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Thursday, November 15th, 2007Happy Thursday, all! My weekly column on maverick marketing and business-building is now up over at FreelanceSwitch.com.
This week’s article–Differentiate Or Die: Marketing’s Magic Bullet–reveals one of the single biggest failures in building career or business, failure to differentiate, and shows you how to fix the problem and win more business instantly.
Modeling excellence: fast-track to success or reckless road to ruin?
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Open any book on success, personal development or self-help and, without fail, you’ll find a section on “modeling success.” There, you’ll be told to find people who’ve done what you’ve done, study how they did it, then replicate their thoughts, steps and actions. Doing so, you’ll discover, will vault you past roadblocks and dramatically accelerate your path to success. It’s far easier to travel a road than to build it.
Problem is, while modeling the right person and the right process can be a catalyst for success, modeling the wrong person and the wrong processes can lead you spiraling down the road to ruin. Question is—how do you know which is which?
CEO’s Secret Weapon (Part 3): little known tactics that fuel visionary thinking
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
So, here we are at the final stop in our three part series.
In part one of the CEO Secret Weapon series, we learned how powerful stepping “A”way from a challenge is in finding a breakout solutions. In part two, we discovered “A”ttentional training, a tool that allows you to master stress, cultivate your professional edge and boost critical thinking and problem solving abilities. Now, it’s time for the final “A.”
How to find a ton of clients without advertising, spending money or having connections
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Hey gang, get your dose of out-of-the-box marketing ideas today with my weekly column at the amazing FreelanceSwitch.com. Today’s article is:
Awake at the Links - Career Change Carnival
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Welcome to the October 16, 2007 edition of the Career-Change Carnival. A blog carnival is a collection of articles from around the blogosphere that focus on a specific topic. It is published on a regular basis, rotating among different blogs with each publication.
The focus of this carnival is career-change. The links that follow have been submitted from all over the world and touch on various aspects of career-evolution, freelancing and even a bit of entrepreneurship. Some are very mainstream and others will challenge your notion of the envelope. So, take a look and see what resonates with you. Enjoy!
CEO’s Secret weapon: little known tactics that fuel visionary thinking (Part 2)
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Back in my corporate lawyer days, there was one guy who everyone hated. Not because he was mean or underhanded or cut-throat. He was actually quite nice and always willing to help. People hated him because he was good. Superstar good.
While everyone else fretted and froze under the dizzying pace and pressure of the job, he seemed to always keep it together, to thrive and even come alive as the fire got hotter.
He wasn’t an adrenaline junkie or cowboy. He was actually a pretty level-headed guy. But he just seemed to process things faster, do things differently and see things everyone else missed. And that gave him an edge. An edge everyone else wished they had. Including me.
I used to wonder what he was doing differently. Whether he was just wired that way. Maybe it was genetic. Or perhaps there was something else going on.
CEO’s Secret Weapon: little-known tactics that fuel visionary thinking (Part 1)
Monday, October 8th, 2007
Did you ever notice that certain people seem to consistently excel in business and life on a level that trumps everyone around them? It almost doesn’t matter what comes their way or what profession they are in. They relentlessly defy the odds, see solutions and opportunities invisible to everyone else and operate, day in and day out, on a whole different level than the world around them. They seem to have a near-mystical ability to survive and thrive.
When these individuals are your mentors they inspire a die-hard work ethic and devotion. When they are your colleagues, they engender deep respect and, at times, even deeper envy. And, when they are your competitors, they cultivate frustration, awe and even hatred.
I wonder what it would be like to be able to do what they do, stand in their shoes and win like they win?
Effortless Success – How to turn work into play and succeed on a massive scale
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 
Have you ever lost time doing anything? You know what I’m talking about. Those moments when you become so absorbed in what you’re doing that an hour becomes a minute and a day becomes and hour. You blink and it’s time to go home, but you’d kill to be able to stay just a little bit longer.
Think back. How long has it been? Now, I wonder how much more enjoyable life would be if you could recreate that magical sense of total-absorption, effortlessness even in the face of extremely hard work. Imagine how rich each day would be if you could bring this experience not only your play, but to the way earned your living.
Ten-years, suicidal hair and something to share
Monday, October 1st, 2007
So, this year was my 10th anniversary and I did what all men do 10 years in. I looked back at how my life has changed, evolved and grown over this last decade as a family-man. Problem is, I started the process one morning sitting in the barber’s chair.
Now, for those of you who hit your 40s with a full shock of manly 20-something hair, good on ya!. That’s not me. My hair has been deftly plummeting to it’s death, follicle by follicle for the last, oh, 10 years or so. And, no, it’s not in any way related to the fact that I’ve been married the same amount of time. So, let’s not even go there. Just plum coincidence.
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