JUST99WORDS: “I learned a lot!” You sure?
I love those conflicting two-word phrases called oxymorons … “pretty ugly” “legal brief” “old news” “committee decision” And, “country music.” Another: Adult learning We’re not good at learning because...
View Article13 “Holiday Traditions” to Lose – NOW!
Beyond some super bad holiday portraits taken in some families (we’ve all seen them!, there are some other holiday traditions that we might want to lose. Read on … enjoy and share! Whether we plan to...
View ArticleEver Overreact With Your Teenager?
This email came to us just the other day. Enjoy! Dear QBQ, Inc.— My manager just took our department through the “Personal Accountability and the QBQ!” training, and I wanted to say thank you!...
View ArticlePersonal Accountability: Growing Up In Dysfunction Junction
1973: At 15, future @QBQGuy – Johnny “the mascot” – doing his job making sister, Lucy, and bro-in-law, Tom, laugh. There are parallel, if not competing, truths existing in my life: The alcoholic home...
View ArticleFormula for Powerful Personal Growth: 2 – 1 = 3
Pruning: “to remove unneeded branches or limbs; to trim; to clear the undesirable” It might be the most common metaphor of all time, but it works. In the collage above: Image One: Our upside down...
View ArticleAccountability and American Role Models
Grab the new QBQ! Workbook here. Personal, powerful, practical! Note: I did not write this piece from a political view, so let’s not go there. This blog is about responsibility, integrity, leadership,...
View ArticleFamily Breakdown: 12 Mistakes to Avoid
It is often said our world’s woes can be traced to a “breakdown of the family.” So I got thinking, What exactly breaks a family down? What damages relationships, drives people apart, and creates...
View ArticleDownloading Personal Accountability to Gen Z
Please follow QBQ! on Instagram here! A Pennsylvania-based manufacturing firm committed to “Making Personal Accountability a Core Value” using our in-house QBQ! training process. The executive who...
View ArticlePersonal Accountability Means Saying, “I did it!”
CRACK!!! When my wife heard the loud, sharp ear-piercing noise, she immediately turned and said, “What was that!?” Answering Karen literally, I responded, “A plate broke.” The moment those words...
View ArticleLet’s Not Blame Dear Ol’ Mom and Dad
1966 Millers with The QBQ! Guy being cool with fingers in ears. Question: Do you blame Mom and/or Dad for how your life is going today? We all know about finger-pointing, right? Some days it seems the...
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