Business
Taking 100% Responsibility
Every action you take creates a reaction that is based on the formula of cause and effect. Everything that happens is the effect of an underlying cause. Most people spend their lives operating at effect — ”It’s not my fault I always end up in bad situations.” “Life’s too unfair, bad things always happen to [...]
Read More >>Success
Here’s a great quote I read today: “Painless and quick are rarely associated with successful.” How true it is.
Read More >>Accountability!
How accountable are you for your business decisions and behaviors? For a lot of people, your truely certainly included and on the top of the list, nothing happens quickly unless there’s a real deadline to meet. For example, if your client says “anytime in November is fine”, then the job won’t get completed until the [...]
Read More >>Negative People
A discussion about negative people came up today. IMO, negative people are human black holes, coming out of nowhere, and sucking the life out of us. We try to stay positive and remain strong, but their negativity ends up just completely draining us. We feel exhausted, and may also start to feel depressed too. So [...]
Read More >>Standing out!
Most businesses really struggle to develop something uniquely valuable about their services. Take a look around you and look at the accountants, lawyers, and insurance companies per se that are operating in your local market. They all seem so similar. They all have same slogan, use the same cliche promises, offer the same services, advertise [...]
Read More >>Self-confidence
Are you starting your day with self-confidence and the power that’s required for you to have an amazing day? Successful people choose to do what they must do in their business, especially on the days they don’t feel like it! Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet so many of [...]
Read More >>Don't Read This Post
“Negative” headlines often generate more readers than “positive” ones. Several years ago in a previous life, I helped a buddy of mine build a website where he included a link “For Executives Only” — this generated much more traffic than any other links on that site. It turns out people react to negatives more than [...]
Read More >>Being Realistic
I define myself as being cautiously positive. There are those who say, “You can do anything you set your mind to” are simply unrealistic. Some things are just not possible. If today I thought I could beat Usain Bolt’s 100 meter record, I’d need a shrink more than a coach. No matter how hard I [...]
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