Posts Tagged ‘Focus’
4 Ways to Increase Focus (From a Fighter’s Point of View)
As a former fighter, I tend to see many aspects of business through the lens of a Kickboxer. Whether that is competing to reach sales goals, onboarding new customers, or in this case, developing Focus. If you want to succeed in business there are many, many things that you need to do. But one of…
Read More6 Ways Our Focuses Have Pivoted Since the Pandemic
The pandemic has unearthed many flows of our society and it is only to be expected that some initiatives will emerge in the foreseeable future. Every aspect of life has been laid bare — private, business, global… Luckily, we’ll stick to business here and financial agendas and leave the world conundrums to experts worldwide. Over…
Read MoreWhy Entrepreneurs Need to Be Scramblers
The things I did to become a better quarterback in the NFL have also had a major impact on my life in business. The principles from one directly applied to the other–and nowadays, more than ever.As a quarterback, I was known as a scrambler. When a play starts to break down, there’s nobody open and…
Read MoreIs Your Monkey Mind Running Your Life?
Conversations. We all have them. We enjoy the banter and insights. We laugh, we joke and discuss what matters. We are social creatures. But there is another side to our conversations that is not often discussed. Not talked about. The other conversations And I am not talking about the ones with other people. They are the quiet private chats…
Read More5 Great Ways to Avoid Small Business Burnout
Many entrepreneurs have a similar story. A dream that they just couldn’t shake. The idea that they could succeed and create a business, to build something based on your talents and experiences. To know what you can do, and that you can succeed. But the dream and reality collide when you’re working 12+ hour days,…
Read MoreAre Leaders Responsible for Employee Burnout?
Think you are setting the right example by working all hours and rewarding your employees when they do the same? Perhaps this isn’t you at all, but you can’t understand why your employees seem burnt out? The Guardian reports that burnout has become a sinister and insidious epidemic. Last year CNBC reported that nearly 40…
Read MoreHire for Your Core, Partner for the Rest
A trend for businesses large and small There is a major trend shaping up that is worldwide, already identified by hundreds of thousands of startup and small business CEO’s. By carefully recognizing and focusing upon the very core of the business, these CEO’s are allocating their scarce cash resources to hire the best talent they…
Read More6 Habits That Kill Your Productivity and What You Should Be Doing Instead
With countless distractions in our modern, overly digitalized world, productivity can be a difficult skill to master. Whether you find yourself browsing social media when you should be typing, or texting during important discussions, you’re killing your productivity. Here are six habits that kill your productivity and what you should be doing instead to stay…
Read MoreThe One Thing Holding You Back from Making It to the C-Suite
According to a survey on leadership development conducted by the Brandon Hall Group, 77% of organizations are currently experiencing a leadership skills gap. But you’re smart, qualified, and technically brilliant at what you do… So what’s holding you back from the C-Suite? It’s not a lack of ambition. After all, you’re ready, willing, and able to…
Read MoreChanging the Questions
We know questions are critical to our success as sales people. Sadly, we ask too few, choosing instead to pitch our products and solutions, hoping the customer has some interest in considering them, though we often don’t know why. Most modern selling programs talk about the importance of questions, but too often they focus on…
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