Consider The Details (Of Making Money)

Garth Beyer

The landscaping service at my dads doesn’t care if you pay them right away. It’s apparent they don’t keep good track of the number of times they’ve taken care of the lawn. Money isn’t a priority for them.

One guy on Shark Tank nearly lost all the investors because he told them he’s not concerned about making money.

A remarkable TV personality spoke at a panel event I held the other week. When she told the audience that details matter, she had to add she was referring to the details of making money.

When it comes down to it, nothing functions without money. Not a business. Not electricity. Not even us.

 

Stay Positive & Money Always Matters

The Weight Of Favors

Garth Beyer

One cop out of doing a favor now is you never know when it will be returned.

We do it, yes, because we believe it will be returned, but there’s still the tad bit of fear it may never be or it may be repaid too far down the line.

Here’s the thing about favors. They weigh… a lot.

Once you do something for me, and four other people do something for me, that’s a lot of favors to return. It’s heavy. It’s now a priority of mine to return some to lighten the load.

If you noticed, we’re better off giving more favors than waiting for people to return ours because giving is the only way to ensure getting them sooner than later… or worse, not at all.

 

Stay Positive & Don’t Stand There, Don’t Stop Giving

Interruption Status

Garth Beyer

Are you high status enough that you can interrupt someone’s presentation?

Naturally, that’s the role of a high status person, is it not? To butt in when something needs to be flushed out?

Have you stopped to think of the many ways they got to the status of being able to interrupt a meeting, a presentation, a conversation and everyone is okay with it?

We live a lot of days looking up to people and not realizing how many times they’ve failed, said the wrong thing at the wrong time, and made fools of themselves in front of others before they got the status they have now, the one you admire, the one you wish upon yourself.

 

Stay Positive & Speak Up

Leave Your ________ At The Door

Garth Beyer

You likely read the title as Leave Your Ego At The Door. It’s a common phrase. I don’t think it works too well.

Leaving your ego at the door might mean you leave a bit of passion outside, you leave some excitement behind, you leave out some grit.

Better to read, “Leave Your Shoes At The Door.”

As in, be prepared to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, prepared to see the business or project or product through someone else’s perspective, perhaps even to adopt a new worldview.

When we enter a room with blinders on, wearing our own shoes, ready to show and tell how we view the world, we miss out on the unique proposition, we miss out on communicating our understanding of clients, of consumers, of anyone else involved in the decision-making process.

Sales happen when empathy is expressed, not when you prove you’ve got a guaranteed idea.

 

Stay Positive & I Can’t Express How Critical Putting Yourself In Others’ Shoes Is

In The Box Podcast

Episode 10: Verbal Commitment, Purpose, Moving On And More – Podcast

Garth Beyer

On this episode of In The Box Podcast, we talked about the mental battle of doing something new, how important verbal commitment is, why people settle, the purpose of life, holding on to your pass vs moving on, and more on self-worth. Enjoy

Episode 10: Verbal Commitment, Purpose, Moving On And More

New/Change – what is the biggest impediment to someone doing something new or changing?

Verbal commitment – How permanent or official should a verbal commitment be?

Settling – In one sentence, why do people settle?

Purpose – What is the purpose of life?

Moving on – What’s your take on moving on versus holding your past with you?

Self-worth – How can someone increase their self-worth or solidify it?

 

Stay Positive & Your Worth It

Respect

Garth Beyer

You don’t gain respect by creating something special. Nor by being better than someone else.

You gain respect by giving, by connecting, by sharing a moment.

During a panel event I held the other night, the panelists were asked what was one habit they’ve developed that they consider a secret; something little they do that others may not.

One panelist said every single day for years she has said hi to everyone in the office.

Familiarity breeds respect.

It’s inevitable you’ll share a conversation at one point. It’s inevitable you’ll give them something you have an extra of. It’s inevitable you’ll connect with them on a recent article you’ve read that made you think of them.

You can bet she said more than hi, but hi is the best place to start.

 

Stay Positive & Have You Started?

The Hardest Part

Garth Beyer

is doing.

But, it’s the only way we learn, only way we grow, only way we get better.

Confidence is built from being timid multiple times.

Great design comes from a lot of poor design.

You can label, criticize, and rate whatever you create. Heck, you can even crumple it up and throw it away, but you can’t get rid of the fact you’ve learned something, you’ve grown better, that you’re more self-confident in maybe, just maybe, doing it again.

 

Stay Positive & But This Time, Doing It Better