A man found an eagle egg and hid it in a chicken pen. The egg hatched and the eagle grew up alongside a bunch chickens. Then one day the aging eagle looked up into the sky and saw a…
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October 2017
Every night my daughter reads me a minimum of 3 pages from her book no matter how tired she is. It’s one of the best parts of my day. I’ve found that the phonetic BOB Books to be the…
Billionaire Ray Dalio was doing an interview about his new book Principles which I thought was so so. But when he was asked about how his health and fitness contributes to his success. Ray was so on point. Ray…
The lady at Starbucks is always trying to give me a gold card. She says I’m going to save a lot of money. But would Starbucks really give out a card that makes them less money? Of course not.…
In the early days of business there was a time where money was tight. I had 5 employees and a rent to pay. The main reason money was tight was my own fault. I was allowing a group of…
There was two people trying to sell me insurance. The first sales guy found a way to weasle me into a meeting. His sales pitch was flawless. He tried to build rapport, got to my problem, painted a nice…
I’m not into motivational quotes but I love quotes that make you think. Here are 29 quotes from my most popular blog posts this year. You can find more of these quotes and one’s from other people on my…
At first the entrepreneur does everything themselves. They wear all the hats in the company. But the next stage of growth comes when the entrepreneur learns to let go of being personally involved in every aspect of the business.…
Capitalism moves in this way. We go from not making much stuff to making too much stuff. In a bookstore or on a magazine rack, it used to be that there was only space for top sellers. The book…
Instead of being grateful once a year, try making it a daily routine. One of the only routines we have as a family is every morning for breakfast my wife, daughter and I each name something we are grateful…
A new personal trainer starts their job. Within a few months their schedule is either packed or slow to start. The personal trainer that is slow to start may be doing everything technically right by reminding each client at…
Marketing is about giving the person you want to help the right message in the right place at the right time. First off, you must know that it’s not about you. It’s about them. Who is your ideal fan…
I have a friend that told me that he wanted to start a business. …that was 15 years ago. We live in a time where anyone with $100 can connect to millions of people. We have more leverage than…
Have you ever been reading something while someone asks you a question? You can’t read and listen at the same time. The same part of the brain is at work. Yet so many speakers stand there talking to the…