Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mindset Issues That Sunk Six Companies- Wesabe- Company #1

Note: This post and five more to follow use the six companies highlighted in a NY Times article by Eilene Zimmerman. You can find the original article posted on Yahoo by clicking here. People don’t want to be fixed. Even those of us that realize we are misdirected, misaligned, or flat out broken resist the idea…

The secret to abundance isn’t a secret

Secrets “THEY” don’t want you to know, about the secrets “They” don’t want you to know. “Salesmen are the best people in the world to sell to,” said my manager. I was still pretty green in the sales game at that time. As a fresh-faced 18 year-old, the thought of making a sales call to…

Andrew Luck, Mindset Moment of the Week

Mindset Moment of the Week. Week ending January 8, 2011. For weeks leading up to the Orange Bowl on January 3, sports reporters and NFL draft experts fawned over Stanford quarterback, Andrew Luck. Everyone had him slated as the sure fire number 1 pick and the only question left was how big of a truck…

How to Map a Goal

Frodo stood up and shouted above the argument, “I’ll take it! I’ll take the ring!” He paused as everyone turned to look at him, then he continued, “Though I do not know the way.” Yes, that’s right! I dropped a Lord of The Rings reference on you. Whatta gonna do about it? Just kidding. It’s…

Where Good Goals Come From

"Someone like you should have a goal of at least a $10,000,000 net worth." "Really?" I asked. "Absolutely," my mentor said confidently. "You have the kind of drive to make big things happen so your goals should reflect it." If it hadn’t been for the three previous years of goal setting failures, I would have…

Top 10 Habits for Increasing Success

  After a hardcore night of playing Wii with my family and watching Ryan Seacrest try to fill the sizable void left by Dick Clark, I sat down and considered the goals I’ve outlined for 2011. The same thing I did last year and the year before. I’m happy to say that each of those…