The reason I started with the story of the richest men in Americais to illustrate the flaw in believing that money will solve all problems. That is why I cringe whenever I hear people ask me how to get rich quicker, or where they should start. I often hear, “I’m in debt, so I need... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey’s Speed of Trust: Season 4 – Episode 6 – The Four Cores
Guys welcome back to another Stephen Covey blog/podcast, and today is a follow up from what we've already done with the questionnaire (last week). So, each part in the questionnaire corresponds to one of the "4 Cores of Credibility." These are the foundational elements that make you believable, both ot yourself and to others. So,... Continue Reading →
Positive Mental Attitude: Season 2 – Episode 22 – Quotient Analysis – Part C
Here we go! This is the last part of the quotient analysis! If you haven't already done Part A or Part B, I suggest you hit the links on the left and do them before the last part. 13. Learning from defeat (a) Does defeat cause you to stop trying? _____ _____ (b) If you... Continue Reading →
Reject Rejection: Some Will, Some Won’t; So What – Someone’s Waiting!
I woke up this morning to a message on my LinkedIn. A man, who invests heavily into Crypto and does a lot of blockchain, denied coming onto my podcast to talk about both topics (it's very common for those to do so because they're scared about ruining their reputation -- including Forex Traders). 24 hours... Continue Reading →
How To Become A Good Conversationalist: Part II – Conversation Gambits
Things being discussed: How to become a conversationalist? What is a gambit? How to strike up a conversation? Different ways of identifying a gambit. You need to be profound. Looking for ways to strike an initiative. You need to be observant of people’s actions. Living in a different country is a way to become a... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey: Application Suggestions: Emotional Bank Account, Empathy, Closing Your Ears, Autobiographical Responses
It's time to apply what we've already learned about in the blog post: The Emotional Bank Account, with our daily lives. This has to be the Top 5 most viewed blog on my website. My guess is it's providing a significant amount of feedback, and like a lot of writers and other YouTubers out there, they never... Continue Reading →
Day-tight Compartments: Anxiety & “What Am I Supposed To Do” Happened
Touch a button and hear, at every level of your life, the iron doors shutting out the Past - the dead yesterdays. Touch another and shut off, with a metal curtain, the Future - the unborn tomorrows. Then you are safe - safe for today! . . . Shut off the past! Let the dead... Continue Reading →
Napoleon Hill: Cooperation – Introduction
As always, I love using Gary Vee to kick off the blogs because he has a way of doing things that's very unorthodox. He doesn't have that "mastermind" group, as one asked him at a keynote speech. He says he listens to the market and opinions of other people as his fundamental way of getting... Continue Reading →
Books & Podcast Schedule for January 2018
January 1st - Goal-Setting Now that I have hired a graphic designer, I now get a second opinion about everything I'm doing an how I can run new traffic through my podcast. There needs to be an easier way to access certain things in terms of self-confidence, habits, savings, etc. I feel on my podcast... Continue Reading →
Dale Carnegie’s First 8 Chapters On How To Stop Worrying & Start Living
Chapter 1 - Live In "Day-tight Compartments" There's nothing in the past that will help you with the present or future. There are clues that are left behind, but whatever it is from the past that you needed to learn, you learned. Beyond that, nothing is ever promised tomorrow. Living in these day-tight compartments, especially... Continue Reading →