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People want certainty, they want security. They want to feel that someone really smart, really competent, really capable is in charge. They

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Fear: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

“The primary difference between an entrepreneur and a professional business manager, generally speaking, is one of attitude. The entrepreneur, especially when starting

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The Extra Degree

The difference between hot water and steam is 1 degree. At 212 degrees everything changes. Are you willing to go the “extra

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Frugal Innovation

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30 Methods of Influence: #26 Speak the Languages of Logic and Emotion

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 26. Speak the languages of logic and emotion. The language of logic and the

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“Hold Fast Your Dreams”

Okay, I’m a businessman, an attorney, an accountant, have a building contractor’s license. All serious, serious stuff. Far removed from perhaps the

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What is your HLP? (Highest Leverage Point)

Life is wonderful but it also is rather finite (anybody find a way out of here alive, please let me know). I

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Are You Willing to Change?

If you truly expect things to change in your life, then you must be willing to change your life. To get what

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“As If Fear Never Entered His Mind”

“He played as if fear——of Roger Federer, of Centre Court——never entered his mind.” This is how a New York Times sports writer

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30 Methods of Influence: #25 Be There At the Crossroads

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 25. Be there at the crossroads. None of us want the people we care

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“No, it’s too hard. Forget it, no way you can do it.”

“No, it’s too hard. Forget it, no way you can do it.” This was the reaction to IBM researcher David Ferrucci’s proposal

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Memo to My Company:

Please, please promise never to do this to our customers! Whenever I experience a mediocre customer service encounter, I think, “How can