Do you have a theme for yourself and your business for 2017? The first person I knew who chose a word for each year was Mari Smith. We met in 2009 while we were both speaking at a marketing event and I was taken by her choice of the word Influence for that year. Here […]
Positive Attitude: Maintaining This Mindset No Matter What
Maintaining a Positive Attitude I’ve been referred to as a “Pollyanna”, a term taken from the title character in a 1913 novel written by Eleanor H. Porter. This girl was an orphan who insists on maintaining a positive attitude and outlook on life despite her circumstances. There is even something known as the “Pollyanna Principle”. […]
Doing What It Takes in Life and Business
Are You Willing to Do What It Takes? I regularly share that I spent the first fifty years of my life living in mediocrity. By this I mean that over those five decades I seldom did more than simply exist. Yes, once in awhile I did something over and above what was expected or required […]
Fear of Success and Failure in Life and Business
Do You Have the Fear of Success or Failure? I grew up in a family based on the principle of fear. There was fear of the dentist, fear of flying, fear of being embarrassed, and basically, fear of failure. This precluded us from trying most things, as the probability of failure increases with each new […]
Taking Risks for Entrepreneurs
Taking Risks in Life and in Business When I worked actively in real estate over a twenty year span during the eighties and nineties I developed a reputation for being a risk taker. Always one to have a positive outlook on life, it was not unusual for me to purchase the ugliest and most run […]
Marketing For Introverts in an Extrovert Friendly World
Marketing for Introverts When you think about marketing for introverts, what comes to mind? I have always considered myself to be an introvert, although I am perhaps actually an ambivert, which falls somewhere in between the extrovert and introvert personality. But here I’d like to open up the discussion of marketing for introverts, simply because […]
Focus on One Thing for Extraordinary Results
How to Focus on One Thing There is great power in having the ability to focus on one thing for an extended period of time. I was first introduced to this concept in 2005 when I was introduced to a concept referred to as the “68 second rule”. The idea was to sit quietly and […]
Productivity and Your Brain
Productivity and Your Brain: There IS a Connection! If you’ve noticed a connection between your productivity and your brain power, you’re not alone. Brain fog and a feeling of lethargy can spell trouble for anyone, especially entrepreneurs who need to stay sharp and focused in order to achieve their goals. If it’s true that we […]
Technology and the Economy
If you Google the name Seth you will find that Seth Godin’s blog and some of his other sites are returned as six of the results on page one. That’s huge, and if you don’t believe me then Google your own first name and see what Google returns for you. I usually read his posts […]
Making The Shift From Employee To Entrepreneur
Making The Transition From Employee to Entrepreneur Recently I spent time with a group of newer entrepreneurs in a workshop setting. As we sat together that afternoon the conversation turned to the idea of connecting with a non-profit group as a way to network with others. I’m a Rotarian (Rotary is an international service organization) […]
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