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Leading You, Me, and We: Helping One Person Become Their Best Self

February 2, 2017
Leading You, Me, and We: Helping One Person Become Their Best Self

The notes I’m taking on the Eben Pagan “Leading You, Me, and We” 3-day marathon seminar continue. Jesus, this thing is fucking LOOONG. And the reason for this is because it is so thorough. This seminar is divided up into sections – Leading Yourself… Leading One Other Person… and Leading a Group. Each of those […]

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Lessons Learned From The Tony Robbins I Am Not Your Guru Documentary

July 28, 2016
Lessons Learned From The Tony Robbins I Am Not Your Guru Documentary

The Netflix Tony Robbins I Am Not Your Guru documentary is perhaps the greatest under-the-radar selling tool that I’ve ever seen. This documentary sells Tony’s Date With Destiny program without having to do any “selling” in the traditional form of the word. By flying in low-key as a movie, the viewer goes into this open […]

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Addressing A Skeptical Audience–Simplified By Tony Robbins

July 6, 2016
Addressing A Skeptical Audience–Simplified By Tony Robbins

Any man who can stand up on a stage and get Oprah Winfrey along with 3,000 other people in the audience to take off their shoes and socks and jump in line to walk on bright orange smoldering hot coals that will burn the shit out of you if you don’t follow his instructions, probably […]

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Vitally Important Things You Need To Know When Marketing To Women

January 29, 2016
Vitally Important Things You Need To Know When Marketing To Women

I was listening to a comedy station on my satellite radio yesterday as I was driving to the bank. Dude was talking about the experience of going from being single to being married and in doing so he said… “I don’t know about you guys, but nobody ever sat me down and had any kind […]

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Part 3 of 3: Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

November 3, 2015
Part 3 of 3: Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

In Part 1 of this series is where we unpacked the differences between a person who was born blessed with a talent… and the person who worked their ass off to compete on that same level with this person. We ended on the note of pointing out that the commonality among some of the most […]

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Part 2 of 3: Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

October 27, 2015
Part 2 of 3: Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

In Part 1 of this piece, we unpacked what a Golden Boy is and isn’t: The guy or gal who wins in a certain area of life without even trying all that hard – without having had to work their ass off to develop the talent that comes so easy to them… but is brutally […]

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Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

July 6, 2015
Competing With The Talented Assholes Who Were Born Blessed

I’d like you to think about something for a second. Think back in your life to a skillset that you wanted to impress people with, but that you either completely sucked at, or you were just “okay” at performing it. Now think of a person you knew who was just flat out amazing at this […]

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