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Yes, the speed at which you respond to your customers and prospects is literally worth actual money. I didn’t always think this way. In fact, I lost a job as a research consultant in my early 30’s because I didn’t respond fast enough to a big-wig client. So they let me go. How about you?… continue reading »

I was afraid of doing Facebook Lives until very recently. Before that, I slayed my personal dragon of launching an online course for the first time in my life. Before that, I was afraid to launch a Podcast. Before that..well, you get the idea. What’s So Scary Ok, I’m not actually an extravert. Despite the… continue reading »

This week, at a Tesla event in China, the world got to witness billionaire genius bad boy Musk doing a sort of strip-tease as he took his jacket off on stage. He was definitely not Magic Mike material. Believe me. Nobody is. Except Channing Tatum-sigh I digress..But the show went viral. With a hip twirl… continue reading »

I got a call on a Sunday afternoon last week. It was from my old university. The person who was calling was young and had a thick accent I could barely understand. Because she was calling from my university and it’s been a few decades since I had anything to do with them, I knew… continue reading »

An estimated 90 million Americans listen to at least one podcast each month, according to Edison Research. But that’s not why I did it. Here are the lessons that I learned along the way to birthing this idea of podcasting. Clear The Blocks I knew from my own coaches and people in my industry that I look… continue reading »

Well, as I just turned 50, I should probably qualify ‘old’ before I upset too many people. A 2019 research showed that 60% of people who start small businesses are between the ages of 40 and 60. There are so many implications for selling and marketing to these people that I just had to put… continue reading »

Every day at the conferences I speak at, I meet business owners who are should-ing themselves about the guilt of not having done social media or speaking or networking. Some are saying they should have a better elevator pitch. Others are saying they should do more blogging. Whatever it is that they’re saying, I’ve said… continue reading »

Good news! Now you don’t just have to worry about buyers rejecting you but also your actual employees leaving you if you’re not differentiated in your industry amongst your competitors. Millennials Leaving A study by Gallup revealed that only 30% of Millennials would stay at a company that didn’t know what it stood for and… continue reading »