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Success Key: find the growth that aligns with both the pessimists’ good habits and the optimists’ interests in new things.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet The common ground where optimists and pessimists can stand together and self-actualize together is – Growth ....all…
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I didn't see the financial meltdown coming. I didn't see the economic recession coming. I do see some things now...
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Having been through those challenges , and rethinking business, I have a better picture of what we need to do to protect our…
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When Leaders tell followers what to do they need to limit that telling to BIG PICTURE things.
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Some think Leaders should provide followers latitude to do their work as they choose. Some think that’s the way to breed…
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About Influencing Powerful People - #3
Talking About Influencing Powerful People - here's another Dirk Schlimm quote: “What makes these geniuses so powerful is not ground-level expertise or…
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Sooner or later, entrepreneurship beats egos down to a successful size.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet To succeed for any extended period, an entrepreneur must have a balanced ego. When an entrepreneur's ego gets out of control…
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Influencing Powerful People - #5
For a month now, I have been writing short thought posts sharing quotes from Dirk Schlimm, who will be CFFB 's special guest and keynote speaker on April…
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While You Can Teach About Entrepreneurship, You Cannot Create Entrepreneurs
Five years ago I wrote: 3 forces drive entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs have this burning feeling inside them…a Need To Achieve something. I describe it as ‘a…
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Fresh-squeezed Sales Juice
What do you need to do to get your sales people juiced up about the amazing opportunities you see everywhere you look? First, does that question resonate…
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When you annoy people, you don’t make money!
When you run a company, from time to time, you may think your employees want to run the company their way. Perhaps, it isn’t that the employees want to run…
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Putting a finger on your entrepreneurial pulse
A few years ago, I wrote a little piece titled “Driven to Construction” . It considered the 3 forces that drive entrepreneurs: A burning desire to achieve, A…
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Do You Want To Expand Your Insight Power?
Entrepreneurs have deal-doing insight . Good salespeople have deal-doing Insight , which can be defined as: a natural, deep capacity to understand people and…
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Business Involves Only 3 Actions: doing deals, delivering value, and receiving value.
Doing Deals : the actions taken to obtain clients Delivering Value : the actions taken to serve clients Receiving Value : the actions taken to obtain money…
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Willing suspension of disbelief: an entrepreneurial phenomenon
From Wikipedia... Suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief is a term coined in 1817 by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor…
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Driving Business Value
A business owner drives business value by understanding self and understanding others, exercising self-control and influencing others to do the same…
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Some day you and your business will part company
Some day you and your business will part company. Based on our Spirited Leaders’ experience, it appears about 2/3 of small-business owners do not realize…
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You are in business to generate money.
Yes – there are many other reasons why you are driven to be in business. Regardless, you are in business to generate money. You have set a plan for your…
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Thought Tweet #862
Thought Tweet #862 Business Valuation...difficult to have it survive the test of time...near impossible to do under dispute. The Thinking Behind The Tweet I…
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Thought Tweet #838.5
Thought Tweet #838.5 Over time, entrepreneurship beats the ego down to a manageable size. The Thinking Behind The Tweet To succeed for any extended period…
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Saying "No" & Seeking Simple
Many big businesses are struggling with downsizing, rightsizing , and other kinds of sizing activities that are aimed at reducing costs and building…
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Thought Tweet #831
Thought Tweet #831 Allies will help you build your business. Work to choose allies . And choose your allies carefully. The Thinking Behind The Tweet And…
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Thought Tweet #830
Thought Tweet #830 Continuously driving to deliver value to other people is important because it energizes people. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Continuously…
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The more you struggle the less you achieve goals. Yet, failure can trigger better ways.
Successful people have a burning internal drive to build things and accomplish things and to influence other people. At one point in their lives - perhaps…
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Thought Tweet #811
Thought Tweet #811 What's the difference between a small-business owner and an entrepreneur? It's in their Motivation. The Thinking Behind The Tweet It's in…
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Thought Tweet #804
Thought Tweet #804 " If you haven't had to make payroll month after month, you haven't really learned how to be practical. " John Rose The Thinking Behind…
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Motivation, Self-Confidence...Entrepreneurship & Sales
Some people are convinced their motivation is not their responsibility. They rely on others for motivation and they blame others when motivation isn't…
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I'm no Economist...
I'm no Economist. So, I have no delusion about being able to either understand the financial-facts and number-nuances or accurately forecast the future…
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@GKWCC #CEOP2P: CEO - "We take something we believe in and provide it to people that need it...that feels good."
Related articles… About Entrepreneurs The @GKWCC #P2P series of thought tweets contains ideas, quotes, & suggestions provided by local business leaders at…
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@GKWCC #CEOP2P: People want to create value.
A related article… About Creating Value The @GKWCC #P2P series of thought tweets contains ideas, quotes, & suggestions provided by local business leaders at…
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Thought Tweet #670
Thought Tweet #670 Stepping from excelling at execution to excelling at delegating it...one giant leap for business growth. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…
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Thought Tweet #659
Thought Tweet #659 Entrepreneurs have an innate talent: moving back and forth between narrow and wide focus...identifying opportunities. The Thinking Behind…