body on the bed.  His grandmother picked him up, held his body close, and began whispering in his ear. Miraculously, he revived in her arms. Who is this person and what did he do in life?

Send us Fan Mail What are you afraid of?  What self-limiting beliefs are preventing you from going big?  Are “YOU” your own worst enemy? Is the space between your ears the problem?  This podcast is to challenge your metacognition – how you think about what you think about?  I believe you can do more, achieve more, succeed more, and be more. Are you crazy enough to go big?

Send us Fan Mail   Someone listening to this is thinking it’s too late.  I missed my window.  I blew it.  I am too old.  I should have done it long ago.  Stop that thinking.  It’s never too late to do something great.  I strongly believe life is a series of opportunities that often go unnoticed or worse not acted upon when the little nudge tickles our brain.  We are going to have a few “moon shots...

Send us Fan Mail Is there a potential silver lining to the Covid-19 virus?  Discover why humans might benefit from this outbreak. I am seeing some very positive trends that can benefit many people for years to come.

Send us Fan Mail There is one thing all brick and mortar (retail) stores can do to beat Amazon. This one thing cannot be done by Amazon...yet! Crazy retailers get it!  Most retailers are dying.  Discover the one thing successful retailers are doing to beat Amazon.

Send us Fan Mail Everyone seems to know a jerk at work, yet nobody wants to own the title.  WTH!  Are you too much of a jerk to discover your level of jerkyness?  Are you toxic at work and don't know?  If you answer yes to 5 out of 16 questions, you are the jerk at work.  Are you brave enough?  Are you crazy enough to take this test?