Don’t Buy Distractions
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From You Are Buying Distractions, Your Productivity is Making a Loss We need to make a space for thoughts by de-cluttering our space and working area. Removing all extras and distracting elements. Let it be your cell phone if that’s the case. Not forever but for the time being, you are set to perform a…
You’re way too scheduled to think
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Stop, Take a Break, And Just Think. Mental breaks increase productivity, replenish attention, solidify memories and encourage creativity. The first thing I put in a new notebook on reading, is what I hope to get out of the reading I’ll catalogue in the book. What topics do I feel I need to cover?How deeply should…
Recap of 2017 & Thanks for All The Fish
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Welcome to the last Smart Business Show episode of 2017. Thanks for all the fish. I’ll be taking at least two weeks off so no podcast next week and no podcast in the first week of January. During that time I’ll be doing a few things. hanging out with my kids and wife spending an…
Are You Coaching the Person or the Problem?
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There are three different parties in coaching Coach Person Problem According to Chad W. Hall, there are also three levels of coaching which he describes in Coach The Person Not The Problem. Beginner: Coach the Problem Better: Coach the Problem through the Person Transformational: Coach the Person for Internal Change Hall contends in this short…
I don’t want you to have a 6-figure income
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I want to be clear, I say I want to help you build a 6-figure business not because the 6-figures is what’s important. I don’t care about the dollars you earn, I care about the parent and husband and wife you can be. I want you to have a business that allows you to hang…
Sure blogging is great, but I need some tips to get started
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It’s no secret that I write, and write a bunch. I’m going to end 2017 with around 215k words published in some fashion. Some of them are scripts that got turned into videos. Some of it turned into three different books. But most of it was given away free on my site. Over the years…
Scott’s Best Reading of 2017
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I’m a reader, and that shouldn’t surprise you. My friend Scott published his list of the best things he’s read in 2017. I also read Perennial Seller1, and The ONE Thing2 in 2017 and concur, they are must read books. The rest of his list is new to me, but is now on my list…
Do you view opportunities as a child or as an adult?
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Children expect opportunities to be handed to them; maturity is understanding you have to go out and make them. – Perennial Seller I’ve said before that if you’re struggling with contractors it’s probably your fault. That good consultants take control. To stop trying to blame your screw up on something the client did. I’ve told…
Ask Better Questions
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Very interesting podcast about asking better questions. One cool note is that the guest uses a system just like my Mullet Method Of Deep Work. I’d love to hear from more people about heir use of a similar system. Listen and learn about questions
What Makes You Ready for a 5-Figure Freelance Client?
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If he waits for a job to be good enough to deserve his best shot, it’s unlikely that he’ll ever have that job – Linchpin This is Seth Godin talking about a grocery store clerk he calls Steve. Steve shows up and does the job, but phones it in. If Steve is waiting for a…