If Christmas does not make you sad, this message may not be for you. Feel free to move on to whatever’s next in your day. However if you DO relate – if you’re one of those people who struggles with the Holidays because of tough family situations, loneliness or losses, this is for you. On Christmas Eve, I hosted a very special … Read More
Self Sabotage, Inner Head Trash & Christmas
Just this morning a guy told me how adding a simple upsell would have easily put tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket with 30 minutes of work. But he sat frozen in front of his computer, utterly unable to follow through on it.
It’s funny how many conversations I’ve had lately about “Inner Head Trash,” especially around Christmas.
He asked me, “How do you deal with this?…
A different perspective on the killings
“The government needs to take stricter measures and pass more laws.”
“We need to invest more in mental health.”
“We need to start cracking down on thugs – hard.”
“This kind of stuff NEVER happened when I was a kid.”
I’m not interested in very many of these questions, or arguing about what band-aids are most appropriate. Not today anyway.
What I’m interested in today is:
Quietly Building Equity & Wealth as you Grow Your Biz
I interviewed banker Chris Hurn about building long-term equity. This is easier in some businesses than others. If you’re in manufacturing or software development that might be easier than a service, consulting or publishing business.
In this interview we discuss quietly building equity in the same commercial real estate that your business inhabits.
Analog Kid, Digital Man
When you were a teenager, did you ever feel like this?
Business to Business Lead Generation Quality
MarketingCharts.com issued a great survey. They looked at TV, print, social, SEO, PPC, email and more. Business-to-Business marketers’ reported quantity and quantity of leads.
Top of list:
1 year ago, I adopted my China Princess!
One year ago today was “Gotcha! Day.” On December 4 2011, we met Zoe in Nanchang, China. Recently one of my customers Deb Gallardo (who I’d never met or spoken to) contacted us and said she’d felt inspired to write a song.
Business Books I’ve read 5 Times
Yesterday I said I’ve got 1000 books; I’ve skimmed most, read 200 in full and read a few 5 times. Someone asked – which ones have you read 5 times?
Why You Should Only Implement 10%
A lot of people feel GUILTY. All the time.
Why?
Because they have all these courses, books and training, and have gone to a bunch of seminars and haven’t hardly implemented any of it.
Guilt. Blame. Self condemnation.
Well, if you’ve done NONE of it, you *should* feel guilty, and get your hind end in gear.
But if you’re like most successful people, you’ve…
Why Email is the most intimate marketing medium
The ever-insightful Nick Neilson posted this comment on my blog: You won’t catch me trying to work out my “real problems” on facebook. Why? Because nobody knows… nobody knows my sorrows. I search and solve in private. Everybody knows the discomfort of somebody actually posting something vulnerable on facebook – “This is a party man… don’t start your sob story … Read More