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Hi, I'm George. Will you marry me?
That would be a pretty abrupt introduction to a girl you never met at a bar wouldn't it? How often would you get a "YES! Let's go now!" answer? Not too often probably.
But isn't that exactly what we are doing when ...
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By: Brian Tracy
Why are some people more successful than others? The first big breakthrough for me was my discovery of the Aristotelian Principle of Causality, what we today call the Law of Cause and Effect. At a time when most people believed in Gods on...
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A few years back I was playing golf with my father-in-law. Golf back then was still an elusive and mysterious concept to me. On this particular day, as usual, the ball and I had differing views when it came to the topic of its desired destination. After o...
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Abstracted from Turbostrategy by Brian Tracy
Are you planning for 2010? Taking a close look at your business and examining the market realities and opportunities in today’s economy are absolutely essential. This is a powerful way of thinking clearly ab...
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Here is the secret to getting a killer banner or terrific graphics at a price that even a tiny business can afford yet the quality can rival that of designs costing thousands.
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If you’re like most businesses, you already use the Internet to promote sales. Maybe you have a web site, a message board and an e-newsletter. But have you taken advantage of the Internet’s fast-growing social networking sites such as Facebook,
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Get ready, retailers! Here comes the most important holiday season in memory. While Christmas sales are critical to success every year, this time around everyone’s looking to help make up for a difficult 2009. Given the current unemployment levels and t...
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Quick Look:
Gross domestic product expected to see 2.0-percent increase in 2010.
Consumer spending and business credit still tight, as unemployment numbers will likely increase further and banks will continue to tighten reigns.
Keys to 2010 busines...
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#1 The Law of SavingFinancial freedom comes to the person who saves ten percent or more of his income throughout his lifetime
By: Brian Tracy
One of the smartest things that you can ever do for yourself is to develop the habit of saving part of your s...
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The "Shopping Season" is here - Don't pay too muchfor processing credit cards
Many companies have come to depend on accepting credit or debit cards as a key part of their business. But, for such a critical business function, all too few know anything ...
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Skyrocketing health care premiums are here.
“. . .benefits consultants say there is no doubt that premiums are soaring for many small businesses. Edward Kaplan, a consultant with the Segal Company, said his clients were seeing
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The reason why most people do not function at genius levels is because they are not aware of how creative and smart they really are. I call it the “Schwarzenegger effect.” Everyone knows that he, and people like him, have worked many thousands of hour...
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Hiring the wrong sales person can cost you six times their salary, and hiring the wrong person in other areas could be as costly or even more so.
Brian Tracy has written some excellent guidelines on how to hire smart, plus there are psychometric measurem...
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Many businesses have already tightened their belts, and many are cutting more notches so they can tighten them a bit more. Conserving cash is more vital than ever before.
Many firms are running very lean or maybe just don’t have any money. What do you ...
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The price objection – we’ve all heard it. But there is usually something else they’re not telling you which is more important to the sale than price. For instance, maybe they have not yet satisfied themselves fully that this is the best solution t...
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The Federal Trade Commission recently approved new guidelines for advertisers on keeping endorsements and testimonial ads and what constitutes deceptive advertising. Rules for compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. 45) concerning the appli...
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Building upon our October newsletter, these are the four remaining secrets, or principles, of sales success. They are practiced by all the highest paid salespeople every day. The regular application of these principles is virtually guaranteed to move you ...
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Most of us who have played golf for any period of time have experienced those rare, magical, days where you are the “windshield”…nothing bothers you, everything goes right, the ball bounces in your favor, and the game seems almost effortless. Many d...
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An old bromide opines, “When the U.S. economy catches a cold, the world economy catches pneumonia.” While that is perhaps less true than before, it still is not far off the mark. As small business owners, we might say, “When the big guys defau...
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Audit Integrity, an independent financial research firm, recently released its list of the twenty $1 billion-plus corporations most likely to declare bankruptcy within the next year. Among them are such well-known names as CBS Corporation and The Goodyear...
