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Do you have criminal character?
How bad can a lack of integrity affect your life? On a warm day in early November, I heard the sound of chainsaws in my neighbor’s yard, so I wandered outside to find that he had hired a company to cut down some trees. One of the tree cutters was cutting limbs halfway up a […]
Do you have Christmas morning customer service?
I love getting packages in the mail or from FedEx or UPS. Tell me you don’t feel the same way. You see the delivery truck pull up to your house and there’s just a touch more excitement in your life, isn’t there? And when the driver steps out of his vehicle with that box and […]
Celebrating Hidden Kindness
Tell me, what do Tom Hiddleston, Emma Thompson, Kelly Clarkson, Tessa Thompson, and James Earl Jones have in common? Sure, they’re all hugely successful celebrities, but what else? What would they have in common with Philippe Petit (the French high-wire artist who became famous for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers at the World […]
But Don’t Take My Word For It
I could sit here and tell you about how much fun we have at my events, or I could step away from the microphone and let my clients have their say!
Life and death leadership
This might be one of the most important leadership lessons I’ve ever learned or communicated. But first, let me ask you a question. Is tearing up a bird’s nest an act of cruelty or kindness? Last year my wife and I noticed a couple of birds flying up to the dryer exhaust vent above the […]
It’s a Wonderful Life Leadership Lesson
If you haven’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life, stop what you’re doing right now and go watch it. Then call your parents and ask them why they omitted this crucial piece of awesomeness from your upbringing. I watch it every year and, if the other members of my family are to be believed, I always […]
Monday Motivation-Grab a hammer a build a boat
“Instead of waiting for your ship to come in, grab a hammer and build a boat.” Charles Marshall © 2007 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from Shattering the Glass Slipper; Destroying Fairy-Tale Thinking Before It Destroys You
Monday Motivation-To choose a path
“To choose a path is to choose its destination.” Charles Marshall © 2007 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from Shattering the Glass Slipper; Destroying Fairy-Tale Thinking Before It Destroys You
Monday Motivation-Unless dreams are transformed
“Unless dreams are transformed into something else entirely, they will always remain just dreams.” Charles Marshall © 2007 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from Shattering the Glass Slipper; Destroying Fairy-Tale Thinking Before It Destroys You