by Ron Hequet | Feb 17, 2016 | Business and Career Development, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Self-Achievement
“It’s not about money or connections — it’s the willingness to outwork and out learn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” — Mark Cuban It doesn’t matter whether or not you agree with...
by Ron Hequet | Feb 10, 2016 | Business and Career Development, Business Planning, Career Development
Visualize climbing a mountain, making a slow and arduous ascent to the top. Money problems, slow business or career growth, and personal issues weigh you down. You’re committed to going the distance, but you can’t help wonder if there is an easier route. Now imagine...
by Ron Hequet | Oct 24, 2015 | Career Development
Faith, Guts and the Willingness to Learn Regardless of the positive spin some pundits put on it, the economy is still struggling and your organization’s Profit and Cash future is at stake. But don’t fret, there remains plenty of opportunities out there;...
by Ron Hequet | Jun 23, 2015 | Business Planning, Performance Improvement, Professional Career
There’s a road story (most likely fictional) of two hotels in the same small town. One had a sign on the reception desk which read, ‘Although breakfast is included in your room rate, you will not receive a reduction or credit if you do not eat breakfast.’ The other...
by Ron Hequet | Jun 10, 2015 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
For a long time, I’ve considered discipline (a word we love to hate) and achievement. I heard one of the best definitions of discipline from my Pastor; he said, “discipline, is not when you get up in the morning, it’s when you go to bed at night”. I often tell people...
by Ron Hequet | May 19, 2015 | Career Development, Employment, Job, Performance Improvement, Personal Development, Professional Career, Self-Achievement
Over the years, I’ve discovered, even in myself that skills and desire are two different things. I have had the talent or ability to do something, but didn’t possess enough drive or desire to get it done – like running a half marathon. Or, when I have had a true...