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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007My weekly column is up over at the always fabulous FreelanceSwitch.com. This week, it’s time for my monthly “Ask Jonathan” advice column and it’s a real nail-biter! A 22-year IT guru asks how to get prospects to take him seriously at such a young age. He’s got the chops, now he needs to figure out how to get the clients.
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?
Hare Krishnas reveal secret to massive link-love and mega-sales…now take your damn flower!
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Want a ton of inbound links? Want to sell mountains of product, book yourself silly or hit the bestseller list?
Think it’s all about killer content, great design and rocking service? Well, you’re half-right. But, that, alone, won’t juice you into the big-leagues in any of these professional and personal quests. There’s something else. Something really, really big. Something that plays into the very fabric of human nature.
What a slice of pizza taught me about small business marketing, pitching clients and getting gigs
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Learn how to jumpstart your small-biz or freelance-biz with this unusual lesson learned from a guy and a slice of pizza. It’s all at this week’s column over at FreelanceSwitch.com. Go check it out now.!
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.”
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?
The power of location: How to find & evaluate the perfect spot for your new small business
Friday, September 28th, 2007
The Small-Biz Toolbox series offers immediately-usable tools & resources for people who are passionate about starting and growing small businesses.
Ever thought of opening your own local retail shop? Shmoozing with customers who are like family, selling only the coolest stuff and controlling your own destiny? Ah, the great American dream!
Chances are, if you’ve ever considered opening a retail business, someone in your family has pulled you aside and shared with you three rules of success—location, location, location. Why? Because…
How to turn a big, fat crisis into a bigger, fatter opportunity
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Simple fact—life doesn’t always unfold the way you hoped or expected, especially when it comes to business and careers.
When things don’t go our way, we’ve generally got two options…get beat or get creative. And, the sad reality is that most of us choose the first option. Not because we want to. Not because we need to. Because we just don’t realize a second option even exists. We have so much trouble acknowledging there just might be a way to find not only good, but outright opportunity in nearly every bad-situation.
Failure is more a choice than a fate…if you’re willing to rise to the challenge.
Karma Capitalism: A radical approach to accelerated business and career growth
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
The other day, I walked in to teach my Monday class at the Manhattan yoga studio I own, glanced up and nearly fell over.
Sitting in the middle of a packed class was a face I immediately recognized. A man I’d only heard about. A legend, in business… and Buddhism. Tall and thin, with a long ponytail wound into a bun sat Geshe Michael Roach, the only Westerner to attain the Buddhist title of Geshe in the last 600 years and author of the controversial, yet fascinating business-book The Diamond Cutter(aff). There he sat, waiting to take class. From me?!
Though I have studied Eastern philosophy, I am not a Buddhist. I’m pretty much a twice-a-year Jew. And, with many other great studios in the city with a decidedly-more spiritual bent, he could’ve chosen any number of other teachers to drop-in on. But he chose me. And, he chose that day.
Why on Earth did a Buddhist mogul-monk choose my class?
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