People Are People Wherever You Go

October 6, 2011

I travel a lot. I get to see some amazing places and visit some incredible locations. I get to eat in fine restaurants and also at McDonald’s. I stay in five-star resorts and in fleabag motels. I experience a lot of contrast on a daily basis. And no matter where I go, there’s always one [...]

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Change is Inevitable, Growth is Optional

September 14, 2011

The only constant is change. What a cliché. And it’s a cliché, because it’s true. The last few years for most people have been a time of definite change. Some for the better, some for the worse. If you watch television news or read the newspaper, you’d come to the conclusion that we’re all going [...]

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Be An Example

September 5, 2011

The best way to teach is by example. This applies to everything including Social Media. People tend to become like the people they associate with and that explains why so many people are negative. But you don’t have to be. Just as in real life, when you’re a downer, people don’t want to hang out [...]

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Repeat After Me…..

August 25, 2011

Earl Nightingale said, “We become what we think about all day long, whether we want to or not.” This is as true as gravity. When I got into sales back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I learned early that sales is about relationships and not closing lines. I picked up Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win [...]

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Want More Energy?

August 24, 2011

Energy is a valuable commodity. Personal energy is even more valuable. Dale Carnegie taught, “Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain.” Criticizing, condemning, and complaining deplete your energy. Your personal energy is too valuable to squander. Giving sincere appreciation and expressing gratitude produce energy. And in an amazing bit of universal karma, they also produce energy in [...]

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Remember the Phone?

August 18, 2011

As you’re connecting with everyone on Social Media platforms, don’t forget that people are more than their static profile pictures and postings. Part of adding value to people is getting to know them better. As busy as we all are, we choose how to spend our time. Some folks choose to invest their time instead [...]

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No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.”

August 15, 2011

Derek Sivers has written a short masterpiece in his book, “Anything You Want.” He unintentionally started a business and ended up becoming a multi-millionaire by serving people. That’s what successful business do, don’t they? Serving people, that is. One of the things he talks about is the concept of ‘No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or [...]

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You’re Farther Along Than You Think You Are

August 12, 2011

A client of mine in Canada recently sent me a news article on the London rioters using Social Media as a way to organize. Most folks have figured out that SM sites enable people to organize. Mubarak knows this. Gaddafi knows this. Charlie Sheen knows this. The interesting thing to me is that police departments [...]

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You Are A Creator

August 9, 2011

All kids love to make things. And very quickly we tend to start comparing what we’ve made to what other people have made and most folks determine that they’re not creative and that creativity is some magical ability that only special people are born with. What a crock. You are creating every day whether you [...]

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Think Win-Win

August 6, 2011

Success is based on relationships. People who are truly succeeding know this intuitively. Nothing and no one operates in a vacuum. As you build your life, business, etc, focus on only participating in, building, and enhancing mutually beneficial, win-win relationships. The days of being a Rambo and leaving a bunch of bad relationships in your wake [...]

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