by DarEll Hoskisson | Oct 8, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
The threat becomes clear in a moment, perhaps by a phone call, a letter, or a realization. Ours came in the form of a letter. Our homeowners insurance was dropping us. No big deal, right? But our home was underwater (meaning we owed way more than we could sell it...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Oct 2, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Feel like quitting? If you feel like the treadmill of life is just too fast and you’ll never get ahead, I want you to know that I understand. It is so hard to feel like doing better when just keeping up seems impossible or hard enough. Most of my articles are about...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Sep 24, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
67%? I knew I had not done well on my first test, my freshman year at college, but that number was unthinkable. I’m the one who would freak out if my As got close to Bs. For me, this number wasn’t even on the map. Ouch. The test had been unlike anything I ever...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Sep 18, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
“How do you say “No” without being rude?” One of my young women asked in all sincerity. I loved the question because it got right to the heart of peer pressure problems. We all wonder how “nice” or “good” people end up doing crazy things they never would have done...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Sep 10, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
At the bottom of the narrow, wooden stairway in my grandparents’ home, was a plaque on the wall of a very stern cartoon gentleman. It said, “No!” “Now what was the question?” It was given as a joke, but the idea is a little intimidating. There are many people who...
