Brian Tracy is a well-known life and career success expert.  I’m proud to say that I share the cover with him and Stephen Covey of a book called Speaking of Success: World class Experts Share Their Secrets.  The other day I received an email on competence from Brian.  In part, it said…
“You can increase your efficiency and your effectiveness by becoming better and better at your key tasks. One of the most powerful of all time management techniques is for you to get better at the most important things you do. Your core competencies, your …

Competence is one of the keys to success in my Common Sense Success System.  I discuss it in detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) communication skills; and 4) relationship building.
You build strong relationships by doing three things.  1) Get to know yourself.  Use this self knowledge to better understand and communicate with others.  2) …

Competence is one of the four keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System.  I also discuss it in some detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent. 
There are four key competencies that will help you become a career and life success:

You have to …

This blog, my Common Sense Success System and my books Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success, are designed to do one thing and one thing only – help you become the career and life success you deserve to be.  Today’s post is a quick summary of the things you need to do – a plan — to create your personal and professional success.
Your Success Plan
Success is the product of Four “Cs”:
• Clarity of purpose and direction,
• Commitment to taking personal responsibility for your success,
• Confidence in your ability to …

Competence is one of the four keys to career and life success in my Common Sense Success System.  I also discuss it in some detail in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent. 
Consistent high performance is a key success competency.
If you read this blog with any regularity, you know …

Competence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent.
Relationship building is an important key to interpersonal competence.  Relationships are all about WE, not me.  In an increasingly contentious world in which civility seems to be a …

Competence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success; Your Success GPS; and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to succeed you need to develop four basic, but important competencies: 1) creating positive personal impact; 2) becoming a consistently high performer; 3) dynamic communication skills; and 4) becoming interpersonally competent.
Relationship building is an important key to interpersonal competence.  Relationships are all about WE, not me.  Recently, I had an opportunity to contribute a few chapters to a …

Today is my birthday.  I’m 59.  And you know what?  I feel better than I did when I was 49.  I’m lucky.  I have my health.  I have a beautiful, loving wife and every day I get to do a job that I love. 
Because it’s my birthday, I want to thank you for reading this blog.  I appreciate you.  So here’s what I’m going to do.  I am going to give ten copies of my latest book 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success to the first ten people who send me an email at …

Competence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  Competent, successful people do four things well.  1) They create positive personal impact.  2) They get things done – they perform.  3) They communicate well – in conversation, writing and presentations.  4) They build and maintain strong relationships with the people in their lives.
It’s not difficult to create positive personal impact, but you do have to work at it.  I have …

Competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  Competent, successful people do four things well.  1) They create positive personal impact.  2) They get things done – they perform.  3) They communicate well – in conversation, writing and presentations.  4) They build and maintain strong relationships with the people in their lives.
It takes interpersonal competence to build and maintain strong relationships.  Interpersonally competent people are able to resolve conflict …