Dennis Yu

Dog for Comfort: The Hammer’s “Honey”

The Hammer’s Pet Dog “Honey” If you want a friend at any place, get a dog for comfort! These friendly canines make for great lifetime buddies. The bond that you create with them is as lasting as this earth will ever be.  Even Darryl “The Hammer” Isaacs agrees! The Joys of Having “Honey” The Hammer’s […]

How To Show Your Team That You Care

When a team member asks for something, you deliver! From his daily status report this morning:  It’s cold and gloomy here today in Greenville, South Carolina (view from my hotel):   I saw this and went to Amazon Prime, finding same-day delivery for free on this item:   And I get a free gift note, so why not?   I […]

I’m so grateful I was able to go to college.

I have taken for granted the ability to read and write, learn how to organize my time, and behave professionally in a group setting. Young adults these days find it fashionable to hate the education system. Yet the irony of their incoherent tirades are rife with grammatical mistakes, like the 99/1% protesters marching in the […]

I have been THIS close to quitting a hundred times over the last 20 years.

I’m not going to succeed, I’m not smart enough, I don’t have enough money, the system is set up against me, my idea won’t work, a certain person doesn’t like me, etc… And I keep going, not because I’m a tough guy because I want to “prove” to everyone that I can be successful, or […]

I want to share with you the most powerful thing I know about business

It will take you only a couple of minutes a day to do. No, it’s not the Dollar-a-Day technique. But first, let me give you some perspective… The older I get, the less need I feel to take credit. As a young hustler, I fought at every opportunity to demonstrate I was the best at […]

New Zealand a while back

As amazing as it was, I learned that: However, people look, wherever they’re from, no matter how successful they appear, everyone wants the same thing… To be loved and appreciated… and even if they think or pretend to be logical and rational, underneath… They are highly illogical, emotional creatures that are beautiful and worthwhile… If […]

Ever heard of a compliment sandwich?

If you have critical feedback, you need to sandwich it between two compliments. The average person needs 5 compliments for every piece of negative feedback– some people, like me, need a lot more. I’ve made it a point to say thank you more often to the good people in my life. And by merely being […]

Only when you look back do you realize what was important

On October 22nd, 2015, I was in San Francisco speaking at a conference, having just flown in from another conference and client meeting. I’ll bet you didn’t know that I was literally homeless- I didn’t have a place. I just bounced from one hotel to the next. I was EXHAUSTED with no relief or end […]

You cannot get there alone.

Yet fail as many times as I have, relapsing, wallowing in self-pity, anger at myself, and jealousy of others… I’ve struggled for more years than I’d like to admit. But behind this facade of success is loneliness, low self-esteem, depression, and self-inflicted pain. One day at a time, step by step– the first one being […]