More Important than Killer Tips
Your REAL problems have nothing to do with your website, your product, or even your sales copy. Your real problem starts between your two ears. It’s all in your head. We’ve seen this time and time again in our Mastermind group. Members have all the info they need to succeed…
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5 Secrets of a $450 Million Sales Shark
One night in 2010, after consuming too much caffeine late in the day, I set about reading The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort’s autobiography that eventually became a smash Hollywood hit. In just three hours I raced through that book full of gripping stories and bad decisions. There was…
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The Greatest Play of Your Career
It was ranked by NFL.com as one of the ten gutsiest performances of all time. I still remember that Saturday afternoon, watching the game up in my bedroom after rushing home from my job at the local greenhouse. It was 1993 and I was a seventeen-year old die-hard Dallas Cowboy fan.…
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The Best Advice of the Year
It was my golden age of television. When I was thirteen years old, I’d race home from my Sunday morning hockey game, rewind the tape in the VCR, lie on the family room floor out at the old farmhouse, and watch a recording of the latest episode of Saturday Night…
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The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous
Today we’re going to take a fun detour and tackle something larger, more philosophic, and, quite frankly, something well beyond my ability to credibly speak about. The Making of Steve Martin Steve Martin is arguably one of the most important figures in 20th century comedy. Much of the modern comedy…
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How to Get Ahead at Work
Do you want to get ahead in your organization? In today’s essay, I’ll tell you how to become a superstar employee. I’ll start by sharing two stories with you about employees who recently displayed excellence in my business. Last month we held a massive customer appreciation event. On the day…
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How One Simple Christmas Gift Helped Harper Lee Write One of the Most Profitable Books of All Time
Merry Christmas. Hopefully you didn’t ask for the standard iPad, PlayStation, Beats by Dre, smartphone etc. and instead you decided to think a little bigger this year. And I don’t mean “bigger” in terms of size or price. I mean bigger in terms of potential to change your life. What am I…
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What To Do If You Hate “Selling Yourself”
I really never had what it takes to succeed inside a corporation of any size. Just like when I was working as a church musician, I had two fundamental flaws: I couldn’t help speaking my mind. I got really angry at jerks in positions of power. The worst part was,…
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How to Sit Down and Start Working Right Away
Let’s paint a picture of the average knowledge worker. They get into work around 9, and after putting their bag down at their desk, they stumble into the kitchen still a little sleepy, and reach for coffee. They get to their desk. And then they spend oh, about 30 minutes…
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6 Criteria for Your Success
In the late 1990s, while most people my age, like Craig, were taking the traditional college route to success, I set out on a cross-country educational journey. From Portland, Oregon, to Buffalo, New York, I crisscrossed the country working for a variety of unique entrepreneurs. It was from these business owners that I learned…
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How To Develop a Money Mindset
Do you have the mindset of a natural-born moneymaker? Ask these questions to determine whether you have a money mindset, plus how to get one.
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The Truth About Your Big Ideas
A stranger corners you at some industry event. In hushed tones, he tells you he has a “great” idea. And he’ll “share” it with you so long as you promise that you won’t tell anyone or rip him off. “It’s an amazing idea,” he assures you. “I’ve been thinking about…
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