I talk — openly and often– about my marriage. So, it’s no secret that Chris and I went through a pretty “rough time” years ago. There WERE moments, days, during which I thought we JUST needed to end it. Things weren’t getting better. They weren’t shifting. EVEN during those years, we had MANY great
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SO YOU WANT THEM LINING UP? CREDIT CARD IN HAND, READY TO BUY FROM YOU? (This is an excerpt from my “30 Days of Michelle as Your Personal Sales Trainer” program.) Part of selling every day, of course, involves having people to sell to. Having a list, prospects. One of the most frustrating things I
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HERE’S SOMETHING THE TRULY SUCCESSFUL ABSOLUTELY DO NOT — EVER — UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DO… EVER, EVER. Can you imagine Tony Robbins or Oprah or Dan Kennedy or Gary Vaynerchuk or Katrina Ruth or ______insert your go to guru_____ putting their NAME on a book or course or white paper that was also being pitched
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AN MBA’S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE MARKETING. (YAWN.) I love the sheer audacity of a university hosting degree programs teaching students how to run a business…. taught by professors who have never even run a lemonade stand… reading books written by academics… programs LED by people who have a guaranteed salary — a J.O.B. This whole
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I don’t love scary movies or roller coasters. I MUCH prefer the adrenaline rushes in my life to be those of my own creation…the leaps I take that I’m not sure I can land… Because I am NO adrenaline junkie. Not exactly. =) Still, I love a challenge. Still, I know that a certain part
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