This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You … [Read more...]
“Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves” by Adam Penenberg
October 13, 2011 By
Byron Katie, You Can Change Your Story
October 3, 2011 By
I have long been a big believer that the stories we tell ourselves can either empower us, or disable us (that notion was one of my earliest blog postings on this site). After spending a weekend at nearby Kripalu Center (Lenox, MA) learning from the fabulous Byron Katie, I am an even bigger believer. For over twenty-five years, Byron Katie has been teaching people to do the "work" and helping people to uncover stories that are disabling them. Having read her books, I … [Read more...]
Making Room for Better in Your Life
August 28, 2011 By
Recently, I made the difficult decision to part ways with an important client. For me, parting ways with a client is never easy. I pour my heart into a client and strive diligently to help them to accelerate their success. I take great pride in having an average client tenure of well over five years for the clients I have had since opening my firm fifteen years ago. I try to choose my clients very carefully. But. sometimes I miss in understanding what the real objectives … [Read more...]
“The Third Screen: Marketing to Your Customers in a World Gone Mobile” by Chuck Martin
June 22, 2011 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
“Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible” by Daniel Burrus, John David Mann
April 27, 2011 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
“Survival Is Not Enough” by Seth Godin
February 13, 2011 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
“I Live in the Future & Here Is How It Works” by Nick Bilton
October 13, 2010 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
Why Tweet?
July 12, 2010 By
Although there a number of professionals and executives who do use Twitter, the vast majority not only don't use it, but consider any professional who does use Twitter a curiosity, if not an oddity. I wish I had a dollar for every professional who has asked why I waste my time with Twitter (and the other social media sites). My reason for trying Twitter (and other social media sites) is simple. My consulting clients expect me to be knowledgeable about what is going … [Read more...]
6 Steps to Reversing the Slide to Mediocrity in Your Business
May 1, 2010 By
So you have decided, based on my last post, that that you may have mediocrity creeping into your business. Welcome to the club! No business is immune to this malaise, even if just in one or two areas of the business. No owner or CEO gets up one morning and decides to embark on the drift to mediocrity. But, it happens. And, frequently the drift begin with the owner or CEO changing their life priorities. With or without the proverbial "wake-up call," priorities can change. … [Read more...]
