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Probably the most important habit to form in this brace new economy is to be giving of your very best all the time. When my dogs want to play, they don’t dig through their toy basket and get the crappiest toy they have to bring to me. They dig through it to find their best toy. The toy they love the most. Then they bring that toy to me to play with. They recognize that it is no use having toys if you’re only going to save the best ones for a rainy day.
Be like my dog. Always give your best stuff to your customers, and give like you’ve never given before.
For example, I have a coaching client who has an Internet business. He and I were discussing how he could attract more clients. His first offer was to give away a free booklet to them, which is something that he himself doesn’t attach much value to! I cautioned him: “If you’re attempting to build a relationship with a new customer over the Internet, why would you pick your throw away products as your first impression?” He was a little taken aback, but I continued: “Give them one or two of your best ideas or techniques that they can take home and use themselves. We want your prospective customers to think: wow, if this is the stuff he gives away for free… imagine how good the for pay stuff will be!“.
He begrudgingly conceded my point, and found out just a few weeks later.. I was right. Well, it wasn’t me who was right, it was my dog.
A dog never stops selling. “You want to walk me” his eyes say. “Feed me again.” “Let’s play more fetch!”
Adopt the positive attitude that everyone wants to do business with you again and again, and you’ll magically see that not only do you no longer have to ask for the sale, but people start doing more and more business with you! It’s all about confidence and loving yourself. As business owners, we often get slammed with affronts: a customer complains, someone refuses to pay a bill, you get a citation from the county that your grass is too tall… Each of these can take its emotional toll on you, and if you let it, it will eventually make you tired.
Remember, be like my dog: always assume that everyone loves you, and never stop wagging your tail.
Sometimes, my dog behaves badly. he relieves himself in the wrong place, or he tears something up he shouldn’t have. So, he gets sent to his basket as punishment.
We have a cage for the dogs, which we call their “casita”, which is Spanish for “little house”. It is full of blankets and pillows, and as far as cages go, it could very well be considered the Holiday Inn. They have been trained that this is their “safe” place. So it’s the first place they run when they are scared, but it’s also the place where they are sent when they are punished. (Like sending a child to his room).
Yet it never fails. When punished, they tuck their tail between their legs, and run to the casita. As soon as they sit down, they stare back out the door as if to say: “I know and you know that you still love me.”
So, next time you have a client “tear you a new one” or you have a colleague insult you, or life just doesn’t go your way in your business, do not fret. Just sit down, smile, and know that you’re still needed.
We have four dogs. Rafael is the smallest. He has no idea how small he really is. He doesn’t let his size dictate anything about his life. At night, my wife and I get into bed, and the dogs join us (yes it’s crowded). Every night before we sleep, we tell the dogs “foot of the bed.” They will instantly get up, and wander to the foot of the bed, then do their little walking circle, and lay down for the night. By morning, however, three of the dogs are still at the foot of the bed. Rafael, however, has moved to the dead center of the bed. Not only has he moved to the center, but he (an 8 pound Poodle) has slowly and methodically edged both my wife and I to either side of the bed until he occupies the middle 80% of the bed.
Don’t ever let the size of your company dictate the size of your business. Stop calling yourself a “small business owner”. Your business, despite its apparent “size” should be anything but small.
When I was a kid, my mother got a new puppy who we named Pierre. As was customary in our family, the new puppy spent the evenings in a cardboard box with a sock that contained a ticking clock to simulate the mother’s heartbeat. The box was filled with warm blankets and pillows and toys. The box stayed within arms reach of the bed at night so if there was a problem (i.e., he was sick or otherwise) we could instantly take care of him.
But Pierre saw there was a problem with this arrangement: the lack of freedom.
He tried to jump out for several hours, but never made it. The next morning, we found out what true determination really was…
Pierre realized he could not jump out, so he slowly stripped away the corrugated cardboard from the side of the box. Piece by piece…all night until there was a hole. It was the puppy version of the Shawshank Redemption.
So, when you are staring down a seemingly insurmountable problem in your business just remember: when you strip your problems down piece by piece, a solution (or hole) will always present itself.
