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Within Decay…Rebirth
I’m thrilled and honored to be today’s guest columnist on Alan Weiss’s blog, Alan’s Blog. The blog is geared to consultants, speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs. Today’s blog article is about how in...
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Extra Points – Drum Beats
This week’s focus point…Drum Beats This past Saturday I attended my monthly meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution. The program was fascinating. It was about the fife and drum corp during the...
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Who’s the Boss?
This week’s focus point…Who’s the Boss? I recently had a conversation with someone regarding an opportunity to improve their skills and boost their growth and revenue with a very small investment. They...
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Insider View on Betsy & Dan 1 – The R-O-I of Y-O-U
Here is a 9-minute cut from an hour long event. It’s the first episode of 3 by Betsy Jordyn and me on branding strategy for consultants, business coaches, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. You...
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Extra Points: Are You Afraid of Yourself?
This Week’s Focus Point: Are You Afraid of Yourself? When was the last time you scared yourself? I mean really and purposefully scared yourself? We’d better first define “scared” if you’re going to...
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Extra Points: Cool Factor
This Week’s Focus Point: Cool Factor I recently watched a terrific show from the NFL network’s documentary series titled, A Football Life. The episode featured the life and NFL career of the late Ken...
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Accelerate Your Consulting Success
From my mailing today to consultants…. if you’re a consultant, speaker, author, or coach, this program is for you. If you’re not, but know of one, please share with them. Happy 2016! Let’s be honest....
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Do You Have Spirit?
I was at a client meeting and was asked a very good question – “How can you tell if someone has an entrepreneurial spirit?” This inquiry came out of a conversation around perpetuation planning. The...
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Punching Back…Hard
Ronda Rousey, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, admitted that she was so distraught after her defeat to Holly Holm in November that she briefly contemplated suicide. The former UFC champion had...
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The Ultimate Goal: Thriving Through Life
Retirement is an ancient and irrelevant artifact. To deliberately stop contributing, creating, and providing value to others is unthinkable (and a slippery slope to irrelevancy and decline). In the...
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Entrepreneurial Myths & Monsters
From my March column for the Kitsap Sun One of the hallmarks of the “American dream” is for that opportunity to build your own business from a passion and have it form your lifestyle and security for...
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Extra Points: Avoiding the Six-Putt
In the first round of the Masters golf tournament last week, an unimaginable “event” occurred. Ernie Els, a four-time major golf champion in a Hall of Fame career took six putts starting from two feet...
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Extra Points: Unturned Stones
This Week’s Focus Point: Unturned Stones Last week, Kobe Bryant played his last game for the Los Angeles Lakers. He ended his 20-year Hall of Fame career in grand style, scoring 60 points to lead the...
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Extra Points: Work Like a Dog
This Week’s Focus Point: Work Like a Dog Last week, the speaker at my Rotary Club meeting was a volunteer in K-9 Search and Rescue. It was a fascinating program about the intelligence and value that...
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Extra Points: The Power of Persuasion
This Week’s Focus Point: The Power of Persuasion When I was in New York City in March, I had the great pleasure of dining with friends at historic Keen’s Steakhouse. The Manhattan restaurant was...
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Being Memorable
I was recently interviewed for an article on being “memorable.” This is a quality that is important for any business professional. I thought I’d share my answer to the interview here with all of you…...
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Be Good To Yourself
Jordan Spieth was arguably the best golfer in the world in 2015. He won two major championships – the Masters and United States Open – and culminated the year with the FedEx Championship. All the golf...
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Extra Points: The Wrong Gate
Last week, I spoke at a conference in Spokane and flew in and out of their airport. After dropping off my rental car to head home, I hightailed it straight to the nearest security point. Spokane is not...
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How to Exponentially Grow Your Revenue in Less Than 30 Minutes a Day
My June column for the Kitsap Sun’s Business Journal… Let’s be very clear about one thing… The most important function you perform in your company is acquisition of business. Period. That ends my...
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Extra Points: The Cloak of Invisibility
This Week’s Focus Point: The Cloak of Invisibility Hello, this is Captain Jack. I’m the charming, witty, and highly brilliant pal of my human. Dan is out golfing with his old high school pals – and boy...
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