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Doug Wagner @ Sunwapta
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The Paradox of Referral Fees
Offering referral fees to others to send business your way is a two edged sword at times: On one hand you can really increase your customers, On the other hand you might not get the customers you really want or...
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Are You Too Busy To Add Big Dollars To Your Bottom Line?
Do you have a company culture of continuous improvement? Are you dedicating 10% or more of your time to working on your business? Do you delegate parts of your business and have a methodology for holding people accountable for performance?...
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Chain Reaction (to Sustainable Profits)
I read Chain Reaction - A Business Novel by Jeff Pallister a few months ago. I enjoyed the book and found that a lot of Jeff's thinking paralleled our thinking about how business could be. Jeff Pallister is a speaker,...
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Are You On Auto-Pilot?
You know that feeling you get when you drive home along a familiar route and afterwards you don't remember any of the drive? That is what running on auto-pilot is like. Your brain is amazing. If you've done things repeatedly...
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I'm Not In The Mood For...
The other night I was in a funk and this post almost ended up being titled "Real Men Don't Talk About Depression" but while there is still too much silence and taboo around the topic; I didn't want to take...
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Resolutions for 2012 - Dream Big
Assuming I set New Year's resolutions I would have the following and more: Get more sleep on a regular basis, Exercise more, Eat better, Lose 10 pounds, Achieve more business and financial success, Balance my time over all areas of...
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The Master Plan - How Money Works Part 4
In the previous post I talked about how to intercept the flow of money. This post addresses investing, borrowing, the master plan and concludes the series. But What About Investing? When you invest money you no longer have it in...
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The Right Way to Prospect (Intercepting the Flow - Money Part 3)
I ended the previous post on how money really works with a quote. A very important quote to be sure. But it doesn't tell the full story. It doesn't say how to intercept the flow of money. How money works...
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How Money Really Works - Part 2 Business Income
In the first part of this larger topic, I talked about how some people think of money and how it works at a personal level. In Part 2 I cover how it works at a business level and how you...
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How Money Really Works - Part 1
Have you ever heard someone say that there is no shortage of money, in fact there is an abundance of it? This is what the rich understand and the poor do not. I’ve heard it quite a few times, several...
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New Fables in Biz - Tortoise and the Hare
The classic tale written as a business case study. The tortoise and the hare were the two main direct competitors in their industry. They were focused intensely on one-upping each other and acting invincible to smaller players. The tortoise was...
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Proof that Values, Purpose and Culture Are Important
Lisa Petrilli offers real proof that successful companies consider their values, purpose and culture to be extremely important. Not only that they live and breath it. What CEOs Really Think About Values and Culture This is something I have believed...
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Buying Attention In Social Media - Does It Work?
As soon as something becomes popular, someone tries to figure out how to make money on it. Nothing wrong with that... that is a free market in action. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are essentially free for...
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Losing Focus On Your Goals - Those Pesky Little Distractions
The other night I woke up with a burning sensation in my left eye. It felt like something major was in there and my eye started watering like crazy. I spent 30 minutes flushing out my eye to no avail....
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You Can't Do That!
I received my copies of "The 10x Rule" and "If You're Not First, You're Last" by Grant Cardone. I randomly flipped open a few pages in each (what I normally do when I get a new book) and stumbled on...
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