On my various sites and in my various programs I often talk about how people have been damaged by schools that Dumb Us Down, politicians that bamboozle us, parents that mean well but mistakenly crush our passion before it even has a chance. And it’s true – all of it. You’ve been lead-astray, run-amok,...
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“Choosing a university is important and part of how you choose is by deciding what you want to do. So what are the top three professions you would enter when you’re out of school?”
Mr. Garrety was the kind of guidance counselor Norman Rockwell would have painted. Unlike most of my teachers I felt at...
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A couple days ago I wrote about the inevitable meeting of social media connectors with affiliate or Internet marketers.
Today I want to push that topic a little further.
What’s actually emerging as Social Media Connectors meet Internet Marketers?
Sonia Simone and Brian Clark of Copyblogger call this group of renegades the Third Tribe.
Here’s what they...
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Aligning Incentives – In 1962 Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, launched an environmental revolution. But what then was hoo-ha hippie stuff has now turned into a guiding policy for major industries because of one crucial shift – we’ve aligned the financial goals of these companies with the larger environmental goals, so doing the environment...
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There’s an old parable about a woman walking down the street who sees four construction workers toiling away.
Arriving at the first man she inquires, “What are you doing?”
“Laying bricks”, he replies tersely.
Continuing on, and, not entirely satisfied with the first response, she asks the second man the same question.
“I’m building this wall” he...
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In a favorite book of mine, Hagbard Celine begins a lifestyle ‘demonstration’ by emptying his personal coffers, giving away his possessions and setting all his attention on accomplishing one singular mission. Part of his demonstration was to show that anything is possible regardless of what you start with.
The launch of SpiralEntrepreneurs.com is similar. ...
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