One of my coaching clients asked me how she should handle the situation when people she talks with ask her, “How much does it cost?” So I wrote this article for her. I’ll never forget the day I asked my mechanic how much a new part for my car’s engine would cost. He sat me…
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Become a Heat Seeking Missile
I am a heat seeking missile. The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a supersonic, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. It has a high-explosive warhead and an active infrared guidance system. The Sidewinder was developed by the US Navy for fleet air defense and was adapted by the U.S. Air Force for fighter aircraft use. The…
Never Hire a Colour Blind Bomb Technician – But What If You Do?
Let’s talk about the process of hiring a colour blind bomb technician. Naturally, the analogy meant here is that a colour blind fellow won’t know which colour wires to cut in order to deactivate the bomb. First, we’ve all made the mistake of hiring the wrong people – losers, leeches, loafers, lackeys, parasites, peasants, posers,…
Great News for Business Owners – What’s YOUR Excuse?
“BUT… I can’t afford it I don’t have enough credit I don’t have a large database My facilities are too small I can’t find good salespeople I don’t have the budget My competitors are forcing my prices down I’m not well known / I don’t have the credibility / reputation I don’t have enough equipment…
An Easy Way to Make Money in Vancouver with No Selling, Travel, or Cost
Sounds silly, right? It’s true. “In your own time, from home, no selling, no risk, no cost…” yet here is exactly how it can work for you. In fact, it’s as easy as setting up appointments. I do all the work, all the selling, and you get paid a portion of what I get paid….
The Pain of Individuality for a Season or the Cancer of Mediocrity for a Lifetime?
We are all faced with this option: will we suffer the pain and rejection of being true to ourselves for a season in order to win our freedom, or will we suffer the unending, dull ache of mediocrity and the knowledge that we have sold our souls for a bowl of soup? Ayn Rand wrote…
Business Owners Who Enjoy Pablum
Business owners who stick with Pablum don’t grow into big, healthy adults; their businesses stay small, vulnerable, and inefficient. The opiate of the masses, when it comes to entrepreneurs, is what used to work and what is outdated, and it binds many like the drug itself. And yet the Kool-Aid drinkers still firmly believe that…
Make Your Haters Your Motivators
This is a close-up photo of a sculpture of Spartacus at the Louvre in Paris. You can see him holding his broken chains. Too many of us allow our haters and detractors to chain us and limit us, instead of turning them into our motivators. How does one do that? It all starts with understanding…
When Failure is Not Failure
Often, what we business owners deem “failure” is anything but. The law of sowing and reaping is misunderstood by most entrepreneurs. When you have the following perspective, your choices could change dramatically – for the better. “I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one…
Are Your Habits Asian Carp or SMART?
I saw a woman talking on television about getting a tattoo of her husband’s name and six months later he left her. Now she sees his name every time she looks in a mirror. An hour in the tattoo parlour to get her tramp stamp, and she’ll regret it for the rest of her life….
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