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Developing Resilience in Your Business

Why is resilience critical for business? It’s because every company, large or small, goes through struggles at times. It is so easy to get caught up in all the “instant success stories” about people who’ve made a million dollars overnight. When that doesn’t happen for you, it’s tempting to get frustrated and quit. Here’s a [...]

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Failure is Success – If We Learn from It

Failure is one of those things we all have in common – like putting our pants on one leg at a time. It’s a human experience. Some people handle the experience well, others not so well. What’s the trick? How do some people bounce back so successfully after failure? #1 They don’t take the failure [...]

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Develop Your Own Strategies: Be Your Own Guru

Often times new internet marketers get lost in a sea of information when starting online. They buy hundreds of eBooks on how to make money, go to seminars, get private coaching, etc. And often, after all this effort, they still don’t make money. Obviously it’s great to learn from others. However, everyone has their own [...]

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7 Characteristics of Successful Leaders and Entrepreneurs

Successful leaders and entrepreneurs can be born or made, but they tend to share some common characteristics that are crucial to their success. In general, an effective leader is: 1) Exemplary – A good leader is a role model for his (or her) team. With his character, he sets a standard, and he inspires others [...]

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6 Daily Tips for Running a Successful Home Business – and a Family

Working from home sounds ideal when you’re a parent, but the lines between work and home can quickly become blurred as multiple schedules and family demands encroach on your business obligations. To keep your work life separate from your personal life, set some boundaries and stick to them. 1) Set aside an area in your [...]

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Business Success Without the Stress

It seems that business and stress go hand in hand. Many entrepreneurs expect some level of stress before they even get started. Well, that doesn’t have to be the case. Learn to be stress free as you achieve your success. It is not a big secret that no one has discovered yet. Some people just [...]

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Overcoming Your Mistakes

We will always make mistakes. The keys to overcoming your mistakes are to: • Learn the mistakes. • Know what you did incorrectly. • Accept that you made a mistake. • Use the mistake to better yourself and your business. Not until you are willing to embrace those things, will you be ready to find [...]

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The Secret to Winning Online, or Anywhere

The Secret to Winning Online, or Anywhere

I was reminded today of the thin line between winning and losing.  As I (sadly) watched the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team lose a 12-point lead to Michigan State, and eventually the game, it showed clearly what they do differently when they lose compared to when they win. Execution of fundementals. They missed easy shots, they [...]

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Reflection and Refraction

Reflection and Refraction

Daily or weekly reflection happens whether you do it actively or not.  Our minds are always reflecting back on what’s been done, and then internalizing the effects of those events.  In an extreme scenario, a child who’s father leaves at a young age obviously goes through reflection – both immediately and long-term.  The immediate reflection, [...]

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3 Keys to Finishing What You Start

3 Keys to Finishing What You Start

Watching in pain this afternoon as the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team struggled against Purdue, I realized that something in basketball translates very well to personal development: Finishing. The Badgers struggled all day (and for the past few weeks for that matter) to finish (score) when they got close to the basket.  Not all necessarily due [...]

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