Archive for March, 2011

Did Social Media Just Get Another Injection of Steroids? Google’s Version of “Like”

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Google just rolled out a new feature to Google Search called “+1″ (It’s pronounced “Plus One”).  Industry insiders are calling it the most significant social feature that has ever been added to the Google search engine. To be clear, the version of “+1″, which is beginning to roll out today, is not the toolbar version that we first got [...]

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The Scary Part of Cancer…What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You

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It would seem logical that applying all that modern science has to offer over the last half a century would have brought us much closer to eradicating cancer. Just compare it to other areas of technology…our cell phones now are more powerful computers than the largest supercomputers of the time. But instead, cancer rates have increased during [...]

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Why Your Success Can Be Your Greatest Failure

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Success is not to be pursued.  Your pursuit of success can be your greatest failure.  Failure is not a single, horrible event. You don’t just immediately fail. Instead, failure is a culmination of a few errors in judgment, repeated on a daily basis.  Success should be drawn in…it is to be attracted by the person you have become. [...]

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I Can’t…I Can…I Will!

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We just went from one end of the spectrum to the other with that title.  What is it about an individual’s personal psychological thought process that they even spend one minute on “I can’t”? This thought process is always a mystery to me.  However the paradigm about this disconnect, is the unspoken part about time and effort and [...]

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Leadership and Your Greatest Fear

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Now this is a touchy subject.   Hmmm…your greatest fear.  The very thought of someone probing into your deepest, inner thoughts can makes ones stomach twist and turn. Do you know that statistics have shown that our worst fear is of public speaking?  Yes, that is it, the worst fear.  But you want to be a leader and leaders [...]

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“Just Over Broke”

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“Just over broke”…stands for a job.  If you think about it, the majority of Americans who have jobs are “just over broke”.  So why do people tolerate this?  Have we slid into such a state of melancholy that we are just going along for the ride?  Wait a minute!  Where are the unstoppable entrepreneurs? In [...]

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Why Do You Fear Becoming Unstoppable?

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What is holding you back from becoming unstoppable? The fear of failing or your own personal fear of what others might say?  Why is that important?  These are important questions you must ask yourself before you make that commitment to becoming an entrepreneur.  When you are unstoppable…nothing else matters. You have single-minded focus to succeed [...]

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What’s Your “Back-Up Plan”? Or…Do You Have a “Back-Up Plan”?

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Over the last three years of economic challenge, a ripple effect has been created that’s being felt in every business, and in every household. I think the hardest part for most people is dealing with the constant uncertainty about what the future looks like. Back in the day, we all got the advice of “go to [...]

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Why Do You Believe That Being a Victim Empowers You?

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I just finished reading an article about an individual who felt empowered because they believed that they were entitled to receive additional benefits from the government, even though it was quite obvious to most that they did not deserve them. This brings up the question…why do you believe that being a victim empowers you? We [...]

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Think “Big”…I Mean Really Big

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Think “Big”! Know your “Why”.  Sure, we’ve all heard that stuff, but what does it mean?  Lately, my partners and I have been discussing this a lot.  We have been burning our brains coming up with concepts that can be applied to your life and we have decided this… Thinking “big” requires a change in [...]

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Simple Elements You Must Master to Become a Trusted Authority

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We all look toward leaders and expect them to be “trusted authorities”. But to become those trusted authorities, they must master some simple elements. They must provide clear insight. The must make it simple to understand. They must provide depth and be able to break it down into simple detail and here is why… Insight [...]

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