Blog|Michael Roby http://michaelroby.com Financial Services, Speaker and Coach Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:13:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.29 False Summits http://michaelroby.com/false-summits/ http://michaelroby.com/false-summits/#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:13:51 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1355 It’s been a long hike. You’ve been in a boulderfield for hours. No trail, just rock, and the incline is steep. Above 12,000 feet the air is thin, and you are tired, but you think you see the summit. A cairn up ahead marks what appears to be the summit. But as you get closer, […]

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]]> http://michaelroby.com/false-summits/feed/ 0 Yoda and a Five-Year Old Boy http://michaelroby.com/yoda-and-a-five-year-old-boy/ http://michaelroby.com/yoda-and-a-five-year-old-boy/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:16:12 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1344 People have come to believe that good intentions are solutions to problems…and they are not. The world needs more people who commit to getting things done and fewer people who are content to try. Yoda, a character and a legendary Jedi Master in the Star Wars movies, was stronger than most in his connection with the […]

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]]> http://michaelroby.com/talk-to-your-clients/feed/ 0 Planning for a Strong Finish http://michaelroby.com/planning-for-a-strong-finish/ http://michaelroby.com/planning-for-a-strong-finish/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:03:50 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1340 NFL training camps In a month, and the season doesn’t start until September 6th. And these are professionals! They know how to play the the game, but they prepare for the season all year long, and it gets serious NOW. Likewise, you begin your third trimester of 2018. The time to prepare for a big […]

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]]> http://michaelroby.com/planning-for-a-strong-finish/feed/ 0 Perspective http://michaelroby.com/perspective-2/ http://michaelroby.com/perspective-2/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:58:53 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1315 It is difficult, if not impossible, to understand circumstances, feelings, and perspectives of life as seen through the eyes of another person. Experience is a great teacher, but you take the test before you are given the lesson. However, we accelerate our learning and our perspective when we learn from the experiences of others.

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]]> http://michaelroby.com/perspective-2/feed/ 0 Attack Your Day With Joy & Passion http://michaelroby.com/attack-your-day-with-joy-passion/ http://michaelroby.com/attack-your-day-with-joy-passion/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:48:31 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1320 Imagine doing something you love more than anything. Imagine the feeling of exhilaration. Maybe it's looking down from a mountaintop. Possibly crossing a body of water with a full sail and no land in sight. Maybe in a boat on a Canadian Lake;1,000,000 acres and 14,000 islands, and you are totally alone.

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]]> Overcoming Your DNA and Choosing To Change The World http://michaelroby.com/overcoming-your-dna-and-choosing-to-change-the-world/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 22:46:09 +0000 http://michaelroby.com/?p=1116 Our survival instincts are not designed to advance beyond out physiological needs. It is only by being truly human we move to love, esteem, and self-actualization. Our DNA makes it hard to do the little things which would improve our lives and the lives of those around us. What is it that makes us more […]

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]]> Do I Smell Bad: Lessons From The Deodorant Isle http://michaelroby.com/do-i-smell-bad-lessons-from-the-deodorant-isle/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:29:41 +0000 http://www.michaelroby.com/blog/?p=1059 Next week I travel to New Orleans to speak to an audience of CEO’s in a Vistage Group facilitated by Joe Liss, CPA. Joe has been a good friend and mentor for many years. Back to this audience. These people own their companies. CEO’s expect performance. They want good ideas and hate wasting time. They […]

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