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What Do You Do - Really? b>3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s hHave you ever thought about what you do ... really?I don't mean have you really thought about it. I mean what do you really do?Many people look at their business card for a clue. I suggest you ask your clients.I know of one business coach who is seen as a marriage counselor. He helped one couple sort o Seminars for Prospecting 1. Leadership Is Learned – While many people appear to have an innate ability to lead, most learn from their life and business experiences, then put these lessons into practice. Giuliani wrote, “The greatest leadership you ever have is the ability to lead your own life.”The purpose of a 1- or 2-hour seminar is to attract potential customers for your product or service. The topic must be provocative enough to attract attendees, without sounding too much like a sales pitch with breakfast thrown in. Topics can be about the latest advances and/or technology in your industry; the impact of the 2. Understand Good Leaders, Not Good Leadership – Giuliani wrote, “Read biographies of leaders you admire. That will tell you more about leadership than any leadership book.” 3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s ho Are You Ready For New Thinking? fe and business experiences, then put these lessons into practice. Giuliani wrote, “The greatest leadership you ever have is the ability to lead your own life.”Are you ready for the changes that are coming or are you stuck in your paradigms refusing to see that there may be another way to look at things?Let me give you 2 simple examples:1.The population is getting older. Over 70 million baby boomers are hitting their fifties and sixties. What will they want, need o 2. Understand Good Leaders, Not Good Leadership – Giuliani wrote, “Read biographies of leaders you admire. That will tell you more about leadership than any leadership book.” 3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s h Career Advice: Winners Don't Depend On Atta-Boys ve is the ability to lead your own life.”There is no escaping the fact that everyone wants to be appreciated for doing a good job. “Atta-boys” are important to our self-esteem and effectiveness. A nation-wide survey showed that appreciation ranks number one among the five most desired rewards for work. But the higher we climb up the career ladder the more scarce 2. Understand Good Leaders, Not Good Leadership – Giuliani wrote, “Read biographies of leaders you admire. That will tell you more about leadership than any leadership book.” 3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s h Get Clients With a Small Business Networking Strategy e, “Read biographies of leaders you admire. That will tell you more about leadership than any leadership book.”Networking, Ugh!Much like the thought of marketing and sales, the thought of networking may make you cringe. For most solo-pros, service professionals, and small business owners, they hear the word networking and it brings to mind the old business standard of promotional networking at 'meet & greet' events where it' 3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s h Why Are There Free Podcasts b>3. Learn Throughout Life – Education doesn’t stop when you quit attending school. In Giuliani’s words: “That’s how I ended up on the morning of September 12, reading a biography of Churchill. I was thinking, ‘I’m going to deal with something I haven’t dealt with before. Let me see if I can learn something.’”Why are there free podcastsPodcasting, unlike other media forms, almost never has charges for services, and the vast majority of feed producers distribute free podcasts. This puts at odds with, say, online radio stations, news sites that offer media to subscribers, or the online music industry general. Even thou 4. Stand Up To Bullies – It’s important to have a sense of justice…“to realize you have to stand up to people who take advantage of those who are weaker.” 5. Discourage Yes-Men/Women – As the saying goes, if we both have the same opinion one of us is
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