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The Right Tools & Mindset For Success

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How to improve your business

I’m all for bootstrapping but at some point you need to open your wallet if you want you and then your business to grow.   A danger of experiencing success is the temptation to stop learning. My business has grown tremendously in the past two years and the more success I’ve experienced the more I have invested in my business. They’re not expenses. They’re investments. Here are a few.

Build a Better Blog in 31 Days
This product by Darren Rowse (@ProBlogger) improved my blog tremendously. It’s more a reference tool than a quick read. I even spent another $20 to get it printed in a special binder so it ended up costing more.  If you blog then buy it.

Blog Coaching
Jonathan Milligan (@CPACareerCoach) gives away A TON of helpful info on blogging in his group on 48days.net. I’ve hired him to help me with my blogging.

World Domination Summit
Chris Guillebeau (@ChrisGuillebeau) is hosting this event in June in Portland, Oregon. It’s a really random group of people who want to dominate the world (in a good way, if that’s possible). It’s sold out, sorry.   [Read more…]

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Why my best friends are all rich

Most of my very best friends are what you would consider wealthy. Why is that? Here are a few reasons why.

1. Successful people have better attitudes. They don’t blame the world for their success or their failures. They thank God for their success and take responsibility for their failures. It makes them easy to be around.

2. Successful people are generous. My friends like to share what they have. They aren’t identified by the things they own so they can hold them more loosely.

3. Successful people love what they do. One of my best friends owns a chain of Culvers, another sells life insurance and investments, another paints houses and one sells industrial cooling systems. All of my best friends like what they do for a living. Again, less complaining.
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My journey to self-employment interview

This week I sat down to talk about my journey with my good friend Kevin Miller, founder of the Free Agent Academy. It’s not every day that someone asks me to talk about how I’ve found success advising companies on how to use social media to grow their customer base and deliver better service.  It was perhaps my favorite interview of all time and at the same time a very humbling experience.  In the first 60 seconds of the interview I tell Kevin what percentage of my success I am responsible for.  Hint: it’s a small percentage.

If you’d like to hear some strong opinions then hit play. If you have disagreements or questions about stuff I’ve said then this is the place to voice them (in the comments below). I welcome the opportunity. Thanks for listening.

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