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Trusting Your Gut Can Be A Dangerous Move. Here’s Why…

For the record, I’m a big fan of trusting your gut.  There are more success stories than I can count that rely on entrepreneurs who trusted their instincts and profited...

Good Criticism vs Bad Criticism

I finished a speech last month and hustled to the back of the room to autograph books.  It is my mini-rockstar moment and I love it thoroughly.  Until I get...

Empower Any Employee With 3 Questions

You can’t do it all by yourself.  I don’t care how brilliant you are, at some point, if you want to scale up your business, you’re going to have to...

The Increasing Cost Of Doing Business

Have you ever noticed that the majority of business articles point to the (very real) fact that it is getting more expensive to run a business? Your employees don’t ask...

Naysay The Naysayer

When the naysayer says, “What if it’s a flop?” Ask them, “What if it isn’t?" When the naysayer says, “What makes you think you can do it?” Ask them, “Why...

Facial Cues: How To Detect If A Client Is Lying

It was going to be the biggest client engagement of my life. After eight months of wining and dining my prospect I had received the nod to deliver a proposal....

If It Hurts…

My wife dresses impeccably. If I criticized her ability to pick a good outfit, or told her that she has no clue how to dress, she would scoff. When you...

Twisting & Turning Ideas

If you want to get all the juice out of an orange, you first squeeze it. Then you twist it. Then turn it and twist it more.  If you are...

What We Have Learned From Failing Restaurants

Notice any of your neighborhood restaurants going out of business in this economy? If so, you are not alone! It is happening everywhere, to all kinds of restaurants. But the...

Unlimited Wealth from One Simple Method

Have you heard the old story of the Mexican Fisherman and the American Tourist? It goes a little something like this: Once upon a time, in a land far, far...

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