Why Not to Ask Why I don’t know if this has ever happened to you… Have you ever watched an engaging meeting, full of progress, turn on a dime to being consumed with defensiveness, frustration, and disengagement? Have you ever noticed that during an otherwise civil discussion, the conversation quickly turned hostile and contentious? When you look back […]
There’s No Crying in Baseball It’s one of my favorite times of the year… Little League Baseball tournament time. As you may know, one of my hobbies is umpiring for these 11 to 13 year old kids. (Yes, that’s me punching #6 out at third. –> ) It’s a terrific experience to be that close to the action. […]
As you may know because I occasionally mention it in my presentations, it has always been a dream of mine to get onto ESPN. Well, the time has come for the dream to come true. I have the honor of being selected to umpire in the Little League Southwest Regional in Waco, TX. You should be able to […]
Don’t be a Limp Tree Have you ever heard of Biosphere 2 and its limp trees? Biosphere 2 was a structure built to be an artificial closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona USA. Constructed between 1987 and 1989, it was used to research and develop self-sustaining space-colonization technology. Researchers wanted to see if and how people could live and […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 8 Becoming an Ambivert April 2014 Have you ever heard anyone say, “That’s just the way I am?” Do you occassionally use that line? In past decades and centuries, it was believed that your personality is set by a certain age and there’s really nothing you can do about it. […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 7 Funny Lessons from the Rodeo March 2014 Well, it’s rodeo time here in Houston and that’s a pretty big deal around here. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest volunteer organization in Houston. There are 108 committees and over 28,500 volunteers. There is over $2MM dollars in […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 5 Creating Your Opportunities February 2014 William James once wrote, “All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits.” In last month’s newsletter, we discussed habits. We talked about how resolution means “re-solving” and that if we developed a good habit in the […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 4 Happy New Year!! Can you believe that it’s 2014 already? It’s the start of a new year and many of us will reflect on what we’ve done in 2013 and look forward to 2014. Some of us may even set what we call New Year’s resolutions. In this month’s […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 3 Be Where You Are December 2013 Occassionally on Wednesday evenings, I will meet my friends at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in Houston, TX to take in some live music. It’s usually a terrific musician/singer named Patrice Pike who is there. A couple of weeks ago she sang a song that […]
Welcome to Break Free Consulting 832-886-6452 Vol 8, Issue 2 Symphonic Leadership (Selling)November 2013 What percentage of your work involves persuading, influencing and convincing others to give up something they value for something you have? (Isn’t this what leadership is about?) Daniel Pink in his book, To Sell is Human, says that the average response to that question is […]