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You can make strong connections 1-1, but the beauty of connecting is the more you do it; the more people you connect with and then, in turn, connect to other people, the stronger all connections becomes (including yours).

It’s great to make a friend who is going to be everything you need, who will push you and challenge you to be the best you you can be.

Yet, it’s far better to connect that friend to another friend and that friend to another friend.

There’s no need to be selfless about your connections.

It actually hurts you more when you are.

 

Stay Positive & Be The Connector

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There’s not much else that will increase your chances of success than focusing on the one thing that leads you down the path to completing your goal.

If you’re trying to make sales, then your one thing is picking up the phone and calling.

If your goal is to bulk up, you’re one thing is waking up earlier to hit the gym.

Figure out what the one thing that needs to be done for all the other pieces to fall in place, then do it, again and again.

Then there’s focusing on the small things, because as Seth Godin mentioned, a small thing, repeated, is not a small thing.

The handwritten notes, the moments of surprise and delight, remembering someone’s name–they all add up over time, and with interest.

Focus on these things and you’re set.

 

Stay Positive & Up For It?

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Idols are special. You hope one day to fill their shoes. Maybe you hope to be better than them!

Which makes me wonder, what if you ran into your idol today, would they be impressed?

Are you reading the same books they are? Practicing as much as they are? Connecting with all the right people like they are? Waking up at the same time they are?

On how many levels can you connect with your idol?

 

Stay Positive & Just A Get Check

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What can you do to increase the value of the experience, exchange or interaction with your customer?

It’s a far better question to ask (and answer) than what can you do to get more customers?

Adding more seats isn’t the answer you or potential customers want.

 

Stay Positive & Better Not Bigger

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To do better work, you don’t need spend energy on focusing harder. Doing so typically leads to burnout.

Better to remove more things, the clutter, the to-dos, the distractions.

It’s a lot smarter (read: easier) to remove what’s creating the frenzy than it is to try working within it.

 

Stay Positive & Remove To Improve

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When you’re randomly picked.

When you are public speaking.

When you need to present your idea.

When you’re opening yourself up to feedback.

Take a deep breath.

Nothing will keep you from being flustered as much as a deep breath or two.

Breathe even if you think you’ll look weird doing so. You’ll look a lot less weird than if you’re up there flustered.

 

Stay Positive & Breathe

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The reason things take time is because people take time.

It takes time to build trust and to get on the same page as another person, let alone more than a thousand people or a million.

It takes awhile of being around someone where you can start to work as a team and not get in the way of one another.

It takes time for customers to meet with 10 different friends and refer you to them.

There is no complete shortcut of time, but there is enjoying the journey more than the other guy.

 

Stay Positive & It Starts With Acceptance, Of Course

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