Politics

  • Something’s broken

    People only look for alternatives when something is broken. It may be something broken in themselves, the relationship they are in, or the product or service they have used for a while. And people don’t usually look for better alternatives until they’ve been let down by a ‘failure to fix’ what was broken in the…

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  • Become so good

    If companies and people can let you go, you aren’t good enough. Take some time to soak in the feedback and then, make a plan to become so good. The greatest value on earth is the feedback that others give you. Don’t misuse it.

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  • 3, 6, 9

    Write your goal three times in the morning before your get out of bed. Write it in the present tense as if it has already been accomplished. Repeat the same routine in the afternoon, only write it six times after lunch. In the evening, write it nine times before you go to bed. Then, send…

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  • Free?

    Never give anything away for free which you can charge a fee. It’s the dividing line between running a business and charity. And it’s also the reason why you might reconsider freebies, freemiums and free trials from for-profit companies. Frankly, nothing is free.

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  • Shame vs guilt

    Shame and guilt are two sides of a coin. Indeed, they are both acknowledgements of wrongdoing but they aren’t the same. Shame, on one hand, is acknowledging we have violated a social code. We have done or are part of something that’s socially unacceptable or taboo in social circles of which we are a part.…

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  • Take risks

    Risky is standing still in a fast-changing world. If you don’t take risks, you’ll never know. And if you never know, you’ll always second guess yourself. Now, there no imprisonment worse than this.

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  • Attend seminars

    Attending seminars is a hardwired wealth strategy for two reasons. One. Seminars give you access to specialized information. Two. They give you access to a network of specialized people. Tested information and tested people, in the same space can only mean one thing: Money!

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  • Strategy is everything

    Sometimes you just need to think through your process, cross your ‘ts’ and dot every ‘i’. Most things won’t happen by themselves and others, you’ll need to make happen. In all, you’ll almost always realize that not execution but strategy is everything

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  • Touch

    The ultimate indicator of the state of any human relationship is touch. It’s why people shake hands, hug, cuddle and give pats on the back. It’s also why people land blows on and strangle others. What should be worrisome in any relationship is the absence of touch because in any relationship, the absence of touch,…

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  • More often, wealthy families lose their wealth in three generations for this reason. The first generation are money makers. They work hard but end up raising the next generation to be caretakers. The caretakers do not continue in the visionary leadership footsteps of their parents because they are raised to be managers. One the vision…

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