It seems that nearly every strategy for growing your business brings with it a unique set of both pros and cons. The upside of buying leads is, it’s fast & easy. The downside? It doesn’t seem to work that well. Shortcuts are always easier, but they never seem to work as well as taking the …
We all seem to have our own view of the way things, people and business should operate. It can be tempting to run around sounding alarms & raising awareness for danger zones. When someone is in a business, that’s different from yours, pointing out the flaws can seem like a shortcut for helping others see …
It seems we need both repetition and originality in our message. Repetition builds culture, as consistency builds trust. Additionally, just as no one is inventing new antiques, it’s not likely anyone is coming along with new principles or laws of success. This seems to makes repetition a necessity. All this in consideration, if you say …
I’m told that by the year 2030, will exist a robot with an IQ of 10,000. Proponents of artificial intelligence prophesy of the ‘singularity’, …a moment machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence. Can they make a heart or soul to go along with those brains? In today’s hyperlinked world, automation – …
The other night my son Kayden and I read about a true story from 1919. Back in those days, molasses was being converted into alchohol and used as a key ingredient for bombs in World War I. 1 company constructed a massive steel container in a small Boston town and filled it with molasses. Almost …
I was recently on a website that offered to give me something. The offer was appealing so I opted in, only to discover that a purchase was required to get the thing that was offered. I logged into my email inbox to see not 1, but 3 different emails from this website. I opened 1, …
Although there are many ancillary purposes and benefits to business, the primary mark persists like an eternal constant. To serve customers. In network marketing & similar types of home businesses, this can easily get lost in the noise. Maybe this can be partially justified with the argument that some of our “customers” come to us with …
As you’re bringing your products & services to market, it can be tempting to look at all the wrong data to gauge your impact. “If I’m making money, I’m having a positive impact”, says the idealist entrepreneur. Bernie Madoff pulled in a cool 18 billion with the largest financial fraud in US History. This financial windfall …
The other day, one of my great friends said… “I know my biggest challenge is productivity. I feel overwhelmed with life, work, my clients, appointments, pets, looking for a vehicle. How do you do it?” The first words that came to my mind. I have no idea and many times, I feel this exact way. ha …
Wallace Wattles expresses in his philosophy, as outlined in books like The Science of Being Great and The Science of Getting Rich, that the world is perfect though not complete. We are encouraged to look upon the world and it’s circumstances as that which is becoming. The realist in us prods to rage against this …