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Category Archives: Mindset

The Unexpected Benefit of Taking Things Personally

I’m in the middle of a few different copywriting projects right now, and if you’ve ever juggled multiple projects (which I’m sure most of you have) you know that there is a fine line between working quickly while maintaining a standard of quality.
I was chatting with my friend Stuart Tan the other day about copywriting, […]

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The Awesome Power of Face to Face Networking

This past weekend at JV Alert wasn’t just a “great networking event,” or “full of useful information.”
It was way more than that.
It was life changing.
The culture at JV Alert Live events are unlike anything I have ever witnessed before.
At most events people are noticeably pitchier and self serving.
(I’m sure you’ve been at events where people […]

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Napoleon Hill Talks About his Meeting with Andrew Carnegie

Have you read Think And Grow Rich yet?
Think and Grow Rich is quite possibly the most famous and influential business philosophy book ever written.
It is literally the bible of the business world, and many a business person owes their success to this groundbreaking book.
The story behind the book is fascinating, and since I can’t tell […]

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The 3 Pieces of Advice from the Dying Buddha

I am not Buddhist.
What I am though, is a humble seeker of knowledge.
So when I saw that Lama Ole Nydahl, one of the greatest teachers of Buddhism here in the west, was here in LA for an evening, I had to check it out.
Lama Ole talked about Buddhism in the Modern World, and it was […]

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A Blackout at UPS Causes Pandemonium

An interesting thing happened today at my local UPS store.
While I was standing in line to get a package overnighted, the power went out at this particular store, and in a few stores on either side of it.
I figured that the employees would simply turn on an external generator, give customers directions to the nearest […]

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A Handy Tip for Entrepreneurial Insomnia

If you’re anything like me, the excitement and possibilities that surround the online business world stimulates your brain at all hours of the day… and night.
To the point where sometimes it’s hard to fall asleep.
Honestly, sometimes I’ll toss and turn for hours, then just give up, turn on the lights, and get back onto the […]

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Unlocking Your True Potential - with Tony Robbins

Do you know what the TED talks are?
According to the website…

“TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to […]

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Success Isn’t Just Given to You - Ask Steven Spielberg…

In a former life I was an assistant at a pretty high profile talent agency in Beverly Hills.
(If you watch the HBO series “Entourage” I was ‘Lloyd’s’ character)
And like any ambitious entertainment industry hopeful, I read up on all the legends of the biz, hoping to glean some knowledge of how these icons made it […]

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40 Ways to Enrich Your Life

I’m not a sappy person by nature.
In fact, most sappy writing that I read makes me want to punch butterflies.
But every once in awhile I read something that makes me step back and think, “Hm… this is some good, worthwhile information AND it makes me feel good.”
A friend just sent me an email that fulfilled […]

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It’s a Good Day to Die

I was doing some non-marketing reading today (surprising, I know) and I found this tidbit of information to be both fascinating and inspiring.
So I decided to write about it. I hope it resonates with you.
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It’s a Good Day to Die
Did you know that early Native Americans would utter this war cry before heading into […]

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