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We have that wonderful opportunity each day to express thanks and give to the people that come in and out of our life and work. Here's a short list of people to consider expressing thanks towards: * Someone who took initiative to help you with an opportunity * A friend
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"What man needs is not a tensionless state, but rather the striving and struggling of some goal worthy of him." ~ Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning "Consider that if man were to succeed in ridding the world of all disease, poverty, pestilence, famine, and war,
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If the world was a static place, you could make your bed, set things in order and watch your money-making job or business simply cash flow without disruption. However, we don't live in Narnia. It's not a place of bliss and perfection. Now that everyone is
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If you are in continual chaos, why? Do you simply accept reality as one giant mess? Week after week is simply reactive and full of open loops? Yes, business can be overwhelming in our connected economy. We can all create work for each other rather quickly. However, when you think
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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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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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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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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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Our human brains have a hard time understanding or accepting exponential trends. We prefer and interpret events and trends to be linear. Like a nice Sunday drive that is steady in course, direction and speed, we think life events unfold this way. However, the reality is that we have acceleration
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There's more to life than just maintaining what you have and simply getting throug the day. Having laser focus around a few things that matter can make an immense impact towards big goals. However, that's easier said than done. First, you have to know what you
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Ever notice that there are things you might want but you are just mediocre at it? Most of the things you attempt, you will be mediocre at, for that matter. Your body, brain and coordination simply underperform compared to a person who naturally steps in and makes it happen. Being
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Spending money is easy. So is cluttering your life. The discretions or indiscretions we have on what we let into our life can keep us from going after even bigger and more adventurous things. I like to buy experiences rather than things. Going big on travel, glacier landings, wilderness backpacking,