Recently, Saturday that was, I picked up a book called titled “Crush It”.  It is a book that I’ve been wanting to to take a look at for sometime.  I first came to my attention when it was mentioned by Real Estate speaker and motivator Tom Ferry.

Just a side note, Tom Ferry has some really good content, for everybody. You can Check him out here.

The book is written by Gary Vaynerchuck, don’t ask me how to pronounce it. Even though I’m speak multiple languages, I’m not fluent in Russian. The fact that I speak multiple languages is probably apparent it in my spelling and grammar, never been one of my strong points.

In the book he makes some very good points about being passionate at what you are doing and if you don’t have passion don’t do it. Read the rest of this entry »

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What do I mean by the title to this post?  Just what it says.

In business icons as well as in politics; as we will see from the short clip below, can play a big part in who people perceive you.  Do they Perceive you as stale and dead or vibrant and full of life.  At a look at the clip below and then evaluate yourself and your business.  Do you see any similarities?  If so what are you going to do to change?

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Here is an excerpt from a post by Randy Gage I think is apropo today. You can read the entire post here.

To stay broke in today’s economy, you have to:

1.    Turn down the opportunity to join a network marketing business;
2.    Join a network marketing business, but refuse to take the actions that create success;
3.    Believe you have no knowledge, skills, or experience people would pay you for in an information entrepreneur business;
4.    Become an information entrepreneur, but price your products and services so low that you don’t make money.
5.    Refuse to stop relying on a job and go into business for yourself;
6. Not be willing to learn how to prosper in the current real estate market;
7. Not be willing to learn how to prosper in the current mortgage market; or,
8. All of the above. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you want to have a successful business, then be different.  Do things differently than others do.  Don’t be afraid to tell the big guy’s NO.  By being different you set yourself apart.  By being different you give people a choice that they didn’t have otherwise.  Take a look at the video below.

Now be different.

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This morning I received an email from Brian Tracy and I quote from him, “The future belongs to the risk takers, not the security seekers.  Life is perverse in the sense that the more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.”

This is so true, you look at the really successful people in this world like the Richard Branson, and they are risk takers.  But in taking risk the don’t through caution to the wind, almost every move they make has been thought out and planned.  That doesn’t mean that every they do is success, but it means they have taken precautions to protect what they have and if they fail, it is a learning experience and they go on.

Here is a great video to show you what I mean:

Salathe Wall from steph davis on Vimeo.

If you look Steph Davis is doing what only some people dream of doing, but she doesn’t through caution to the wide. She had the proper and necessary safe equipment and she has taken the time to learn.  You as a business builder need to do the same.

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