There has long been a disagreement whether it is better for the average person to start a business or to work in the corporate world. Today we dispel the myths. Let’s start with the first scenario: #1. Take a piece of paper out and turn it landscape towards you. Draw a squiggley line from the [...]
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Browsing Posts published in August, 2008
As you go through your life and career you will run across people whom you are drawn to that will be detrimental to your future. I call these people Time Wasters. These people do not have your best interest at heart. Moreover, they have a tendency to drain your assets and waste your time. Most [...]
Starting a business is one of the toughest things to do. Most people fail because they fail to understand two things: 1. The effort necessary to start the business 2. The capital necessary to maintain the business. 95% of businesses fail in the first year. 99% percent fail in the first three years. 99.5% fail [...]
Well, we are halfway through the first full day of the Olympics. I absolutely love the competition, the pain, the joy and the sadness associated with the struggle. Its like an adrenaline push for me. I get excited to see both the winners and the losers. Even the losers of these events are major winners. [...]
Humans learn new things in a specific order. If you can understand that order and the ramifications of how that applies to learning, you can learn much quicker and in depth almost anything you are studying. Marcy Driscoll in 2002 wrote about How People Learn. She broke the process down into four categories: Learning occurs [...]
Webster’s defines discipline as: Main Entry: 1 dis·ci·pline Pronunciation: \ˈdi-sə-plən\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin disciplina teaching, learning, from discipulus pupil Date: 13th century 1: punishment 2 obsolete : instruction 3: a field of study 4: training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character [...]
Have you ever received a compliment? It’s great isn’t it? Yes it is. I wonder how many of us have felt the ensuing feelings of a mental debt? Kurt Mortenson (Founder of the Persuasion Institute) calls it obligation. Its that funny feeling that you need to “Repay” the compliment or gift. Even though it may [...]
Have you ever heard someone say, “He/She make me so angry!” Can anyone make you anything? Or, do you allow others to affect you so dramatically that their emotions become yours? 95% of all your decisions are made subconsciously. You have to train yourself to be whatever it is that you choose. You get to [...]
