Let’s chat about this whole 4-hour workweek thing that’s been floating around. You know, that idea where you’re sipping a cocktail on a beach, working just a few hours a week, and everything magically falls into place? Well, reality check—it’s not as simple as it sounds, especially for those diving into your careers or hustling […]
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Your social media is failing because you’re not showing yourself doing the thing you actually do. If you’re a garage door technician, show yourself working on a garage door. If you’re a health and wellness practitioner, show yourself treating patients. You can certainly have talking-head videos as voiceovers on top of the actual doing. Recipe
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“Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.” – Uchtdorf As you make progress toward your goals, haters are inevitable. They’ll try to distract you, attack you– in the hopes you’ll doubt yourself and then fail. Since then, their failure is somehow YOUR fault. Surround yourself with people who believe in you. The quote above
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Let’s talk about the power of niching down and how that drives referrals. Niching down helps in referrals. When you choose a niche and you’re known for something, let’s say one of my friends is a world-class PR, and I’m pretty good at VAs and locals. So, any lead you get will always be worthwhile
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It’s 1:26 am and I’ve just gotten through my email and messages– over 600 per day. Now, to re-film a presentation I gave at CEO Lawyer Summit. Believe it or not, someone ran off with the camera equipment that had the recordings. So, I won’t be done until about 3 am– but there are deadlines
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I did one thing this afternoon that made this whole week worthwhile. The performer measures results. The employee measures the number of meetings and hours. Are you optimizing for the wrong things? If you’re measuring by time or meetings, you’re rewarding your people for taking longer. And you’re penalizing your top performers. Instead of fighting
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I’ve been analyzing the most successful people and how they win when most people fail. You’d think the differentiating factor would be intelligence, luck, money, or connections. Nope. The #1 factor is perseverance. Great things take years to build— and that means being able to keep going through the inevitable ups and downs. Having a
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But it’s 100% authentic. You’re known by the people you keep. And I often forget to honor the people that have helped me over the last 15 years, many of who I saw in person today. I’m often tired, not paying attention, not feeling so good, and not on my A game— but thank goodness
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The #1 thing I notice beginners do, which experts don’t, is they focus on… + FANCY instead of the fundamentals. When we troubleshoot campaigns, 99% of the time, a bunch of fundamentals are missing. And it shouldn’t take an expert to notice what can be tracked via a checklist. + URGENCY instead of results. A
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What’s the difference? ATTITUDE. Because we all have ups and downs– don’t kid yourself about how “tough” you are. Because you can’t know it all and avoid all problems– you need to be coachable and humble. Because others will appear to be more successful and do so faster than you– cheer them on instead of
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