The Secret Handshake Welcome Buzz Warrior. As the founding father and mother (that’s my feminine side speaking) of The Fraternal Order of Buzz Warriors I just gave you a big, dog like, sweeping lick up the side of your face. From your chin to cheek, slightly over your nostril, up the side of your nose, [...]
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A few weeks back I caught a few minutes of The Today Show and noticed a short segment about a hiring day at the Intrepid in Manhattan, specifically for veterans returning to the civilian work force. It got me thinking about a column I wrote for The Wall Street Journal earlier this year about focusing on the type [...]
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Remember the children’s story, The Emperor’s New Clothes? In case you never read the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, it goes something like this: Two tailors hit up a very vain (Carly Simon’s ex-boyfriend perhaps) Emperor for a lot of cashola, promising to make him a fabulous, life-changing suit. They convince him that he’s special, and only [...]
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A battle rages in every entrepreneur’s mind. It’s not good versus evil. It’s “I can” versus “I can’t.” At the end there can only be one winner. The enemy’s name? We like to call him The One Nut Guy. And today, the epic battle begins. . . CONTEST: Make Your Own Video (Hint: Cool Prizes Await) Who [...]
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Make a video revealing your own inner critic, post it on YouTube, and you can win the “Inner Circle Dinner” and other awesomely cool prizes. Here are the details. . . The Prizes 1. The Inner Circle Dinner (One Grand Prize Winner) – One grand prize winner will join Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Pumpkin [...]
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Earlier this month I posted my first “Break to Fix” blog post , in which I shared a little fictional story about how to fix a common business problem – in this case, how to stand out amongst the competition – by breaking the “rules.” I received a request in the comments from Dennis, who [...]
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Anyone who knows me will tell you I am a maniac about productivity. I don’t have a single game on my iPhone or computer (except what comes pre-installed or my youngest son tries to install when he is playing around on my iPhone). But, I do have some very cherry productivity tools. Some might call [...]
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Years ago, my buddy Mike Maddock told me about Larry Walters, the California truck driver who became famous when he flew to 15,000 feet… in his lawn chair. (Read the story in Maddock’s book, Free The Idea Monkey.) Walters’ eyesight kept him from his childhood dream of becoming a pilot, so he cooked up a [...]
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A few weeks back I confessed my addiction to business books, and promised to let you know about some of my faves. I’m not a critic, so instead of giving you a traditional review, I’m going to tell you which pages I believe are must-reads, and why. Plus, I was big on Cliff Notes in [...]
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About a month ago my editor at Penguin Books sent over the proof of the flap for my new book, The Pumpkin Plan, and asked if I wanted to make any changes. I looked at the back cover, which featured endorsements I’m still blown away that I got (more on that later), and wondered if they [...]
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I was crankin’ up some good old AC/DC this afternoon, and it got me thinking. If there was a song that spoke to the experience and the spirit of the entrepreneur, what would it be? Instead of one, I came up with ten. Blame it on the old under-promise, over-deliver. Here are my two votes. [...]
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My office is in a cookie factory. I am not in the business of making cookies, but I sure as heck like eating them. Especially the toffee-chocolate chip cookies. Yowsers, they are good! I’ll explain in a moment. Frugality is a way of life for me, something that I became acutely aware of as I [...]
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I have been blessed with dozens of endorsements for my new book. With the help of my publisher (Penguin Books), they are listing the 10 endorsements that they recommend for the book, but I only have room for 6. Which ones should I user?
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Who is the best competitive swimmer in the world right now? Michael Phelps. You knew the answer, I’m sure. You might not even follow the Olympics, or any sport, but you still know who Michael Phelps is. We remember him and his record-breaking eight gold medals (and maybe we remember him for another, slightly less [...]
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This is the first in a series of posts I call “Break to Fix,” in which I give you examples of how to fix a common business problem by breaking something—breaking with convention, breaking the rules, breaking the way things “have always been done,” breaking up with people you think you need but really don’t. [...]
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Most of us have at least one addiction. Maybe for you it’s reality TV, or pop tarts, or lemon-scented shower gel. I’m not sayin’. I just judgin’. Me? I’m addicted to business books. Well, business books and crystallized ginger. I know! Weird. Your turn to judge. Before you get your undies in a bunch, [...]
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