Your Life Goals Are Your Choice

Your personal goals are important to you and unlike things, no one can hand you goals or achieve them for you. No one feels your feelings or experiences your dreams. No one can live your life or be your career. They are yours to earn and are part of you.

This is why it is so important to ask yourself what you want in life. After you decide, ask yourself how you will bring your desires to reality. Turn your ...

United Untied

Little things count. United Air Lines experienced this painful reality as it went into damage control over a case of a damaged guitar. About a year ago, passenger Dave Carroll pursued an unsuccessful bid to get United to take responsibility for his broken Taylor guitar. The abuse was pointed out by another passenger on his flight who witnessed the baggage handlers in mid-destruction. Seeking relief, Dave did wha...

Ask for the Discount You Want.

You could walk into a furniture store, pay retail and be very happy. Or you could be like Marie, who walked into a furniture store, asked for a discount and went home very happy.

This story begins about a year ago when Marie went to the furniture store and purchased two end tables for her living room. Later on she purchased a few accent items. Recently, she wandered in again and was pleased to see the matching ...

6 Car Buying Questions You Must Ask Yourself

For years I worked at car dealerships in both sales and finance where You Don't Ask, You Don't Get applied to our agency as much as it did our customers. Before you buy your next car, ask yourself these six questions:

A good salesperson asks for the sale after value has been established. As the consumer, you will part with your money for a fair trade.

When you ask for something you are like a salesperson. You have to establish value equal to what you hope to get in return in order to set up a fair deal. Your deal may not involve money, per se, but will include something the other person wants. It could be a ride to the m...

Why ask?

You have the ability to enrich your life and the lives of others by asking for what you want. This may sound simple, yet many of you - for various reasons - do not ask. You get what you want by giving another something they want. The more value you give, the more you get in return. I will show you how you can create these win-win situations without spending a lot of extra time, money or effort. It's true and it works! In this blog I will share proven communication techniques. You will learn h...