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Are You Listening to The Wrong Feedback?

  All feedback is not valid. A big problem with feedback is that we often listen to the wrong sources.   For example, my friend Julie felt called to make handmade cards.    From an

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How Biz Blab and Manipulative Language Erodes the Nobility of Sales (and why we have to stop it)

What does the phrase “state of the art” mean to you?   How about “third generation?”   Does that get you jazzed? Probably not.   Yet this is the kind of meaningless language that fills

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Stephen Covey and I Share The Best Business Advice We Got From Our Moms

Dave Ramsey and team asked their most popular business leader guests to share the best business advice they got from their moms. Click HERE to read what Stephen Covey, Jon Gordon, and I learned from

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Why Working At Home Isn’t The Problem Or The Solution

    People often ask me how I can work from home. They say, “I’d be so distracted. I would have a hard time not watching TV or doing the laundry.”   All I can

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Why Other People Make It Hard To Get Things Done

It starts with a great idea. It’s exciting at the beginning. But then, as you try to implement it, your efforts aren’t greeted with enthusiasm. Instead you encounter apathy, resistance, and derision. Thus begins the

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What is the Poison Person Costing You?

What is the Poison Person Costing You?   Every organization has a poison person; some organizations have lots of poison people.   They’re the people who suck the energy out of projects, complain about routine

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How 2 Minutes of Power Posing Can Make You More Confident

How 2 Minutes of Power Posing  Can Make You More Confident     What goes through your mind before you walk into an important meeting?   If you’re like most people it’s a mixture of positive

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Three Big Things I Realized While Chewing on Smog in Beijing

Three Big Things I Realized While Chewing on Smog in Beijing     There’s nothing like trying to use a foreign toilet to make you realize just how spoiled you are.   Dispatch from China:

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To Sell Is Human (Whether You Like It or Not)

What springs to mind when you hear the word salesman? If you’re like most, you probably think pushy, aggressive, and sleazy. Best-selling author Daniel Pink conducted a survey to find out what people thought of

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Why Looks Matter More Than You Think

Can bad facial expressions cost you your job? Maybe.  And what’s worse, you might not even be aware of it. Image expert Janice Hurley-Trailor says “ Many people have no idea how sour or unhappy their

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EntreLeadership Podcast with Dave Ramsey’s Chris LoCurto

We had a great day in Nashville at Financial Peace Plaza, Dave Ramsey’s world headquarters. I was thrilled to be interviewed by for Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership podcast. Read the INTERVIEW, listen to the PODCAST.

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