The Only Question to Ask at Work
Early to Rise Editor Craig Ballantyne is on his annual European trip and teaching at the BlackSmithCamp.com in Lithuania this week. Filling in for him today is his good friend, Bedros Keuilian. When Facebook first got online they were trying to find their way in the market place. They weren’t…
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Why I Call Kat Cole…”The Advancing Woman”
In his classic, The Science of Getting Rich, written way back in 1910, Wallace D. Wattles explained a key principle for advancement in business, regardless of where one starts or how little money or connections they begin with. One advances… by advancing (providing value to) others: “And, in so far as…
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How Giving First Creates a Strategic Advantage
Fifteen years ago, when I first began writing for Early to Rise, lots of business gurus were writing about business as a kill-or-be-killed world. It was a popular idea, and some of its advocates were very good at making it seem like the hard-boiled truth. (You may, for example, remember…
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#1 Key for an American Dream Success Story
It was a beautiful evening in June and I was stuck inside at a Dan Kennedy seminar near Cleveland. Fortunately, onstage was the eloquent and distinguished Dr. Nido Qubein of High Point University. He’s long been one of my favorite speakers and on this night, despite humorously getting a lozenge…
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3 Magical Sales Secrets
Today you’re going to discover the secrets to structuring presentations so powerful they sell your products, services or ideas like crazy. Case in point: I conducted the first of our four “Fast Implementation Bootcamps” we’re having this year. (For more information on these highly acclaimed, FREE events for members, go…
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Magic Words that Overcome All Objections
Amateur salespeople pray their prospects don’t have objections. Semi-pros, from the old-school style of selling, have canned responses waiting on the tip of their tongue to annihilate a prospect’s objection the minute it rears its ugly head. But the pro handles as many objections as he can in advance as part…
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Using “Reason Why” to Persuade, Influence, and Maximize Sales
The subject of persuasion is endlessly fascinating. It never ceases to amaze me that I can write words on paper (or the computer) and convince people to send me money…
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My Advice to Teenagers Who Want Money
She said “No!” to me and slammed the door. She was on my paper route. I asked out every girl on my paper route. All three of them. I liked having a captive audience. I would hand them the paper and say, “Want to go to a movie?” They all…
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The Secret Formula I Learned From Two Millionaires About Client Attraction
There’s a philosophy I learned years ago about client attraction. I use and teach it for client attraction, but you can use it for any type of attraction. I heard it first from one millionaire client, and then I saw it demonstrated years later by another successful client. What happens…
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How to Become a High-Performance Legend
As a boy, our hero was plagued with poor health. He was weak and often sick, miserably addicted to sugar and junk food. But his life – and our world – changed at the age of 15 when he heard a speech from health food pioneer Paul Bragg. The young…
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20 Lists Every Entrepreneur Should Create
Entrepreneur: Being a startup founder who is obsessed with my own personal growth, I frequently get sucked into blog posts with titles like “The top 5 traits of all successful entrepreneurs.” These articles tend to cite characteristics such as passion, persistence, inspiration, an eye for talent, a data-driven mindset, great…
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Ben Franklin’s Secret Weapon
As a teenager, Ben Franklin was locked into a long apprenticeship at his brother’s print shop in Boston. This was not where young, ambitious Ben wanted to be. So he fled. Traveling by boat, and made his way first to New York City, where he found no work, and eventually…
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