Seth Godin’s latest post is a great one. The title is Generous Gifts vs. Free Samples It gives a lot of food for thought… A lot of learning that occurs in business and life occurs when you turn up the contrast and look at the differences in things. Seth makes the point that giving away …
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Your critics. If you can stomach it, if you have the courage, if you want to improve… Too often we are blind to our own faults, and we get stuck on a plateau. We have met with just enough success, just enough praise, just enough results, that we stop growing. Don’t get me wrong. It’s …
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I’ve been reading Jacob’s blog for awhile and this is a guy who is living the life. At the age of 33 he retired by using a combination of working hard, living extremely frugally (by American standards), and investing wisely. His blog is full of great wisdom and advice on the above subjects. Perhaps most …
I have looked at success story after success story… I have read many biographies and studied the lives of many great men and women… Over and over again I find that what Benjamin Disraeli said is true… “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” Winners are those that have a purpose in mind and …
Too often we get caught up in downsides of life… We feel overwhelmed by our obligations… We are having health issues… We are having relationship problems… We find that out work no longer satisfies us… We come to a crossroads or crisis in life… The best advice anyone can give us in these situations is …
Do you know how powerful simply saying yes can be? I know in my life saying yes has led me to some great opportunities that have furthered my career and have helped me to find my calling in life. Have you ever really thought about how much you say no to things? How much opportunity …
The person that has focus is the person that wins. Yet it is hard to focus. We don’t want to focus. It’s almost in our nature to be distracted by what is in front of us at any given moment. Let’s take resumes for example… How is a hiring manager supposed to decide who to …