Hidden Slavery
The other day, I wrote a bit about how each of us has our own map or model of the world. Worldview and philosophy are 2 other names describing this same phenomenon. In NLP they say ‘the map is not the territory’, to help make this distinction. The map is a representation of reality, it’s …
Passive Suicide
I have friend who always used to tell me his favorite movie was Shawshank Redemption. He would always quote this line from the movie where one of the characters was talking about his dream of getting out of prison and moving to Mexico to live on the beach. The one guy says to the other… …
The Buddhist & The Christian
Once upon a time a Buddhist & a Christian met on a path in the woods. They told each other their struggles & here’s what happened. The Buddhist told the Christian, “In meditation, you will find Nirvana.” The Christian told the Buddhist, “God will answer your prayers.” Each said in his own mind “That’s nice” …
It’s Not What You Think
You see a bear in the woods. Your heart races, your blood pumps, your nervous system gets jacked with super human strength as you flee from danger. You then discover, it wasn’t a real bear. It was an actor in a bear suit. The lesson? The mind tends to respond not to reality, but rather, …
The Wrong Metrics
Yesterday I had 1 person comment on a blog post. I had zero facebook likes or comments. I sponsored 2 customers. In business, it’s easy to spend time on things that seem to matter. Maybe better to focus on the one’s that actually do.
Tolerance
To me, tolerance is when you can say, “I may disagree with you, but I love you anyway.” And a step further, “There’s a great chance I could be wrong.” It the opposite of intolerance. It’s the way a higher level consciousness responds to a lower level consciousness. Do you respond with hatred, revenge or ill …
Overcoming Objections
“I would love to get started but, I don’t have the money.” ‘I would love to buy but _______________.’ Sometimes people need a bit of help getting over the hurdle of filling out the form. Here are 2 tools you can use to help people make the decisions they need to make to move forward …
3 Steps To Strong Residuals
I had a friend I called The X Man who gave me some great advice. He said some people in home business like to recruit & drain. This is where you sign someone up and then put them in a never ending sales process designed to drain them of every spare dollar they have. I …
Principle Centered
John Maxwell said, “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” Per this definition, Gandhi was a leader and so was Hitler. Seems wrong to put those 2 men in the same bucket, doesn’t it? Perhaps, we need 2 more words. Principle centered. Leadership where the ends do not justify the means. Leadership based not alone …