The Secret to Finding a Job or Starting a Business During a Recession
I graduated from college in 1990. Yes, that was a long time ago. It also happens that we were in the midst of an economic recession that started in July…
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Positive State of Mind
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Your state of mind determines your success. If you want to build a growth-oriented company, you need to develop the right frame of mind, and then strategies before you get to work.
Is It Worth it To Own a Tesla? My Battle To Keep, or Not Keep My Tesla
In a blog post I published a couple of months ago on how I prioritize spending my money, I suggested that I regretted buying my Tesla. I’ve since received about…
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How Do You Make Money As an Author? How I Sold 40,000 Books, Became a Number One Selling Author, and Made No Money! The Author Entrepreneur
I’m not sure what inspired me to write a book. A number-one selling book, by the way, but, I didn’t write a book to make money as an author. Let…
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Stop Living Beyond Your Means By Mastering the Art of Self-Discipline.
I’m not going to give you the top 10 things you need to do in order for you to stop living beyond your means, and master the art of self-discipline.…
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2 Deadly Startup Mistakes Every Entrepreneur Should Beware Of
It’s been 27 years since I started my last business. Although I was a solo entrepreneur working out of the basement of a small, dingy office building when I started,…
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Entrepreneurial Burnout, How to Overcome It and How To Stop Being a Workaholic
The topic of entrepreneurial burnout and entrepreneur stress is a bit sensitive, and somewhat of a departure from what I normally write about. It’s that time of year, once again,…
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This Might Be The Reason Why Your Business Isn’t Succeeding
I have a distinct teenage memory of attending classical music concerts with my father. I’ve attended dozens of concerts, and truth be told (hopefully my father isn’t reading this), I…
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What is The Peter Principle, and How Can You Rise to Your Level of Incompetence to Win in Business?
Before I dive into The Peter Principle, and what it means to rise to your level of incompetence, I want to relate a story. It was early 2013, and I…
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Why Being an Entrepreneur is Hard, But Here’s Why You Should Do it Anyway!
Let me share a story with you to illustrate why being an entrepreneur is hard. Are you interested in the following job posting? The Job Posting That Answers the Question:…
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3 Top Reasons Why Startups Fail and How Not to Become a Victim
My biggest business failure was in 1999, and once you’re finished reading, you’ll understand why startups fail. Things were going well with the telecom business that I started in 1991.…
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