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Category Archives: Personal Development Advice
We Cannot Wait For Other People To Tell Us That We’re Worthwhile
When we think small, we bury our true nature under fat layers of persona— professional, personal, web-related, and other temporary disguises.
We become a doctor because our mother or father was one, and though it is a worthy career, maybe …
He Walked Through My Front Door Holding a Gun
Thankfully, it was a dream. A very bad dream. A nightmare really. I can still see it with impecable detail. I was in my kitchen, which wasn’t actually my kitchen, as is typical in dreams, and I saw a short …
Posted in Personal Development Advice, Small Business Leadership Advice
Tagged 9mm, breakdown, business, dreams, fears, gun control, gun rights, guns, instincts, nightmare, principles, reactions, rebellion, strategic vision, thoughts
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Don’t Give Up
80% of business owners fail in the first 5 years because they haven’t made a non-reversible, do whatever it takes, no holds barred, beyond a shadow of a doubt, absolutely no going back, stick to it like super glue commitment to finishing what they start–to make their business work. Continue reading
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Tagged commitment, finishing, giving up, inspiration, Michael Port, not giving up, small business, starting, Success
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Many Business Problems are Personal Problems in Disguise
If different aspects of our personality, or way of being, don’t support the various business management and development requirements, of running a business, those areas of the business will suffer. Continue reading
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Tagged business development, Michael Port, problem+solving, the future
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Thinking Big
You want to think big. You want to think bigger about who you are and what you offer the world. You want to think big so that you can accomplish your big dreams. You want to, finally, …
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Tagged achievement, advice, big thinking, collaboration, hope, inspiration, learning, Personal Development Advice, problems, strength, Success, think big
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Easy Problem Solving
Problem solving is your job. As a small business owner or professional service provider, each day you get up to face new problems. That’s OK, if you accept that problem solving is one of the top line items of …
Peter Guber’s Storytelling Secrets for Winning
Recently, I had the privilege of talking with Peter Guber, one of the most successful and influential Hollywood moguls in history, about his new book, Tell to Win. I recorded the conversation so you could eavesdrop. Essential takeaway: learn …
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Tagged Peter-Guber, Storytelling, Tell-To-Win, Win, winning
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The Think Big Revolution Weekly Meetings are Back!
In the early part of this decade I offered a weekly teleconference for big thinkers called The Think Big Revolution. It was big.
Well, it’s back… and bigger then ever.
This time, it’s via video and/or tele-conference. It’s …
Free Webinar: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Marketers
I will help you create the behaviors, the habits necessary to get booked solid.
At some point, you’ve got to stop learning and start doing.
Or, I should say…you’ve got to couple learning with action.
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Readers are Leaders
The future belongs to the learner and readers are leaders. However, among the educated class, I see another problem. Too much learning and not enough doing. Just one more conference and then I’ll take action. Just one more coaching program and then I’ll be ready. Just one more book and then I’ll know what to do.
If you want to do big things in the in the world, your learning should be coupled with action. What you learn today you can put into action tomorrow so you get real-time, real-world feedback. Then, what you know, becomes field tested. That’s when knowledge becomes powerful. Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development Advice, Small Business Leadership Advice, Small Business Marketing Advice, Small Business Money Management Advice, Small Business Project Advice, Small Business Sales Advice, Small Business Systems Advice
Tagged education, leadership, Michael Port, reading, Seth Godin, Success
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