People buy from people they trust. That’s the not-so-secret secret. If your customers trust you and your business, they will buy from you. As simple as that is to understand, getting customers to a point where they trust you is a little less intuitive. The bottom line...
Learning from failure is the key to success. Entrepreneurs often lose sight of their goals once they reach a major failure but it is important to remember that everyone fails, even the people that are well known for their incredible success. Elon Musk Forbes listed...
Think of your life as a puzzle made up of thousands of puzzle pieces… The middle part of the puzzle is your CORE. It’s where your self-image and consciousness live. It’s where the deepest work is done and the deepest part of yourself resides. Yet, most people work...
#201 Episode Summary: In 1999, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined us as an advisor and investor, and eventually became CEO, where he helped us grow from almost no...
One of my earliest Entrepreneurial memories is when I was in junior high going door to door selling newspaper subscriptions. Despite having doors slammed in my face and being incredibly shy and introverted—I did it anyway. I was determined. Like Dan Sullivan, the...
It’s the goal of any business, no matter what size or what products or services they sell, to generate revenue. To do that, businesses need to generate leads. More than that, though, if you’re hoping to turn leads into customers, you can’t just expect any old lead...
Just because your customers are engaging with your business on one platform right now doesn’t mean that will always be the case. People change, and the way you market your business should change with them. Otherwise, you’ll lose out on revenue and valuable...
If the success of businesses like Starbucks and Panera through the pandemic proves anything, it’s that loyalty programs work. Loyalty programs, in short, make customers feel as though a business is intentionally offering them products and services that they are...
These days, anyone can become an entrepreneur thanks to all the digital resources available at your fingertips. However, what many entrepreneurs soon learn after taking the leap into owning their own business is that it takes a special level of passion and drive to...
The pandemic devastated businesses in all industries last year, leaving many unemployed. In fact, at the height of the pandemic more than 1.6 million Arizonans were collecting unemployment in June 2020. Now more than a year later, many businesses are fully open but...
A traumatic event is any situation that causes a person to experience unusually strong emotional reactions that have the potential to interfere with their ability to function normally at work or at home. How we react to specific events depends on many things. For...
For many, retirement is the ultimate goal after decades of work, however, a portion of retirees “reverse” retirement and rejoin the workforce. According to a Federal Reserve Board study, one-third of retirees return to work on either a full or part-time basis. Is...
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The acronym “YOLO” took the world by storm in 2011 when Canadian rapper Drake used the term, meaning You Only Live Once, in a song. Since then, YOLO has been used far and wide as a newer version of carpe diem, or seize the day, as a way to encourage people to take...
#200 Episode Summary: Joe Polish does yoga with Bizzie Gold by Joe Polish Founder of Genius Network P.S. I've created a resource page as a central guide with access to valuable resources available to you right now. Check it out at www.GeniusNetwork.com/Vision-Insight....
During the lockdowns, we got to spend every waking moment at home, a blessing in disguise for many busy entrepreneurs and their families. Since this might’ve been a great, relationship-empowering experience for many, you might be a little worried or mindful about the...
In today's unpredictable retail world, the ability to handle atypical peak seasons effectively is a critical differentiator. Here's how you can streamline and optimize your warehouse operations.
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