by Mark Edge | Apr 16, 2024 | Employee Productivity
What motivated Dr. Phil to go into the field of psychology? Football. Let me explain. When Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil) was twelve years old and living in Oklahoma City, he played on a local football team. That team had the best facilities, equipment, and uniforms. The...
by Mark Edge | Apr 12, 2024 | Employee Productivity
The talk show host, Dick Cavett, once said that you cannot give entertainment and receive adoration at the same time. Giving entertainment requires work. Receiving adulation is passive. No one worked harder than the Beatles to generate quality songwriting and...
by Mark Edge | Apr 5, 2024 | Employee Productivity
Forty years ago, I was assigned a book to read. The name of the book was How to Sell Anything to Anybody. The author’s name was Joe Girard, supposedly the world’s greatest salesman. I have no idea whether he was or not, but he wrote something that has...
by Mark Edge | Mar 28, 2024 | Employee Productivity
An old anonymous story goes like this. A farmer was sitting on the steps of his ramshackle place when a stranger approached, asking for a drink of water. Seeking to make conversation, the stranger asked, “How’s your wheat coming along?” “Didn’t plant none,” answered...
by Mark Edge | Mar 22, 2024 | Employee Productivity
I have a confession to make. I like to exaggerate. “No!” You may be saying to yourself. “Not you, Mark.” Yeah, I do. I bet I’ve exaggerated over 40 million times during my life. Oops, I did it again. A lot of my embellishment stems from enthusiasm. I am highly...
by Mark Edge | Mar 7, 2024 | Employee Productivity
Have you ever known in your heart that you could perform your job well if you were allowed only to have someone with authority impede you? Have you ever believed yourself qualified to do a job and yet frustrated because those who had the power to hire you did not...
