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Rituals and Superstitions that Boost Your Business

Do you ever try to avoid the number 13, or act a little more cautiously on Friday the 13th? How about throwing salt over your shoulder if you happen to spill...

Customers Don’t Buy What You Do

Customers don’t buy chimney cleaning services. They buy safe, roaring fires. Customers don’t buy Terry Cloth, sponges, soap and wax. They buy bragging rights for their shiny car. Customers don’t...

How Can You Recognize Your Talent?

It’s a pretty common question. Afterall we are often blind to our talent, because what comes easy to you (ahem - your talent) you think comes easy to everyone else....

Perseverance

As I study all the ‘overnight successes’ in the world, I see one consistent theme: perseverance. Most of them had to persevere for years or even decades before the world...

Question Bigger Than Thinking Big

We live in a world of questions. In fact, in business, we are inundated with them. Think about all the questions you ask in a day – everything from “How...

Sell Them After You Sold Them

Have you ever heard of Buyer’s Remorse? Thought so. But did you know that with public access of the Internet truly taking hold twenty years ago, everything changed? The consumer...

Can Watching Movies Teach You The Key To Winning Negotiations?

I’m old school. I like Roger Moore as James Bond. But you never know when your tastes can change, so I went to see the new James Bond movie (with...

Successful Innovation: The Hidden Secret

Humans are creatures of habit. Those who have ever tried to break a habit can identify with this. You start a diet every Monday. You plan a new workout routine...

Stay Under The Radar

Every entrepreneur wants to see their business grow. And why wouldn’t you, right? It means more customers, more sales, and ultimately more money. But there is a risk. If you...

My Dumbest Mistakes: How NOT To Recruit Top Talent

It popped in my mind like many of me “genius” thoughts, while in the shower. I distinctly remember the moment, because as the thought came to me as stinging shampoo...

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