Everybody’s blathering about New Years resolutions right now. Usually the next sentence out of their mouth is “And most people abandon them by mid-February.” Somebody else chimes in and says, “I just don’t make ’em.”
New Years Resolutions work well for me. Why?
Because when I make resolutions, I…
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
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?…
“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:
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.
When you were a teenager, did you ever feel like this?
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:
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.
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?
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…
