A few weeks ago, I listened to a martial arts studio owner talk about his success, schedule, marketing, and philosophy. He was incredibly candid and shared a lot of strategy, but what I wrote down was far more instructional for business success. As an aside, I feel the need to interject a fact that some
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Archives for February 2014
Tuesday Truth: I Don’t Work For Coffee
At the admittedly calculated risk of offending those who were already morbidly offended with my LAST post about coffee dates, here’s another one… This one, I don’t believe needs MUCH of an introduction, but here goes… After hearing someone tout their relationship with a business and life coach, the following dialogue happened: Business Person: Hey.
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What Went Wrong Wednesday: I’m STUCK In My Own Creation!
The other night, Chris and I watched Escape Plan starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Essentially, Stallone’s character — a specialist that shows prisons how to be more secure — ended up being stuck in a prison of his own making. They read his books, implemented his ideas and created a prison that Stallone
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Throw Away Thursday: Time To Throw This Crippling Fear Away!
I’m so blessed (and humbled… really humbled) by your loyalty to me. Years ago, I learned that the subscribers to this blog were (literally) the BEST in the world. We have each other’s backs. Of that, I have no doubt. I can’t even begin to count the emails and phone calls and even surprise in-office
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Super Bowl Commercials – Were They Effective?
I’m not the only one looking forward to the Super Bowl more for the commercials than for the play. Not only am I often MORBIDLY curious about these commercials — that used to be more over the top than this year — but I’m a small business owner and always interested in what other businesses
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