Betting it all on “the economy?”

“The Economy” Won’t Save You First, it is because it’s not about “the economy,” it’s about “your economy.” If you are waiting for something to pick you up and whisk you away to your dream life, you will be waiting a long time. Taking personal responsibility for how your life and your finances turn out is…

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Massive Action- The Change Agent

Maybe massive action doesn’t mean the same thing to you that it means to me. Maybe you’re not closing more business than you’d like to. Maybe you’d like to double or triple your current income. Massive action is how you create massive change in your life. Massive action is the up early/work late, work/life-balance-be-damned, going-all-out…

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Desire Is Where Success Starts

Desire is where business success starts. Success will not come to you just because you are awesome. There are people who say they desire success, but they don’t want success badly enough to work hard towards their vision of success. They think that their friends will not approve, and these people are probably right. Their…

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Obscurity Is Your Enemy

Do you want business success? The biggest thing holding you back is obscurity. If you want to drive the nice cars and take vacations whenever you and your family want, people have to know who you are. This post is another Grant Cardone inspired blog. His works have played a major role in my awakening…

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Invest in Your Success

Why invest in your success? Do you invest more time and money in continuing to be average, or are you working towards becoming the best possible person you can be? If you are not happy with the direction your life is going in, and you are willing to change your life, I would recommend watching…

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What If Your Critics Are Wrong?

We all have critics. The world is full of critics. Some of them are well-meaning critics like your mother helping you choose a direction in life. She wants you to avoid some of the trials and troubles that she experienced in her life. Other critics are not well-meaning, like the co-worker who shoots down everything…

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There Is No Try

Someone asked me yesterday “Are you going to try to get some work done today?” “No, I AM going to get some work done today,” I answered back. I almost took this careless question as an insult. Then, I considered the source of the question as someone who does not pay close attention to their…

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No Problem- Two Words Your Customers Should Never Hear From You

There are two words that your customers should never hear from you if you want to keep their business. Those words are “No” and “Problem.” Want to irritate your current customers faster? Use them right beside each other. Every time I hear “no problem” from someone on the phone, I automatically hang up and look…

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Business is a People Thing

People

People are everywhere, right?  Considering that my first small business successes came as buying and selling stocks, doing business face-to-face with people was something that took a while for me.  Now that technology is everywhere, you are still doing business with people on the other end of the Internet connection. In October  1989, I was…

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Define “Your Business”

Generic Business

I read a lot of business books compared to my co-workers and colleagues.  I recently read How to Make Millions With Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur’s Guide (1997) by Dan Kennedy.  The business examples were a little outdated, and there might be an edition that has more “information age” relevance, but the concepts behind the book…

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