How do you decide which topics to focus your learning on?
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With so much content out there, how do you decide which avenue or idea is the best one to focus on for your improvement?
Trouble happens! How do we get stronger through it?
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When hard times come, do you want to be the type of person that makes it through the fire to the other side, refined by that fire? Of course you do! Assuming anything else would be…silly. How does one become resilient through trials, though? What traits are evident in those who have not only survived
If you want a successful business, you need to be a learner
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I regularly get asked what the one thing is that business owners need to do/have to be successful. A variation of this is what is the one thing that helped me grow my business to the success it has today? While it’s hard to pin down one thing that can take your business from nothing
7 Books to make you a better consultant
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1 Getting Naked The biggest takeaway I had was to just ask questions if you don’t know. I do this even in everyday life because there is always someone that doesn’t know. I’ve decided I’m just the person that’s always going to ask. 2 The Price is Right Best and shortest overview of pricing strategy
Marketing the Duct Tape Way
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Over the years I’ve recommended Duct Tape Marketing more than once. I read it when I was getting my business started and found it very helpful. Any book that sticks with you for years is worth reading a second time. This is the real test of a book’s sticking power — if it holds your
Listen deeply to find the real problem your client has
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It doesn’t matter if you work for yourself (internal projects only), you work on client projects, or you’re employed with a direct boss. You’re only paid to solve problems with what you know. One of the key things a great consultant does is find the real problems their clients are having. Good consultants solve whatever
Make sure you know what type of company you run
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You may think you’re a developer or designer or coach or under water basket weaver. You’re not really any of those things though. Sure you may write code or design, but that’s not really what your job is. May Marketing Series
The most important things to read this year
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When we’re young, we search and search for who we really are. This is often most apparent in our teen years as many of us run far from the beliefs our parents tried to instill in us throughout our years under their care. In my house my brother went the route of tattoos and ‘punk’
Are you changing this just because it makes you more comfortable?
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There are lots of cool tools out now. Developers can dive into a new JavaScript framework almost every day and each one is bigger/better/faster than previous ones. These new tools are often shiny and fun, and there is nothing wrong with trying them out, but there is something wrong when you foist them on your
You need to give your clients freedom
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So many ‘freelance’ guru’s tell you to get clients on your hosting, or some other form of lock in. Today I’m going to talk about why I think that’s a bad idea.
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