Strengths Chat - Alan Plutzik

My guest this week on Strengths Chat is Alan Plutzik, a trial lawyer in the San Francisco area.

Alan compares his work in very large class action litigation to his life-long passion for the game of chess – where strategy, skill and flexibility are necessary elements for success.

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Fine-tuning your focus

Whether you are a captain of industry, wielding the helm of a multi-national mega-corp; or, a solo-professional entrepreneur, wielding a broom in your spare time just to make cash-flow — you could be your own worst competition.

With all the competitive forces taking aim at the big red circle on your back, you can’t afford

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Strengths Chat - Curtis Yates

My guest this week on Strengths Chat is Curtis Yates, an attorney with Yates & Yates in Orange County CA.

Curtis has a great story about he came to know he should follow his father’s footsteps and become a lawyer. Doing so was something he never thought he’d want to do – but now it’s

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How distinctive are you?

Collapse of Distinction – Scott McKain Thomas Nelson

In an age when mom & pops are shivering in the shadow of mega-retailers, local cafes are being gobbled up by corporate food palaces and independent hardware dealers are being hammered by category-killers, Scott McKain’s The Collapse of Distinction is an actionable guide to creating the differentiation

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Won’t you stay? Just a little bit longer.

Have you ever pulled into your driveway and just sat in the car, listening on the radio to hear the end of your favorite song?

When was the last time you ordered dessert and coffee at a restaurant so you could linger a while longer in your favorite restaurant?

These are examples of something that

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