What Is Trust and Understanding? If you were to ask me if I had any career regrets, I’d say it took me too long to realize the following: A successful team can accomplish more than any one person. So how do you define a successful team? I define it as one that provides long-term growth. Over the years, I’ve learned the […]

Have you ever felt trapped in a situation that you wanted desperately to get out of? Perhaps your problem was related to work, family, or a particular relationship. While you wanted your circumstances to change, you didn’t know where to start. In my case, before I started my current business, I found myself unhappy and stressed out.   Meanwhile, I […]

You’ve probably heard someone described as “having a big ego.” Ego in this case refers to a person’s sense of self. People with big egos think highly of themselves. Consider famous politicians, celebrities, and pro-athletes. Don’t many of them fit this description?   But I use the word ego in a different way. For me, the ego is the combination […]

Have you ever thought you were a big deal, only to realize how unexceptional you really were? It happened to me.   I was attending an annual meeting that brought together our company’s national sales force. At the time, I was proud of my professional accomplishments: I had built my own sales team, was well respected by my colleagues, and […]

If respect doesn’t exist between you and your mentor, then mentorship isn’t really taking place. In this example, mentorship is a useless description of your relationship. So what is respect? In the process of establishing my business, I’ve learned that mentorship done right requires a particular type of respect. I call it ssagaji, which is originally a Korean word and […]