Pluses, Minuses, and Equals
In "Ego Is The Enemy", Ryan Holiday talks about the "plus, minus, and equals" way of learning from people that he got from MMA trainer Frank Shamrock. Basically, you need three different types of people in your life: Those who are better than you are now (the...
About “Victimhood Chic”
In his book "The Subtle Art Of Not Giving a F*ck", Mark Manson sums up the current state of social media with what he calls "Victimhood Chic": ===== "The responsibility/fault fallacy allows people to pass off the responsibility for solving their problems to others....
The Power of One Letter
A cool story for fans of Dale Carnegie's book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People": The original title was supposed to be "How to Make Friends and Influence People", but when the cover was being designed they discovered that they couldn't fit the whole title on...
As easy as selling lemonade
A few weeks ago, some neighbourhood kids came to my door selling lemonade. I was about to run out, and I already had a cold bottle of water, so I was all good. I did give them $5, because I want to support young capitalists who are out working on a hot summer day (Go...
Avoiding the “Tinder Trap”
A few years ago, a woman in New York City tricked a couple hundred guys with a "Tinder Trap". She matched with 7500 men on Tinder, and outsourced messaging them to people who had a script for responses. The conversations led to an invitation to a 1:1 date with her at...
(Podcast) Cracking the Lead Gen Code Using Heart-Centered Personal Branding – with Manny Wolfe
had my friend Manny Wolfe back on the podcast today, and it was a fun interview that covered: What “Congruent Organic Strategy” is all about, and why you should be aware of it …The big challenges that coaches currently face establishing authority and credibility in a...
Learning about online summits from true experts
We're just one day away from Tom Matzen and team's live Master Class around online summits! It's called "How to Use Your Next Summit to Build a Seven Figure Business … Even If You Can't Market Your Way Out Of A Wet Paper Bag", and here's what some past attendees had...
About discipline
Yesterday I talked about The Joker, and today I'm talking about Batman … In my office I have a replica of the Batarang from Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" movie trilogy. That item reminds me of how Batman/Bruce Wayne was 100% disciplined to carry out his mission...
Valuable business advice from the Clown Prince of Crime
In "The Dark Knight", The Joker said something that every coach (and entrepreneur) should tattoo in their brains: "If you're good at something, never do it for free" Who would have thought you'd get great life advice from a crazy Batman villain? But he's right … Too...
Running an online summit … how hard could it be?
I was speaking with a coach recently about an online summit that he hosted. He had some great speakers for it, but at the last minute a few of them cancelled. Luckily he had a back-up plan in place, and was able to fill the spots quickly with other speakers … But...
