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 as an entrepreneur and business owner. A great article he wrote for Entrepreneur magazine is titled “Businesses Die in Obscurity.” I own four of his audio books, and he mentions that “Obscurity is Your Enemy” frequently. Grant was on a recent Blab I attended, and he went on to clear this up. “No one can do business with you if they don’t know who you are.” When Grant said that, it cleared up any debate for me. The Basis of All Sales Activity Fighting obscurity is the basis for all sales and marketing activities. Marketing…

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No Turning Back

By Michael Neely | April 19, 2020

Your Commitment to Success is Sometimes All You’ve Got On March 30, 2020, I woke up at 3:27am. The Corona virus was just gearing up. I took a job as a web developer in Miami and was, in my opinion, doing well. On March 13, 2020, the “bosses” disagreed with me and let me go….

How Many Times Do You Write Your Goals Each Day?

By Michael Neely | June 6, 2017

Every personal leadership book I have ever read tells me to write my goals daily. But let’s get real. How many of us actually write our goals daily? I never wrote down my goals daily in the past. I also never achieved much either. One day, I began writing my goals. It seemed like some magical power I…

Why Getting Rich and Famous are Essential to Your Entrepreneurial Success

By Michael Neely | May 18, 2017

Getting rich and famous are almost taboo these days. Like a lot of busy solopreneurs these days, I have a few tools that are in auto-pilot on my Twitter feed @michael_neely. Yesterday, I saw the article “5 Wrong Reasons for Becoming an Entrepreneur” by Jayson Demers on my feed from Entrepreneur magazine and I had to read it. I don’t keep…