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Meditating is easier than most people think. Start by focusing and following your breath. The goal is not to eliminate thoughts entirely but to continually return to your breath. Taking this time to relax your mind can help sharpen your focus in other aspects of your work and allow you to work for longer periods of time.
Lewis Howes
Recognizing poor leadership is a vital skill to help you achieve greatness.
I was in my 20s when I started writing my goals down, assigning each a date that I would achieve them by. I was amazed when I started reaching these goals by the date I had listed on them. It was a daily visualization exercise, and it almost always works.
Instead of telling a story about how great your brand is, try telling a story that shows you completely understand and empathize with your customer and their life.
The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life.
For me, managing my energy means slowing myself down before the big event. I slow down the racing thoughts in my mind. I concentrate on and slow down my breathing. I listen to and steady my heart rate.
If you don't have the confidence to own the worth of your brand and share it unapologetically, you won't make a massive impact.
Using social media can often be the fastest and easiest way to connect with online influencers because they are already established platforms for connecting with like-minded individuals.
As funny as some photos can be, think twice about allowing yourself to be tagged in questionable photos.
One of my favorite things about being the host of 'The School of Greatness' is that I get to learn from the best minds in the world about stuff I am fascinated by.
Speaking can be a lot like exercise: The more time you spend getting ready, the more you mentally build the task into something larger than it actually is.
When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.
If you can't be present when the time comes, then you may miss the opportunity.
Leaders are focused on using their vision and courage to do great things. This means challenging the way things are done and then sharing the journey with others.
The more confident you are, the less doubt you will have, and the more likely your success will be.
The road to profits is paved with unfair advantages.
Successful people often enjoy telling their story.
Social media is not the place to work out your problems with people.
One of the most powerful networking practices is to provide immediate value to a new connection. This means the moment you identify a way to help someone, take action.
There have been many times when I was working out intensely and in the best shape of my life, and then, for whatever reason, I got off track. Before I knew it, 3 or 4 months would go by, and all of a sudden, I'd find myself exhausted halfway up a flight of stairs!
If you don't want to live a life where you go to a job every day just so you can enjoy your weekends and get two weeks of vacation every year, then don't do it.
Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients.
Chasing profits and building a long-term profit model are two different things.
As a leader, your job is to share your vision with your followers and either warn them of danger or highlight opportunities coming in the future.
Everyone can benefit from seeing smart marketing.
Before you can change your industry positively, you need to understand how to go about doing so.
What's your routine after attending a networking event or meal? If your answer is, 'I go home', you're probably going to miss out on opportunities.
It doesn't take a lot of research to realize that the human eye is drawn to attractive things. So the better looking your LinkedIn profile is - meaning professional and complete - the more qualified you'll appear to your audience and the more interested people will be to check out your site.
As entrepreneurs, we already know our most valuable asset is time, but not every entrepreneur knows how to properly use that time.
Giving customers and prospects a glimpse into the entrepreneur's life and mindset can allow them to cultivate a deeper relationship with customers separately from the brand.
There isn't much room to get sick, be angry or unhappy when you do something you love all day.
People can see themselves in a story much easier than they can see themselves in a hypothetical situation that a brand might present to them. So telling stories to build a relationship with your audience is usually far more effective than other methods of marketing or publicity.
If something catches your attention, it's probably going to catch the attention of others, too.
It can be easy to become 'friends' or 'connected' with someone in a digital world, but it requires thought and strategy to convert social media connections into rewarding business relationships.
When you are competing for attention and eyeballs, articulating value and evoking possibility and vision can be powerful tools.
The key to forming good habits is to make them part of your 'rituals.' I have a morning ritual, afternoon ritual, and Sunday ritual. It's one way to bundle good habits into regular times that you set aside to prepare yourself for the life you want. Rituals help you form habits.
The key in telling stories that people relate to is, not surprisingly, vulnerability and authenticity. That means that letting people know the struggle behind your brand - the failures and mistakes - and how you got through them is really important.
While entrepreneurs spend a lot of effort trying to avoid failure, sometimes the lessons one learns from those missteps can be invaluable.
You can manage your energy - just slow down and be.
No matter how much you plan and prepare, things can still go wrong.
As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.
Some of the most successful products are born from a personal need to solve a problem rather than a desire to turn a profit.
Delivering a successful presentation could mean landing a major new contract, better prices for your services, or getting the funding you need. Failure can mean lost customers and a business that never gets off the ground.
It's almost always easier to sell to an existing customer base than to find a new one.
The more content you share, the more opportunity people have to see it and engage with it.
There's no reason to feel embarrassed about presenting your product or service if it solves a problem.
I often speak publicly, and when I do, I also get to listen to other presenters. The most memorable are the ones that hit an emotional chord with a tight story and a punch line. No fluff. Keep it creative and concise. Greatness exists in quality, not quantity.
We all know a lot about something. We all have a passion about something.
When it comes to building your business and developing a powerful network, you'll want to develop a reputation as someone who highlights others. Not only does this give credit where credit is due, it also communicates that you're secure with your success and have the ability to promote others in your industry.
No one cares about your logo, nor the font size that's on your site.
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