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Two and a half years, 118 chapters, some only brief and some more extensive, consultation with top experts from various fields, the didactic (and painful) process of bringing up examples from the author’s life including some unexpected triumphs and ridiculous failures, resulted in my new book, ‘Cold Call Intelligence.’ Evasive concepts like what ‘Cold Calling’ […]

When I invented this term to describe what I had started doing, some thought I had become a fitness trainer. In a way, that was true. But instead of focusing on the body, interested professionals asked me to help them focus on their targets and how to achieve them. So, what is High-Performance Training after […]

By coaching young, highly trained, talented professionals, one comes very quickly to the conclusion that they will need to attract attention in today’s confused times. They will have to cut through the noise, especially those in professions requiring performance in front of the public. It is easy to become a public figure and even easier […]

In a highly uncertain as well as booming economic planet, those with seemingly unlimited funds continue to search for assets as meaningful investments. We went through the cryptocurrency mania, the soaring prices in the fine watchmaking industry (Rolex being the extreme example), while other more traditional assets like paintings, antiques, and oldtimer cars continue to […]

All self-improvement authors, coaches, and even proponents of the niche high performance-mentoring, like myself, say that everybody can improve. And as a possibility, it is, of course, true. In reality, however, the younger the person, the more impressive results and breakthroughs we accomplish. Some think it is because more mature professionals are set in their […]

We tend to admire leaders, and to a degree, rightly so, who managed the following: 1) Had a novel idea 2) Made it happen 3) Made it work long-term 4) established a new trend, practices, and sometimes an industry as a result 5) contributed to the greater good. Typically, such leaders combine talent and abilities […]

More and more people, not among the super-rich, not even among the heavy echelons of the upper middle class, maintain three or four permanent residencies. Places they call ‘Home’ in different countries, enjoying contrasting environments. The typical portfolio consists of an apartment in a big city, a house by the sea, a retreat in the […]

Five books in a couple of years, and then five years without a new book. I have no idea if this is typical of most authors of self-development books, but there was a reason behind it: the belief that one should write something (or communicate anything, for that matter) only when there is a reason […]