Author Archive for: JFlorio
Entries by JFlorio
5 TIPS TO COACH your TEAM to WIN
Aside from being the CEO of 9DOTS, I am also an Assistant Varsity Football Coach at Cardinal O’Hara High School. Whether it’s at home or in the office, I have spent my life practicing, preaching and living the TEAM concept and culture. As a coach on the football field, and as a CEO, I try […]
Burn the Boats!
Burn the boats . In 1519, Captain Hernán Cortés started a voyage that would take him from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula. Cortés had 500 soldiers, 100 sailors and 16 horses on 11 ships. The voyage was to take the world’s greatest treasure. This treasure had been held by Mexico for 600 years. For 600 […]
Vision, Values & Relationships: Your Toolbox for Achieving Goals
Let me lay it on the line for you. I’m fortunate to engage with many different kinds of people every day. Many of them are young and aggressive. All of them have trouble achieving the goals they set for themselves. There, I said the truth. We get frustrated and, more challenging than accomplishing a goal, […]
CEO Connects the Dots: Transform
Welcome to 2018! I hope everyone is off to great start to the new year. This has been a great month to begin understanding YOU. After all, we are closing in on Jan-YOU-ary. There is no better time than the beginning to review yourself. Recognize the faults and opportunities for growth & use them to TRANSFORM. […]
RESOLVE: 2018 is Coming!
Well for the last blog of the year, I could talk about thankfulness and gratitude. In fact it’s probably what I should talk about, but I’m not going to. Instead I want to talk about RESOLVE. As a verb Resolve means two things: Settle or find a solution to a problem, dispute or contentious matter. […]
CEO Connects the Dots: Choose Your Attitude
I was out over the Thanksgiving weekend doing some shopping. Needless to say, I wasn’t in the best frame of mind. Quite frankly, my attitude needed an adjustment. Instead of enjoying the hustle and bustle of people out doing their thing, the company of my wife, or the beautiful, crisp, November weather, I complained to […]
7 Traits that Drive you to Success & Leadership
After 30 years working both in the corporate industry and as an entrepreneur, I have recognized that there are certain undeniable traits that high-achievers and great leaders share. People often associate achievement and success with a number of things, like the right timing, circumstance, education or natural talent. I have found that the true origins […]
Adversity: How Will You Respond?
Last month I wrote about having the ability, when facing adversity, to have “FEAR.” Face Everything and Rise. Today, I continue to expand on that. Are you ready to face adversity? For those of you that don’t know, I have been a football coach for 25 years. This passion of mine comes from a desire […]
FEAR: Face Everything and Rise
Wow, what a month! And I’m not saying that as happy guy who just beat his numbers and exceeded expectations. No, I’m saying that like a man staring down a locomotive while tied to the racks. This has been a tough month, but my team rode it out. When I was a young man, a […]