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As an entrepreneur, when you have successfully created five different $1 million businesses in four different industries in the span of 26 years, you paid your dues and earned the right to tell the story of how you did it. Each one was created differently but the one thing that was common among the first […]
As many of you already know, I am a disciple of Dan Kennedy, the master of copy. You probably also know that I am a product of his mastermind program too. Today, I am running my own mastermind group for law firm owners. It’s about time to dissect exactly what a mastermind program is for […]
There is something that sounds just a little bit out of place about setting rules for vacation. A vacation is supposed to be a let-your-hair-down-consume-drinks-with-little-paper-umbrellas kind of time. Right? So, what’s with the rules? The “rules,” for a change, are not to restrict but rather to enhance your vacation enjoyment. We’ve become a hi-tech culture. […]
Here’s an autobiography that I believe puts a fine tip on the point I’d like to make. Chapter 1: I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter […]
As an entrepreneur, it’s vitally important to focus most of your time with your eyes looking “down the road” – into the future. Day in and day out, as busy business owners, we spend much of our time meeting and hopefully exceeding our current customers’ expectations. But it’s equally important that we spend time looking […]
What if I told you that ten years from now, your life will be exactly the same? Would you be happy? I doubt it. Who wants to be in the exact same place, exact same circumstances for that long? I would venture to say that not too many people would be happy if everything remained […]
I have an exercise for you. I need you to take a vow. You know the kind where you put your left hand on a bible and the right hand in the air. I’m going to assume you don’t have a bible handy, so raising your right hand will do. Please recite this statement: My […]
So many times when I work with clients they think that in order to make a big difference in their practice they need to make big changes. Many times, that’s just not true. Here’s a story I originally heard from Larry Winget that makes my point. One day, when we lived back east, I was […]
A long time ago my grandmother told me, “What other people think of you is none of your damned business”. Yes, Grandma said the word damn. She was a tough but loving Greek Orthodox woman who ran away with my German Protestant grandfather only to be excommunicated from her family and friends for nearly a […]
In his book “Think and Grow Rich” Napoleon Hill outlines the six steps to goal setting. Decide on a specific goal Decide on a definite time frame you wish to achieve your goal. Write your goal down Define a plan to achieve your goal Determine what you are willing to give up to achieve your goal […]
For as long as there have been pet stores, there have been kids falling in love with the front end of the puppy. They gaze through the pet shop window at that adorable little face and they just have to have it. They beg mom and dad over and over again until finally one day, […]
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