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If you try hard things, it will be hard. Growing your business means growing yourself. We don't grow because we are afraid to fail. Consider the definition of failure from John Burroughs: "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he
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Want to have an edge in business? Learn to cut through complexity. We live in an era of work that is invigorating. We have more information on a daily basis than ever. Knowledge is no longer what enables a competetive advantage. Know-how is. Know-how is the innate ability
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Pursuing your passion is a dangerous venture. It usually requires a determination to break from the gravity of self-imposed fear and doubts. It also means dealing with the the critics. Pioneer new ground and you will see them appear out of the woodwork. However, the true winner knows these
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"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." - A Berlin Diary In my business
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"The ultimate test of leadership is not the polls you take, but the risks you take. In the short run, some risks prove overwhelming. Political courage can be self-defeating. But the greatest defeat of all would be to live without courage, for that would hardly be living at
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One thing is for certain - we will all have crises in our lives. Unless we cocoon ourselves into an existence of pure safety, the challenges of life and business will touch us. Often times we forget that we are paid as professionals to solve the problems that confront us. The
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Think about the year 1996. 10 years ago, what were you doing? Did you use your cell phone nearly as much, if you had one? How about email? What about a web site? Or online banking? Now think about the year 2016. What do you believe will be different? Too
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I met Thomas Campbell today, an investment advisor with Intersecurities. He taught me something interesting. He works with people by giving his valuable advice. I like his model. For those of us who are in the advice business, it matters. Is a person motivated and capable? Are they one or
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That is the question to ask. It is not, what will provide for me? Or what gains me prestige? Or what can I accomplish? These are all limiting questions. How do you expand yourself...yes, you as a man or woman walking this earth for a finite period of time
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Seth Godin states in Purple Cow that, "We've been raised with a false belief: We mistakenly believe that criticism leads to failure." I agree with Godin's assessment. Look at the winner's around you who are novel in their approach to business and
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I like the statement from John Maxwell I found in Tim Sanders' Love is the Killer App: "You only gain knowledge from two sources: the people you know and the books you read." How true this is. We get real substantive and life-giving information from our