Last week, Richard Earls had a great column (go ahead…click the link and read…I’ll wait) about problems faced by his various businesses throughout his career. The end result was that they always seemed to come back to him. And he’s good with it. One sentence struck me, “When you blame others, you give up a powerful force for change: yourself.”  13 simple words with some powerful meaning. And then I began to think.

Many years ago, I was listening to a keynote speaker discussing how to handle problems when they come your way. It was so long ago, that I cannot remember if it was a travel related conference, or just a personal growth type of event, but his message still resonates with me today;…

The question "<em>What do you want?" can sometimes be one of the most difficult to answer. It's an odd psychological quirk we often find it far easier to say what we don't want.

So let's consider this: What do you want for your travel practice?

If we don't articulate what we want, we tend to not visualize our objectives very well. As a result, we end up settling for what we get and not knowing the difference.  It's time to be clear with…

Today’s message may very well be a repeat, but it is worth a second pass just the same. It reminds us how important “persistence” is and the logic in continuing to do what works.

Although "do-overs" or mulligans are more closely associated with sports, there is certainly time and rationale for "do-agains" when it comes to…