Liz Trocchio Smith
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Monday, December 15, 2014 Good morning, You’ve heard it hundreds of times: It’s the people who make a company successful. Your employees are the ones who interact with customers, and whatever rules you lay down for them, they won’t make customers feel happy and engaged unless they’re happy and engaged themselves. And yet, too few bosses put the needed time and energy into building strong relationships with their employees. That viewpoint…
Monday, November 24, 2014 Good morning, Each year, most of us look forward to a 4 day weekend over the Thanksgiving Holiday, with a gathering of a big feast, friends, family and football. In all it’s commercialization, we probably don’t take too much time to think about why we celebrate, so today, I will give you a quick history lesson to share around the dinner table while you are giving…
Monday, November 3, 2014 Good morning, Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th is Election Day. If you are trying to decide if you are going to go to the polls to vote or not, here are 25 reasons why you SHOULD. Democracy means “people-force.” When you don’t vote, ‘the People’ create a power vacuum. People power is the only thing that can keep tyranny at bay, though it is no assurance. As John Locke asserted,…
Monday, October 20, 2014 Good morning, Imagine you’re in the 4th quarter, on the goal line, your teams behind and you have two minutes left on the clock. If you’re from Dallas, it’s an all too familiar scene at a Dallas Cowboy’s game! But I’m not talking about sports here; I’m talking about goals. Here we are in the 4th quarter of the year, yes, I’m wondering how we got…
Monday, October 13, 2014 Good morning, I recently made the decision to go back to business school to get may MBA. I interviewed with several schools and heard a lot of the same about the quality of the professors, how the classes were taught, what differentiates the school from others, etc. Important to me was also the ranking of the school, the school’s reputation, location and cost. The one thing…
Monday, October 6, 2014 Good morning, When my neighbor and good friend Jeannie shared this with me, I knew it would be great to pass on to my readers. The piece is by Dr. Dan Oswald and is one of those things that makes you stop and go hmmmm. But just don’t read it this morning and move on, read it and give into to. After all, the biggest fear we face…
Monday, September 29, 2014 Good morning, When I started my own business a little over 2 years ago, I experienced many feelings and emotions that I would imagine only one who has taken the same risk could understand. Excitement and hesitancy, along with anxiety and fear, but so joyful I could hardly stand it! I knew I was getting into something that I was born to do, and…
Monday, September 22, 2014 Good morning, I’m always on the look out for my next Monday Morning Coffee. I’m never quite sure where it will come from, but as I engage in life, and people, it is a gift when one just happens to land in the palm of my hand. This mornings’ story is one of those, and I thank Gene for giving me permission to share it with…
Monday, September 15, 2014 Good morning, This morning, we finalize Adm. McRaven’s Ten Lessons Learned from SEAL Training. “As Navy SEALs one of our jobs is to conduct underwater attacks against enemy shipping. We practiced this technique extensively during basic training. The ship attack mission is where a pair of SEAL divers is dropped off outside an enemy harbor and then swims well over two miles-underwater-using nothing but a…
Monday, September 8, 2014 Good morning, I am continuing to share the Ten Lesson’s Learned from Basic SEAL Training by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, that he shared at the Commencement of The University of Texas at Austin in May earlier year. My hope is that you take these life lessons and apply them to your own life, both personally and professionally. …
Monday, August 25, 2014 Good morning, As I continue sharing the ten things learned in Basic Seal training by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, during his commencement speech to the 2014 Graduates of the University of Texas, you will see how these lessons can help you in both your personal and professional lives. “Over a few weeks of difficult training my SEAL class which started…
Monday, August 18, 2014 Good morning, I know I am in the middle of the commencement speech for the University of Texas 2014 graduation by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, but just having returned from camp, I wanted to share my experience with you and will pick up where we left off next week. As most of you know, I live daily with…