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Seven Relationship Lies—and Rules to Replace Them on Valentine’s Day

I usually write strictly about professional relationships, but today, I want to share seven Valentine’s Day lies—and the relationship rules to replace them. Our culture promotes many misleading ideas about what makes for successful personal or romantic relationships. Popular concepts like the need to “just be yourself” or “move on if your needs aren’t being […]

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My best blogs of 2014: 12 Ideas to help you thrive in 2015

My best writing and newest ideas are regularly featured in my weekly blog.  I invite you to subscribe, here, to conveniently receive these fresh strategies by email.  Just enter your email address in the form under my photo in the left column. Here’s what you may be missing: Below, you can review 12 of my best […]

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Building Your Independent Practice: From Startup To Market Leadership

Building Your Independent Practice: From Startup To Market Leadership

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10 Power Questions to Ask a Loved One on Valentine’s Day

By Andrew Sobel Hearts, Flowers…and Power Questions?  10 Relationship-Building Questions To Ask Someone You Love this Valentine’s Day A token box of chocolates and reservations at a nice restaurant are, well, nice. But do they really deepen your relationship?  What really makes Valentine’s Day great is not the candy but the conversation, says Andrew Sobel. […]

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What is a good question?

What is a good question, anyway?

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Powerful and humorous advice from a 93-year-old WW II Veteran

Powerful and humorous advice from this 93-year-old World War II Veteran

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New York Times on The Beatles Principles

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USA Today on The Beatles Principles

Please click on the link, below, to see the USA Today coverage of Andrew’s article The Beatles Principles

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Relationships Are Dead; Long Live Relationships

In an era of electronic auctions, are traditional, face-to-face client relationships becoming extinct? By some measures, they are. The most important assault on client relationships is being fueled by the Internet and software technology. Markets that once lacked transparency and required a high degree of client interaction—auditing, debt underwriting, and specialized industrial parts, for example—are […]

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