“If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.” — Jeff Bezos

It is a well-known fact that I wrote the book, Get Your S.H.I.P. Together- The Wealthy Travel Agent Guide to Sales. The book was first published over two and half years ago and is still a consistent best seller in its genre. Recently after years of four- and five-star reviews – I got hammered with two very negative (one-star) reviews within two days of each other. They were hateful attacks, not just on the book and how bad it sucked, how poorly it was written and that it was so thin it shouldn’t be called a book. The worst past was the attack on my integrity with the accusation that…

Today I am piggy backing off of a column I read in a New Jersey based newspaper. Written by Mark Schnurman and printed in the Sunday edition of The Star Ledger, I read this man’s ideas with genuine interest. Among the five points he made in a bulleted format was the following, and I quote:

“A manager is responsible to find each person’s trigger. Everyone has different motivators. Meet with each employee to gain greater insight into what motivates them. You do not need to be covert, but rather ask them what their key motivators and de-motivators are.”

I smiled when I read this, as I still find comfort that there is at least one other individual in America who thinks like I do. Bottom Line: Motivation…