Posts Tagged ‘help’

Don’t Get Caught Up in the BullSh*t

The purpose of your business is to support you and your lifestyle.  Go back to why you started the business to begin with.  What do you want?  Was it to serve the community, you, your team, or some combination? What did you want your business to provide for you and your family?  Back then, were you thinking about financial…

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Understanding Your Competitors to Beat Them

Almost everyday someone comes up to me and tells me about something the competition is doing.  They think we should change our pricing or our service or what we do in some way because of the way the competition is doing it.  That has caused me to do a lot of thinking over the years…

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Love: The Greatest Emotion?

How do you love a homeless person? How do you love a child? How do you love a patient? How do you love a customer?   The answer to each of these is that we love them by serving them. We love them by taking care of them. We don’t wait to “feel” love for…

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The Two Skills of Leadership

What makes an entrepreneur do what he or she does? How do you dare to risk everything in order to create something? It can’t just be about the money. If that were it, there are easier ways. What gives you the courage to try against incredible odds? The answer: A little bit of crazy mixed…

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Nothing Really Matters

One of my mentors, Darren Hardy, wrote an article on his blog about decreasing stress.  I love some of the things Darren talks about.  Some of which I would like to talk about as well, so I wanted to make sure he got credit, while additionally adding my own flavor to this topic. One of the things…

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An Easy Secret to Success

I’m not sure how long ago it happened. I cannot tell you exactly what it was that prompted it. It may have been something that happened to me, or it may have been something I read or heard. This much I do know: It dramatically changed my life forever. Since discovering this secret, nothing in…

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How Was Your Year?

Every year, I disappear for about 4 days. It has become known as “hibernation,” probably because my wife thinks I act like a bear most of the time. I literally go away and cannot be found for 4 days. These are my days. I am not available. I do not answer emails, text messages, or…

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Now They Hang On His Every Word

The Traveler’s Gift, Chapters 8-11 Chapter 8 Summary After leaving Anne, David now realizes he’s in a large tent behind a platform surrounded by people. He’s in Gettysburg again, but this time, he meets Abraham Lincoln, literally minutes before he gives his famous Gettysburg Address. Lincoln gives David a little bit of tough love, making…

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