Posts Tagged ‘Personal Development’
Are You The Hero Or The Victim Of Your Story?
We all relate well to superhero stories. Who doesn’t love a story of someone swooping in to save everyone from a great calamity and criminal? As it relates to our own life story, I have found there are generally three types of characters; Heroes, Victims, and Bad Guys. Which are you? Sadly We Are All…
Read MoreThe Killing Paradigms or Lies of Entrepreneurship
Thinking back on my various failed ventures I can always identify one of the two paradigms below as being the driving factor in my failure. When I talk to would be or starting out entrepreneurs I now more easily recognize when they are equally stuck in one of these paradigms. The biggest issue is that…
Read MoreSavvy Business and High Level Performance Reading Curriculum
On occasion I do run into people who ask more broadly for a book list that I would recommend. I have developed this book list for individuals who I am mentoring and I thought it would be appropriate to share it here
Read MoreMarketing: What Job Is Your Product Being Hired To Do
When working on product development, and then when marketing a product, ask yourself, “What job will my customer hire my product to do?” In addition to looking at this from the marketing and business angle I also want to address how this applies to relationships and personal development.
Read MoreValue Is King – New Marketing Reality
The big brands have known this for some time and they are working hard to become integrated into lifestyles of their consumers by putting resources behind non-sales related utility and value.
Read MoreEveryone is a Publisher – 3 Tips to Stand Out
To stand out among the clutter one has to produce content that is FAR more valuable to one’s audience than everyone else. That could be entertaining, educational, informative, or whatever your audience craves.
Read MoreRun Your Business Like a Family and Run Your Family Like a Business
I think American homes struggle from a lack of leadership and structure and American businesses struggle from a lack of compassion people oriented perspectives. In short I think we can benefit by centering ourselves in the middle and then living our life in whole instead of in pieces. Here are some principles we can apply.
Read More7 Habits of Highly Successful Sales People
The outline below is an adaptation of Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as it may apply to media sales. Use this outline and adapt it for your industry and business.
Read MoreSalt Lake City Marathon: I’m Alive
In 2009 I ran a half marathon in Provo, UT. It was a fantastic challenge. In 2010 I competed in a triathlon relay with my family. This year I ran a marathon. I think I might be done with running challenges for a little while. I’m a runner and will always run but I don’t…
Read MoreIncreasing Your Ability to Take the High Road
When the most difficult choices in life come to you, you too “will have to choose between that which is easy, and that which is right.” The voice or power deep inside which guides us to take the high road must be developed and strenghtened. We work it out just like any other muscle. In the end it will be the small day to day decisions that we make that will build the strength we need to do the most
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