Mindset Monday

Leverage is our ability to move big things with small levers, with a minimal amount of effort. The way we move ahead in the world is through leverage. Our smart phone is leverage. It gives us tons of information at our fingertips. A calculator is leverage. It lets us do math problems quickly and easily. […]

There are many misunderstandings about what it means to have a vision. Many business owners get tripped up over their vision. They think if they speak it out loud, then it’s set in stone, and they’ll be pigeonholed into that. Or they think once they create their vision, they’ll know exactly how to do it

Have you wanted to do something for a very long time? Have wanted to move somewhere, buy something, or do something for no reason other than, “I want it”? If so, then follow that desire—even if it’s something small. This expands your life and opens up incredible opportunities for you. In short, saying yes matters.

Winning Through Intimidation by Robert J. Ringer is one of the top 15 books I’d recommend for business people to read. I first found out about this book in the 1990s, and my initial response was, “I don’t want to win through intimidation.” Although it’s catchy, the title is a bit misleading. The author tells

People often ask us how to create “balance” in their business—particularly between work and family. As a business owner and/or parent, you’re responsible for so many different things. Whether you’re devoting time to a marriage, a family, a job, your church, your civic duties, or social interests—everything requires a certain time investment from you, for

People often tell me they want to make a quantum leap in their business. They want to know when things will get easier. When you ask for a quantum leap, understand that you’re also asking for a quantum leap in problems. They go hand in hand. Success doesn’t necessarily go hand in hand with things

Many years ago, my mentor Bob Proctor made an observation about great salespeople. He said, “If you look at any salesperson who is really good, they have a completely different belief system and a different level of intensity about them than your average salesperson.” To be successful, salespeople and business people MUST have an intense

In business, people often get frustrated because they’re not making enough sales, and they don’t have enough people to contact. They’re up against the ropes every month, and they’re exhausted. “How long do I have to keep doing this?” they ask.  What they’re really asking is, “Why am I not harvesting enough?” Farming is a

Thomas Troward taught us that our mind is a center of divine operation. Every person is the center of their own universe—including you. And your mind is where everything starts to happen.  In her book, Your Invisible Power, Geneviève Behrend (who was Troward’s only student) wrote that, “When your understanding grasps the power to visualize

Any time you’re trying make a change in your life, do something new, or get a different result, you usually bump up against “the terror barrier.” This is where your subconscious programming clashes with the new idea, possibility or result that you want to explore. It clashes against any new information you gather about how