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Happy Labor Day!

Let me first start by wishing everyone a Happy Labor Day. Hopefully you have a nice day planned to enjoy off at the beach, on your boat, at a picnic or just having a party at home by the pool. Maybe, you’ll be flipping some burgers and dogs later or cooking some nice steaks while

WIN WALL – Celebrate Your Wins

Once a quarter, along with a colleague of mine, I have the honor and privilege of performing a strategic planning day for about 35 – 50 local business owners. Together we spend an entire day out of the business, working on the business. The morning is all education and reflection, in the afternoon we create

The Law of 250 – Selling Success

The Law of 250 – Success in Selling Success leaves clues and Joe Girard left many on the art of selling and building relationships. Joe Girard knew how to sell cars. He’s listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as “the world’s greatest salesman.” He has written several books on selling. How to Sell Anything

The Success Equation

I’m going to share with you another equation today for you to gather some perspective. It’s called ‘Your Personal Success Equation’. This equation is P + T x A x A + F = ‘Your Personal Success Equation’. What is this all about and what do all these letters represent? P represents your Passion. Are

Own it!

I’d like to share a little story about a gentleman I met several months ago. As we were sitting down talking about his business, he was telling me how bad the last year was and how everything that has happened that he couldn’t control was a contributing factor of why he was not successful. He

Formula for Success – What Camp are you in?

I’m going to give you a little something to think about today. BE x DO = HAVE is what we call the formula for success. This formula has to be mastered and applied a certain way. We are also going to take a look at what camp you’re in, because to be successful, you have

The Formula for Change + 1!

I would like to share what we call, ‘the formula for change’. Originally the formula for change was D x V + F has to be greater than R. I added a little twist of which I’ll share it with you later. First of all, what does this all mean? The D stands for Dissatisfaction.

To Specialize or to Generalize?

To be or not to be, that is the question. Actually, the question everybody’s really asking is, should we be a specialist or a generalist? That’s the question that everybody wants to know the answer to. First of all, what is a specialist? A specialist is the master of their trade. They’re the best at

Definite of Purpose or The Devil?

Lately, a lot of people have been asking the question, “what the heck’s going on out there?” We are all fully aware that there’s a whole lot going on out there, outside of the four walls of our own little world. I’ll share my view. Back in 1937, a book was written by Napoleon Hill

Digging Deep for the New Innovations

In 1930, the chocolate chip cookie craze was created by sending the cookies to servicemen overseas. The Hostess Twinkie was actually created in 1930 to fill a gap as strawberries for the Strawberry Shortcake was out of season. Fortune Magazine a year after the Great Depression had its first issue introduced. Really? A magazine on