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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. ~ David Ogilvy It's extremely difficult to be wanted in a world of ridiculous options. You can insist on your idea and work hard on creativity.
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A key differentiator in the marketplace and a way you can compete is to be more resilient than the next person. Resilience comes from both resolve and determination to stick things out when you don't see an answer, or if you do see an answer, keeping on course
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If you are a business owner or manager, you have the ongoing challenge of solving daily problems with your team. Inevitably, people will bring problems to you. And how you handle those requests becomes a signal to the people on your team of what to expect. What you communicate will
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I posted some ideas on how to work with business owners over at the Huffington Post as an author there. Not everyone is an entrepreneur. A person's fear and personality largely hold back most people from making the decisions and taking the actions necessary to make an idea
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To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ~ Mark Twain When you approach someone with an idea or something you want to sell, assume you are out of phase. What are the chances of being in phase. Sure, if you have an urgent care office, people show
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Want to know what you should do and do with everything you got? Find your clues. Pay your dues. That's a message my wife recently heard from Jen Hatmaker in a speech to a large audience looking for direction. It's great advice to get on with
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Lunch was the way business got done. But it's not the way of the world these days in a connected economy. A few reasons people don't want to meet you: * It's going to take 3 hours. Maybe an hour lunch, but fighting traffic, getting
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Entrepreneurship and selling is hard business. The ambiguity and uncertainty can stump many people who are used to a well-paved path. Do this and you get that. Just tell me what to do. You may know what makes money now. That's a great thing to have. It may
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It is expensive and difficult to market your business with advertising and low conversion strategies. If you believe that business is ultimately people, then consider growing your business by paying attention to the connections you make. One growth hacking habit that can pay extreme dividends over time is to focus
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We are in a major election cycle and the promise of jobs keeps coming up as if the candidates can magically create jobs and fill out the shrinking middle class by decree. Ever take a look at the recent 10 Worst Companies to Work For article? Why do people hang
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Sure, you can be an overnight success. You just have to: * Show up every day consistently * Refine, refine, refine * Push your ideas to the limit * Take calculated risks * Discard what doesn't work * Ignore the naysayers * Never give up It may take 5 years or 10 years to become
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https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/7034137715_ffb029557f_o.jpg?w=738 We have so much today that our grandparents could not even fathom. The resources we have access to and the new sharing economy make possessing items a liability. Techcrunch captured our reality well in its article, Life,