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Ok, afternoon quick question. I want to know what you have heard for worst sales pitches. Lately I’ve noticed at Walgreen’s that if I go in to buy….I dunno….band-aids, the cashier will say something like, “Do you need any chocolates to go with that?” Now that I think of it, yes, chocolates are a great

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Thom Carlin. Thom’s position on Dave’s team, as our Shipping Leader, was gained from experiences that have included receiving and maintaining inventory for a local Nashville grocery chain; being responsible for everything relating to the mail room for a health care company; right up to finding himself in

Today is the last day of EntreLeadership taught by me here in Nashville. (ECL) Let me say that we have ANOTHER fabulous group. Between sessions, there have been some incredible questions. Like, “If I don’t have the culture I want with behavior, attitude, and work ethic, how do I go back and fix that?” Or,

I recently taught EntreLeadership principles for the National HealthCare Corporation’s annual convention. A great group of people who provide all of the food services for a ton of nursing homes. Before I took the stage, they performed a skit that portrayed a letter they received from a nursing home patient. In it she talked about

Jon Acuff is the author of Stuff Christians Like (blog and book), as well as his new book Quitter. (Of which, I am giving away 50 copies. Read below.) He’s also a member of the Dave Ramsey team. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Nashville, Tennessee,. I have the privilege of speaking

The Leadership Spotlight continues this week with Kraig McNutt. Kraig has 16 years of experience in eMarketing. He started his own internet consulting group, led Humana’s internet marketing strategy and then joined Dave’s team in 2000. CLo: What is your role in leadership? KM : I am VP of eBusiness for Dave Ramsey and have been

While vacationing in California, I was able to take a really nice tour of a fruit producer’s farm. It was absolutely incredible because the farm is what’s called Bio Dynamic. This takes farming to a whole new level — or actually, an old one. The way they did it when there weren’t chemicals. And, this

Excellent requests by Chris Johnston sent to me on Twitter. Team goal setting was actually a common request so I answered it in…wait for it…Setting Team Goals. If you have a team, team goal setting is a great way of getting everybody headed in the same direction. Without it, you’re kinda herding cats. You can

Continuing with some incredible leadership insight, I learned from General McCMcChrystal’s D talk: in Leadership Wisdom From Four-Star General Stanley McChrystal, I shared how important it is to train your team for battle and ensure they come alive. The need for that was only made more apparent to me when he shared the following story: “I

I am a huge supporter of our military! I praise God for our men and women who fight daily to keep us safe. While I bite my tongue when I hear people make a lot of comments, not so much when they say something about our troops. If I’m having a bad day, I try