It doesn’t take long in the world of business ownership to spot a bunch of business lies perpetuated on us by the very “gurus” supposedly trying to help us grow and profit. If you’ve been with me for any period of time, you know that I’m a student of nature, life, people. Sure, I’ve had–
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The BIG IDEA Test
At the risk of committing entrepreneurial heresy, I must admit that BIG IDEAS are a dime a dozen. I can no longer count the number of business owners who have shared — usually publicly on facebook — hints of their big idea. Life changing ideas. Ideas that will have them soon hiring 327 people. BIG
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5 Ways To Guarantee Failure in Business
There are a million ways to succeed. And – since wildly successful people aren’t ones to blindly follow the well traveled paths of others — there are new paths being blazed every single day that we can learn from. But failure is so easy, there need not be AS MANY paths to a failing destination.
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Business Lies They Teach Started With The Lemonade Stand
This could be the most important article you read about business success, making money, increasing profit and why so VERY FEW businesses ever reach their true profit potential — EVER. Before I go on, I want to apologize for being too timid about this in the past. I’ve touched on it, hinted at it, and
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What Went Wrong? Wednesday: I’m Networking, But…
If you are one of the BEST NETWORKED people you know, but you aren’t one of the best PAID people you know, this post may be of particular interest to you. I want to share — with explicit permission — an email from woman who attended one of my past events, who happens to be
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My Secret “Success Facade” Revealed…
There’s a little joke around my office that no one knows I’m privy to. The joke is about me and my tendency to “clean up” before clients come to visit. I’ve been known to haul out tons of trash, stash supplies in bins and hide them, and more when I have clients coming in town.
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4 Kung Fu Strategies for Business Success
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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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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