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If a client tells you they’re going crazy, should you call 911?

October 3, 2018 by David Martin Leave a Comment

Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash

Mel asked me to meet him for a drink at an out-of-the-way dive bar. He wanted to talk away from the office where people wouldn’t overhear us.

After a quick hello, he jumped right into why he wanted to talk.

“Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure. What’s up?”
“Do you think I’m losing it? I’m beginning to think I must be crazy.”…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Confidence, Influence, New Thinking, Resilience, Success

Her window of opportunity closed in 3.9 seconds

April 7, 2017 by David Martin 2 Comments

Last Friday night, Morgan William from Mississippi State caught the basketball at mid-court with 3.9 seconds left in a tie game. Her window of opportunity opened and closed in less time than it took you to read this paragraph.

Her story is one that can inspire and instruct every one of us who wants to make our dent in the Universe.…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Confidence, Goals, High Performance, Impact Player, Mastery, Resilience, Success

He didn’t know any better, and he paid for it.

March 9, 2017 by David Martin 6 Comments

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Cooper (aka, Coop) is a strapping 16 year-old kid who just didn’t know any better.

His ONE DREAM is to play college basketball. Okay, in full disclosure, he also seems to dream about Mexican food pretty often.

He knew the first step to his big dream was to play high school basketball. And he wanted to be ready.

He logged thousands of hours of practice and play through 8th grade. Thousands.…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Goals, High Performance, Mastery, New Thinking, Resilience, Success, Underdog Tagged With: basketball, champions, confidence, courage, goal setting, goals, internal motivators, mindset, motivation, resilience, stretch goals, talents, underdog

We manufacture good luck!

November 3, 2016 by David Martin Leave a Comment

Cubs curse of the billy goat

You thought you were having a bad day?
What’s your worst day look like? You’re 3 months behind on your most important project with only 1 month until the deadline? You just caused a 3 car pile up and you found out you let your insurance policy lapse by 1 day?

It might even feel like you’re cursed.…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Goals, High Performance, Resilience, Success

He wins championships by picking losers

October 13, 2016 by debbieb Leave a Comment

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The Chicago Cubs’ success carries great news for you. What can you gain? More wins and a larger fan base.

But it might appear too risky. You decide.

The Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908. This year, they’re the favorites to win it all.

Full disclosure: I’m a lifelong Cubs fan, but this post is written for you, even if you don’t like the Cubs or baseball…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Resilience, Success Tagged With: adversity, champions, Chicago Cubs, resilience

When this guy talks, nobody moves

September 22, 2016 by David Martin 2 Comments

Scott Mann TEDx

Could you boil your best life’s insights into 18 minutes? That’s what you’re expected to do in a TED talk.

Lt. Colonel Scott Mann, Green Beret (retired), is one of the most impressive human beings I’ve met. An amazing leader and teacher in combat and civilian life.

Scott just condensed some of his hard earned lessons into a TEDx talk. I think you’ll want to put them into action.…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Goals, High Performance, Impact Player, Influence, Resilience, Success, Underdog Tagged With: challenge mindset, champions, confidence, courage, goals, Green Beret, influencing strategy, mindset, motivation, resilience, self-talk, stretch goals, underdog

How resilient would YOU have been?

May 9, 2016 by David Martin Leave a Comment

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I just watched a 30-second video clip of a most bizarre ending to a high school softball game.

These 30 seconds provide a fantastic hyper-speed-tutorial in resilience that applies to every leader who ever plans to do something great.

Whenever you stretch for a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG), obstacles, failures and surprises are mandatory.

The BHAG for both softball teams was winning their District Championship. Finesse and talent is rarely the differentiator between winners and losers.

What separates the wishers from the winners is how they recover from the inevitable setback, aka, resilience.

Resilience has at least two dimensions that matter:…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Confidence, High Performance, Impact Player, Resilience Tagged With: confidence, resilience, success

A love song gone wrong. What song is running your business?

April 25, 2016 by David Martin 8 Comments

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Today, Jose is a thriving college sophomore and a dear friend, one of the most wise and resilient people I know. He was once a Little Brother I mentored. I share his story with full permission.

We met when Jose was 12.
He could barely read or do math. He had just started selling drugs in a gang.

But those challenges were minimal compared to what almost destroyed him: the Mexican love song. …[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Confidence, New Thinking, Resilience

Do you give divorce gifts? My friend did.

March 28, 2016 by David Martin Leave a Comment

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I’m re-gifting a valuable gift from a friend.
When I went through a divorce many years ago, I fought hard to avoid the chaos and public humility I was anticipating.

I felt like a pathetic failure.
I holed myself up in a friend Virgil’s apartment in Chicago hoping the world wouldn’t notice if I just disappeared. I’m sure I looked pretty foolish trying to hide and hold everything together rather than move toward my next phase of life.

Perhaps you’ve tried this move once or twice, yourself? If you’ve ever fallen on your face publicly, you know what I’m talking about.…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: New Thinking, Resilience, Transition Tagged With: challenge mindset, mindset, self-talk, transition

March Madness Champs – Do you share their key predictor of success?

March 14, 2016 by David Martin Leave a Comment

resilience is key to winning

March Madness is upon us. Even if you don’t like basketball, you can turn it into your own leadership development self-study program.

Don’t you see a bit of yourself in those courageous athletes?…[Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Resilience, Underdog Tagged With: champions, courage, march madness, muscles, resilience, talents, underdog, win

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 David sets very high standards of performance for himself and his clients. He has a very engaging style, listens acutely and devises action steps that are built around current business needs. It’s the results that matter. During the time David spent with me and my team, my region earned the honor of ‘Most Improved’ in our first year, a top third ranking in our second year, and a National Performance Award as the fifth region in the nation in our final year! 

Jeff Holland
Regional Vice President, GlaxoSmithKline

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CFO, Media General, Inc.

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Head of Decision Sciences, Vertex Business Services

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