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What’s the difference between a wealthy entrepreneur and a dreamer who can barely afford to pay attention? A wealthy entrepreneur has three “thought” upgrades. A thought upgrade is simply an improvement in the way your mental computer operates. It is usually dependent on removing the chains of servitude imposed on you by the rest of society. For example, “profiting from your work” is generally regarded as “greedy” in society. This is simply not true. There is no such thing as “excessive profits” these are just emotional grenades hurled by those who lack the ability to get “excessive profits”. Another chain that should be lifted is the societal belief that “sales people are slimy”, which is also untrue. The truth is some sales people are unscrupulous, but the fact remains that sales itself is a noble profession: sales people professionally help customers buy the things they need or want.
A wealthy entrepreneur understands when it comes to business: Read the rest of this entry »
Clarity in your business will make your decisions easier, your deals more profitable, your staff happier, your family closer, and best of all it will give you the best gift ever: more time.
Do you have clarity in your business? Do you know what it means to have clarity in your business? Do you know how profitable clarity in your business can be?
While clarity is an important concept it is also a very elusive one. These are the big three symptoms you lack clarity in your business: Read the rest of this entry »
Entrepreneurs and Business Owners have five major problems that prevent them from becoming hyper successful. No one is immune. Not even Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, or other super star business wizards.
What’s the difference between a business mogul and an average entrepreneur? The mogul has developed skills (or staff) to compensate for their weaknesses whereas the average entrepreneur has not yet acquired those skills.
Solving these problems making solving every other problem a lot easier.
If you spend more time running around on smaller projects than you do on larger projects, and therefore a month (or two) go by without any progress on the business changing project that could bring you in big bucks, then you are a victim of Procrastination by Fire.
Procrastination by Fire has but one symptom: the sacrifice of … Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re in the IT business, then you’ve heard just about everything. The CFO who claims he has no idea how 500GB of pornography magically filled up their hard drive. The accountant who has no less than 45 paper clips under the keys of the keyboard. Once, I even saw a hatchet driven into the top of a printer. The computer world is a strange one full of people and their devices. But in IT support, there are 9 great lies we hear all the time. These 9 lies are sometimes by omission, by accident, or just plain for manipulation. You’ll hear them. You’ve probably already heard some. Here they are, in order… Read the rest of this entry »
So, you’ve been running a vmware box with Ubuntu as the host operating system (or some other flavor of Linux), and you have decided to upgrade to ESXi. But, what do you do? How do you go about it? For someone who has been using VMWare Server, the newer versions of the software are not only confusing, but choosing the right one is not intuitive at all. This short guide will help you through the process, which is actually quite simple. Read the rest of this entry »
Once you have an ESXi server installed, and vSphere installed on your Windows machine, you can enable SSH access as follows:
1. In vSphere, click Configuration > Security Profile.
Security Profile
2. Click Properties.
Properties
3. Select Remote Tech Support (SSH), and then click Options.
4. Click Start Automatically, then click the Start button, then click OK.
Start Automatically
5. Confirm Remote Tech Support (SSH) is now running, and click OK.
Confirm SSH is Running
The newest type of virus and spyware attack does not attack your computer. Instead, it attacks you and tricks you into installing your own viruses! They are called a social engineering attack, and they are extremely effective. Once installed, these virus applications will demand that you “buy” a copy of their software in order to remove the virus threat. In fact, the software will often tell you: “You 198 infections. Click here to remove the virus threats” when (in fact) there is no threat at all. These thieves are just extorting money from you!
In the video below, I detail exactly what a social engineering attack looks like, how to identify it, and how to keep your computer safe.
Remember, share this article and video with your friends and family. Get the word out. The more people who are aware of this type of attack, the more people we can save!
Click the play button below to watch the video.
As you can see from the video, these attacks often disguise themselves as a “Windows Update” or a “Security Update”. Don’t be fooled. The only place you should be getting updates from your computer is update.microsoft.com. In Windows 7, it should be from the control panel only!.
Be safe out there!
