Winners Never Quit – Baloney!

January 30, 2012 in No More Mondays, Personal Development with 2 Comments

We’ve all heard the old adage, “Winners never quit, quitters never win.”  Is that really true?  Does that mean that if you’re driving from Detroit to Miami and you suddenly realize you’re actually headed for Savannah you would simply continue on?  Or even speed up?  Or just “try harder?” Of course not – you would immediately correct your direction, even if it meant going back to Atlanta to get back on the right road.

Why is it that in jobs or businesses people often believe that if they just persist, somehow things will get better?  And that they need to be loyal and never show signs of “giving up?”  Read more »

Are you releasing “the voice of God?”

January 27, 2012 in Finding Passion with 18 Comments

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would have had a birthday this week.  He was born on January 27th, 1756.  By the age of three, he was picking out chords on the family piano.  Mozart’s father was an accomplished composer himself but pretty much gave up teaching little Wolfgang by the time he hit five years old.  The little guy resisted formal training and just seemed to have an innate connection to the music that went beyond traditional learning.

In fact, his ease of creating musical works gained him the scorn of his contemporaries.  While fictionalized, the movie Amadeus reveals the jealous and angry feelings of Antonio Salieri, another composer in Vienna, Austria at the time:  Read more »

The Two Travelers and the Farmer

January 26, 2012 in 48 Days Podcast with 1 Comment

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1. How can I get my wife to expand her cake decorating into a real business?

2. I started a job 5 months ago, and now realize it a poor fit.. Is there a minimum I should give a job before I decide to move on?

3. I’m discovering my current field is not a good for my God given gifts.

4. What do you think of the SOPA Bill and PIPA (Act)?

5. How can I promote my services as a coach in my home town  Read more »

Don’t sabotage your power

January 26, 2012 in Personal Development with 2 Comments

“You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.”  - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Whether it’s:

  • your commitment to Occupy Wall Street
  • negotiating with your boss
  • relating to your spouse
  • teaching teenagers
  • evangelizing the natives, or
  • gathering support for your politics

this principle is one to remember.

Simple Ways to Protect Your Intellectual Property

January 25, 2012 in Business Start-Up with 4 Comments

This is a guest post by Ali Brown.  Entrepreneur mentor Ali Brown teaches women around the world how to start and grow a profitable business that make a positive impact. Get her FREE CD “Top 10 Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women” at www.AliBrown.com.  If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

With the online masses crying out against the PIPA/SOPA bills this week (check out my recent blog post on the debate here), it couldn’t be a better time to do an assessment of your business, and make sure you are protecting your intellectual property, and not infringing on anyone else’s!  Read more »

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