Archive for the ‘Personal Improvement’ Category
Director’s Choice Sales Training
January 20th, 2010 by Patrick Connor
Last week, the sales team at Director’s Choice Tour & Travel began the process of learning Buying Facilitation® with it’s creator Sharon Drew Morgen. Our five day face-to-face training was the beginning of a 9 week training/coaching program designed to incorporate Ms. Morgen’s decision-facilitation paradigm into our sales and service methodology.
Without a doubt, the [...]
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Great Reading
September 22nd, 2009 by Patrick Connor
Over the last 10 years, I have bounced back and forth from periods where I love who-done-it fiction, to times where I enjoy reading about business and self-improvement. A few weeks ago, I turned my attention from the latest Dean Koontz novel towards the topic of communication (specifically verbal business/group communication).
Unlike some other topics to [...]
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Joie de vivre
August 11th, 2009 by Patrick Connor
For the 3rd time in 12 years, I took off work early today to play golf. This was my first round in months, and…
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In January our entire family decided to take golf lessons at golfTec. To this point, it has been a great experience! Bobbie [...]
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Improving My Productivity (and lowering my stress)
May 14th, 2009 by Patrick Connor
A few weeks ago, while on tour in New York, I purchased and started reading Getting Things Done (GTD). In this book, David Allen presents a simple and system-oriented approach to reducing stress and improving your personal workflow. Upon my return home, I invested the approximately 20 hours required to reset my office and computer [...]
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