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The Danger of Believing Self-Imposed Limits, Lies, and Assumptions

Assumptions… We all make them. It’s easier to assume a truth exists than to test or challenge it. Easier to accept it and move on. But what happens when that assumption is holding you back? What happens when that assumption, that you believe is true, is actually the BIG lie that keeps you from achieving […]

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Why Financing Your Happiness is More Dangerous Than Your Money

Have you ever put your happiness on a credit card? I’m not talking about spending money you don’t have. Or buying that new pair of shoes you can’t afford to make yourself feel good. Cause those kicks are sick and you should have ’em. What I’m talking about is financing your present day well-being. Telling […]

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Today We Are Alive My Friends

Today we are alive my friends. No guarantees tomorrow will come. No future promises. No time for hesitation. We are here together now. Hearts pumping. Minds racing. Ain’t no room for fear. Good riddance trepidation. Seize the seconds. They are yours to have. Might never get another chance. Hold tight. Don’t let go. Flow. We […]

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My Trip to Necker Island

It’s 3AM. I’m jumping on Richard Branson’s trampoline. Here comes Jeff Walker. Dressed like a pirate. The woman next to him is very upset. I am not really sure why, but she’s yelling and pointing her finger at me. Yanik Silver has long gone to bed. Or at least I think he did. I have […]

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Overcoming Resistance When at Conferences

Go back in. Talk to the leader. The presenter. The expert. The guru. Fear can grip us way too easily. I know you’ve said it to yourself before… “I’ll just call it a night. I don’t feel like talking to anyone else at this event.” But something nags at you. There is still something to […]

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Invest in Yourself, It’s Worth It

How do you grow? Personal growth in yourself… Your company… Your organization… I often hear from people (when applying to our program, and when considering other investments in themselves or their business) this sentence: “I will join when I get that next big project.” “I will hire a coach when I get to $1mm in […]

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The rock’s sharp fangs dug deep into the tips of my toes. I couldn’t tell if my feet were simply wet, or if they were seeping with blood. Why am I on this cliff? If I slip, it will be a terribly gory death. In front of a cache of friends, and most of all, […]

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The Power of Successive Ideas

During my childhood, there was a myth that was readily predicated by the adults in my life: come up with that next big idea and you will succeed. Teachers. Parents. Media. Your neighbor Bob. They all crazy for this myth. We see successful people changing the world and we dissolve away everything that was required […]

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How to Create a Budget with a Single Number and Stop Worrying About Money

As a startup entrepreneur, I need to be careful with my cash. I have put a lot into my newest venture, uGurus, and will continue to invest heavily as we are aggressively growing the business. Not only that, but my wife and I just welcomed our first child into the world last summer. Family expenses […]

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The Worst Presentation I Ever Gave (and What I Learned from It)

My mouth is parched. Not like “oh, I fancy a sip of water,” but like, “please attach a firehouse directly to my lips, screw it tight, and let it flow.” I remember someone saying something about providing water on the table. I glanced next to the podium: a table full of empty water bottles. I […]

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Why I Can’t Be the Mayor of Denver (feat. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Interview)

As I turned the corner North around City Park’s East edge, an orange glow glistened across the pale blue mountains. Oh this urban skyline that no other city in the world can compete with. I thought, “This city… this great place I live. I want to do more. I want to leave it better than I […]

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Childhood, A Curious Beast

“I’m going to screw him up.” I don’t feel alone in this thought as I gaze at my ten week old. Other parents have admitted this simple adage to me even before I had my first child. And then I think of my own parents: all knowing, all powerful. This ideology clashes. I am aware […]

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7 Ways I Drive Customers To My Online Business

If you have a website, it’s a good idea to think about how you want to get people (or as we in the internet marketing world call “traffic”) to it. And you don’t really want just anyone, you want people that might actually call you and ultimately buy from you. I’ve been building websites since […]

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3 Things I Like About Joan Rivers

It’s not like I was a big fan or something, but I always enjoyed moments when I saw her ruffling people’s feathers. Taking this opportunity to reflect, what can we learn from Joan Rivers in her death? She Wasn’t Afraid One thing is for certain, she went against the status quo. She stood up to […]

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Know Thy Customer

Never fails… “What’s the big pain in your business?” “I don’t have enough customers…” “Who is your customer?” “Well… I work with lots of people, mostly small businesses, some non-profits, this and that really; I don’t really have a niche. You know, I like to keep my options open. I don’t want to get too […]

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Oh That Cinnamon Roll (and other notes about customer experience)

I probably look for lessons in too many places. I think that began with my parents trying to teach me a lesson no matter the situation. My Dad for instance, even though he’s an engineer, had a knack for understanding why certain businesses did well and others did not. He used to tell me about […]

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Why Publishing Matters (And Some Notes About Marketing Automation)

At any given second, during any day of the year, people are reading, watching, or talking about something I have written, recorded, or said. This is not my ego talking. I am not some all-powerful-all-knowing human of any relative worldly significance. It is not because what I have to say is necessarily more important than […]

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The Myth of Amazing

There’s a rampant entrepreneurial myth: If my product or service is amazing, it will be successful. I have fallen victim to this myth more times than I would like to admit. “If I only have more time to build my product, more money to deliver my service, then and only then will I be successful.” […]

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The Pie Mindsets

You are either in one camp or the other: The pie is a fixed size: I need to get as big a piece as I can get. If others get more pie, I will get less pie. The pie is a variable size: I need to help the whole pie grow. As long as it grows, […]

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The 27 Tools I Use to Run My Online Business

I have been an internet entrepreneur now going on over fourteen years. I feel like the amount of tools available online expands exponentially year over year. Sometimes it’s hard to pick. I can’t tell you how many trials, starter plans, and recurring fees I’ve incurred over the last decade and half, but it’s a lot. […]

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