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Book Review: Selling Change

Most people who have any sales training or experience understand the concept of selling benefits, not features. However, have you ever considered going beyond both of those and instead focusing on selling change? I recently read “Selling Change” by Brett … Continue reading

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The World Wants You to be Stupid: The Headline Fallacy!

Believing everything you read is a bad idea. But what’s much, much worse is believing everything you read when you don’t take the time to read all that much… You may have seen a story last week that had the … Continue reading

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Knock it Out of the Park

I don’t much like baseball, but I really like baseball metaphors. So today, I am going to encourage you to do your best to “knock it out of the park.” This idea came to me while watching Comedian, a documentary … Continue reading

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4 Ways You (and Your Team) Can Keep Kicking Ass, Even When Things Go Wrong

In Vino Veritas! Translated: “Truth in Wine!” Of course, in order for the Veritas to come out, you have to be able to get to the Vino… I discovered this lesson a few years ago, when I decided it was … Continue reading

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Preparing for the New Year

(Note: This post was supposed to go out a few weeks ago, but as I mentioned in my New Years Lapse post, things got a little off-track. But, since the ideas don’t apply just to the new year, and since some … Continue reading

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The Holiday Hangover Cure – Add Some Excitement to Your Life!

When was the last time you woke up really, really excited about getting up and going to work? If your answer is “a long time ago,” or, “I can’t ever remember waking up really, really excited to go to work,” … Continue reading

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The “Goldilocks Test” for Effective Goal Setting

What can you learn about goal setting from a juvenile delinquent who commits breaking and entering, vandalism, and theft? Quite a bit, actually. The felon in question is of course, Goldilocks, of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” fame. For those … Continue reading

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Resolution #1: No More Resolutions!

It’s January 3rd, do you know where your resolutions are…? If you’re like most of the world, you either: Didn’t make any. Have already broken them. Will break them soon. Why not try a different approach this year? Why not … Continue reading

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New Years Lapse…

Happy New Year! Through December of 2010, I worked on a series of blog posts to help people prepare for the New Year. Then I got a bit off track and decided to spend quality time with my family, and … Continue reading

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8 Ways to Do Something Great

Today is December 10th, which means the “Do Something Great in November” Challenge is over! I am happy to say that I achieved my goal of writing 50,000 words (50,088 words, to be exact) for my novel as part of … Continue reading

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