Author Archives: DocShellie
Giving credit for success
If you’re a football fan, and perhaps, even if you’re not a football fan, you know that Reggie Bush, for the first time in his career, rushed for over 1,000 yards in the regular football season for the Miami Dolphins. … Continue reading
Assumptions…
I have always been fascinated by human behavior. Sometimes I’m intrigued, sometimes I’m fascinated, and sometimes I’m dumb-founded! Today, this morning, I was dumb-founded (I actually wrote this in October and just found it in my draft file). Here’s my … Continue reading
Success smells like…
I had a phone conversation today with a man who is looking for a coach and has interviewed several people because he’s looking for, in his words, “somebody awesome to work with.” The conversation was pretty typical for a coaching … Continue reading
What’s your story?
I attended a networking event today and during the introduction period, we were asked to answer the question: “Why do you do what you do?” I have to say, many people where underwhelming in their statements of why they do … Continue reading
Get Organized Using the 3 D’s…
Today my time management skills were tested when I conducted a 10-minute workshop on time management! I actually finished with 30 seconds to spare. Anyway, some of what I talked about in the workshop, I thought I’d share here… You all … Continue reading
Perspective
Sometimes people get so close to their own issues, their own experiences, their own circumstances, and their own problems that they completely lose perspective. Sometimes the lost perspective results in taking your eye off your goals, sometimes it causes you to focus so much on … Continue reading
Strengths and Talents
Would you agree that you have strengths and you have weaknesses? Everyone does, whether they want to admit it or not is an entirely different story! I am a big believer in identifying your strengths and weakness and focusing on the strengths. The only time I suggest working … Continue reading
Common Courtesy
A woman contacted me on the premise of telling me she read some of my articles posted on a leadership blog I write for and wanted to discuss them. So she calls me and the very first thing out of her … Continue reading
Facing Giants
This clip is about 6 minutes long…the impact it leaves is well worth the time invested. Do your words and attitudes limit the length you will go to achieve your goals? Do you quite before you even try to start? … Continue reading
Being Underestimated
A recurring theme I’ve noticed in recent conversations and even on television is on the topic of underestimating people and underestimating yourself. It really started during a conversation with a youth baseball league coach who commented on how many parents … Continue reading