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Barriers to Success - Lack of Definition (BTS Part 12)
Some barriers are used for protection. Safety glasses protect you from flying debris, whatever you are doing. They help keep a vital organ protected. They are a barrier. Removal of this barrier at an improper moment can mean the loss of sight. Proper vision in your life is just as important. However, there is a [...]
How Do You Embed Video in a Blog or Page?
Video has become very popular on the web and a necessity for any serious business. As a result, we need to understand some basic things about it.
#1. You don’t have to create the video to embed it.
#2. You can embed any video from most of the video services (we will use YouTube)
#3. [...]
Barriers to Success - Motivation - (BTS Part 4)
An iceberg is a devious barrier with the most damaging parts of it underneath the water sometimes impervious to sight.
The Titanic was suppose to be the “unsinkable” ship. An iceberg took it out easily and many people perished as a result of this unseen or unperceived barrier
There are some barriers in our lives that don’t [...]
Goooooaaaaaaal!
We hear the announcers voice each time a goal is scored in soccer. The excitement of scoring a goal is real, tangible and measurable.
We should have the same excitement as we “score” (reach) our goals in life. There are seven areas in which we can define and measure.
One thing that will help you to write [...]
Barriers to Success - Lack of Commitment - (BTS Part 3)
There is an old joke that as far as breakfast goes the pig is committed and the chicken is just involved.
Are you just involved in life or are you committed? During the Chinese crackdown on democracy at Tianemen Square there were many demonstrations about commitment. However, none seemed to capture the world so [...]
Barriers to Success - Personal Philosophy - Desire (BTS Part 2)
Holding back a tremendous force can be a daunting task. In 1931 construction began on the Hoover Dam.
This barrier holds back the Colorado River and all of its force. When it was completed in 1935 it was the largest concrete structure in the entire world. It holds back 28,537,000 acre feet of water at full [...]
Barriers to Success - Personal Philosophy - (BTS Part 1)
The Great Wall of China is 25 feet high, 4,160 miles (7,600km). It is one of the greatest barriers to mankind. However, it is external. Most of the barriers we will be discussing during The Barriers to Success series will be internal. They stem from personal issues and they start with personal philosophy.
Have you ever [...]
The Barriers to Success
Well, We are officially announcing the series “The Barriers to Success.”
Over the coming months we will be going over those things that hold us back, keep us from breaking out and stop us from accomplishing great things.
There are many barriers in our life and we need to look inside ourselves as we approach any of [...]
Attraction is Just the First STEP
We have been hearing about Intention, Attraction and The Secret over the past couple of years. They are all great concepts. However, there is something missing in most of the education, e-books and seminars that are going around.
What’s missing?
What’s missing is that attraction, intention and The Secret focus on the “Marketing” side. There is no [...]
The Smell of Crayons
Today the boys started shopping for school.
I could smell the crayons way before I got to the isle. I smelled them in my mind. I saw the box. I knew exactly what it was we were getting.
They were given a list of things they needed from the school. As we have spent the last couple [...]
Elephants and Pygmies
I used to work at IBM. Itty Bitty Machines, I’ve Been Moved, I’ve Been Misled or many other acronyms those of us who worked at IBM came up with. (Actually, I loved it. But, don’t tell IBM).
While I was at IBM I met an extraordinary individual. His name is David Goldstein. David is a loyal [...]
3rd Party Validation
In 1968 my dad (Thomas L. Wheeler) wrote a book and in that book he talks about 3rd party validation. He says that it is the critical key to sales. In 2004 I heard Jeff Olson and Eric Worre talk about it. Donald Trump talks about it all the time. The point of this is [...]
Show Me The MONEY!!!
I know, I know, I watched the movie and was almost embarrassed for Jerry McGuire as he was screaming in the phone to save his last client. I wonder how many agents will go to any length acquire/maintain a customer?
Anyway, the money is right under your nose. The problem is that nobody really knows. Banks [...]
The Two Triangles
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 bottom to [...]
Units of Effort
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 in the first [...]
