“Losers give other people what they want, winners give people what they need.”
-Me (Yeah, that’s right. I quoted myself)
Speaking
When I think of bad speeches, there are two that come to mind. The first was a standup comic asked to showcase at a convention where performers go to try to book gigs. He proceeded to spit out every airline food and recycled 80’s joke about how there are thousands of channels but nothing on. The [Read More…]
It’s happened to all of us, we get so enamored with our idea for a great new product or goal or service, that we just go for it without a second thought.
We tell our friends, “I’m going to make a million dollars, because if I just sell to one out of every thousand people in China with a one dollar markup…” but we never stop to actually step back and see if our idea is supported by reality – will [Read More…]
That’s right. I don’t want you succeed at all. At last I finally peel back the curtain on my real intentions. I’m an evil genius who wants nothing more than your complete and utter failure in all you do.
…or not.
What is it that so universally terrifies us of failure? So often, when someone starts working towards a new goal, you’ll hear things like, “Yeah, but that would never work, so why try,” or “Well, I don’t really have a good [Read More…]
If you’ve watched any TV in the last few years, you are almost certainly familiar with the four fellas above; they’re the “Pawn Stars.” By all accounts, they’re extremely successful. Since their show began airing, they have expanded their showroom, went from 100 to over 1,000 customers a day, and hired 30 more staff members in order to handle those customers.
The cast of the show recently signed a 4 year, [Read More…]
So you want to have your own business…or you want to have a million dollars…or you want to have a girlfriend…
Okay, so why don’t you have those things?
I blame it all on a phenomenon I call Goal Blindness. Goal Blindness is that experience of being so singularly focused on the end result that you forget to actually start working towards it. Most people get frustrated, and then just give up.
How many of you know someone who is constantly talking about [Read More…]
If I asked you why you wanted to succeed, what would you say? Would it be because of some innate desire to prove yourself? Or possibly because you want to achieve a childhood dream?
What about because you think it will be sexy?
Before you jump all over my wording, imagine your ideal world AFTER you succeed. Is it a world surrounded by dinners with well connected people, a $500k sports car in the driveway, and a former supermodel wife?
Now, obviously these [Read More…]