With earnings reports posting for many companies we watch, I re-balanced our stock portfolio leaning more heavily on dividend-paying stocks. It occurred to me that investment is an apt metaphor for a balanced life. Investment is about knowledge, time, and risk just like life. Balance ensures that you get the most value out of your […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/01/2017
Happy New Year! Last year, 2016 was a challenging year with some notable achievements sprinkled among big changes. My biggest challenge was learning to allow. Openness to the process and the opportunities that present themselves resulted in a path very different from that which I had envisioned at the beginning of the year. My yearly […]
MAWMonday Motivators 03/06/2016
“You have to want it.” I tell my toughest clients like Sean (Robin Williams) in that pivotal scene in the movie Good Will Hunting. “I do want it. But…” they respond. “You have to want it.” I keep my face stern communicating the consistency and certainty of purpose needed to achieve. “Dr. Wright, I do […]
Building a Brand: Seeking Investment or Selling to Cash Out
#BusinessTip #Tuesday Here is the part of the branding cycle where you actually make money. You have at least two choices in this stage of brand development: seek investment to expand the bounds of the brand or seek to sell the brand to another firm. Both options have advantages. Ultimately, the decision is made on ownership, legacy, […]
Rebuilding Trust: An Outline
Rebuilding #Trust requires two skills that you may have been taught NOT to apply to people: #Judgement and #Risk — Dr Michael theMentor (@MAWMedia) June 25, 2014 Rebuilding #Trust: Judgment is a determination between #investment and #charity. Former has returns. Latter has none. — Dr Michael theMentor (@MAWMedia) June 25, 2014 Rebuilding #Trust: […]