Category: Thinking
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My “Never Quit” list and why I created it
Let me start by prefacing this blog with I don’t believe you should keep doing something that isn’t important. You have to decide what is important and never quit on those things. In my world I have a few of those “Never Quit” items that I outlined in my self-published book titled 7 Ways to…
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Everybody is a photographer now
Over the weekend I was doing a log of writing and reading. Something that I read that has me thinking about the future. I wrote down a quote from one of the best marketing minds on the planet, Seth Godin. He said: Be in the business of “Finding Products for your customers, don’t Find customers…
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2 questions you have to ask
How often does this happen? We go through a situation and we get through it and we once again find ourselves in that same situation again? And we repeat our same actions and get the same results. Maybe this only happens to me. Here are two questions that you must ask yourself in all situations.…
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The old man at the coffee shop
I have purchased my morning coffee at the same place for the last 10 years, with very few exceptions. Yep, same place, and the same order. I know everyone here and they all know me. For the last two years, I have worked out of the coffee shop every morning for the first two hours…
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If this is true, what do you do about it
As a trainer, leader, colleague, friend, mentor, subordinate, mentee, partner, business owner, etc. I have found the following to be so true in just about everything in life. I guess it really comes down to the law of averages and the law of large numbers. With anything that is repeated enough you will eventually see…
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Are you a LinchPin? My notes from this book
I read LinchPin (Are you indispensable) from Seth Godin a month or so a go. In my weird filing and ranking system that I have created, I ranked this book 8 Stars out of 10. It is a book that gets you thinking about how you can do more and be more, because as humans…
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Why not think rich
If you have never heard of the classic business book that is on everyones list as the top business book of all times, here is your introduction to it. Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill. It is a great read and has a lot of great advice in it. Even though this…
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5 Things you must do today for your own success!
1. Write down the one big thing you must get accomplished today or someone will die. Not literally, but what if you approached everyday like this? I must accomplish this one thing or someone will die. Would you be sure to get it done? 2. Be sure to reach across the aisle, over the cubicle…
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X amount of things I wish I would have learned sooner
There are many things I wish I would have learned sooner, but now that I got it, I refuse to lose it. Do more than you are asked to do. Read more. Work harder on yourself than you do anything else. Listen more than you talk. Helping people is more rewarding than money. Goal Setting…
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1 year ago: What has changed? NOT MUCH
It was about a year ago this month that I made the decision to stop watching the NEWS. Yes the NEWS. Mainly the National News. Yes, I was a FOX News junky. I watched the O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, and Greta. Not much Greta, because that is too late. However, if my TV was on, you…