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Harvey Mackay

Great movies leave plenty of excellent footage on the cutting room floor.  It's part of the process, my son David, a film director, tells me. The same is true when an author writes a book.
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Arathi

Our continued quest for Happiness goes on even as we sometimes question ourselves whether we will find it. In this intriguing TED talk, Dan Gilbert gives concrete evidence to show us what makes us happy and how we perceive happiness in different situations....
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Harvey Mackay

I ran my first marathon after my fiftieth birthday.  I've run nine more since then, including the New York and Boston marathons.  I'm proud of that fact for a number of reasons, not because I ever came anywhere close to finishing first, but that I finished them all.
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Harvey Mackay

So there's this new guy/gal, older than most entry-level employees, who shows up at your workplace one day and wants to learn the ropes.  A little unusual, you think, but you train the person to do your job and explain why what you do is important to the company.That's the premise of
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Harvey Mackay

In the State of the Union address, President Obama declared our national economic agenda "begins with jobs." So does mine. I'm dedicating myself to a 30-day, nationwide tour to launch my newest book Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You. Use Your
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Harvey Mackay

              The old saying goes: If you can dream it, you can do it.     I think that's more than just an axiom. I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.
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Ivan R Misner

Back in 1994 I authored the first edition of my book The World’s Best Known Marketing Secret. I was out promoting the book and trying to get bookstores to carry it. Back then, one of the ways to do that was to go to bookstores and do what I liked to call “drive-by signin
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Dave Crenshaw

How was 2012 for you? Good, bad, ugly? Fantastic? 2013 is already upon you and your business. What are you doing about it? The truth is there’s really only ONE business goal you need to focus on to make this the best year ever. In this short video, I’ll help you discover that one goal
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Promotions

This event focuses on the practical aspects of getting a business started.  How to hire?  Where to have an office? How do get funds? and How to do marketing with low budgets? The entrepreneur might think he is alone, however there is a whole eco-system that he can leverage on, to do more
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Daniel H Pink

There’s lots to dislike about the modern workplace. Dunderheaded managers. Snarls of bureaucracy. And all those endless meetings. But Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan say all those threats to our sanity might actually be helpful — the equivalent of sheep in wolves’ clothing. In their
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Seth Godin

I'm trying something new and I hope you'll check it out. At 7 pm (local time, wherever you are) on January 2nd, I'm inviting you and your peers, colleagues and friends to organize and attend an Icarus Session. You
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The Hindu Business Line

The intellectual roots of India’s freedom, and Rabindranath Tagore’s work in particular, offer great clues for an exhausted, inward-looking
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Eric Qualman

The hope of every business is to increase the number of visitors who come to their website. In most cases, the more traffic your business website gets, the more sales, inquiries, money and exposure they get. However, just because someone comes to your website, it doesn’t mean they will
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Alex Knapp

If the U.S. hits the Fiscal Cliff, the ability to forecast the next Hurricane Sandy could be undermined for
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The Hindu Business Line

The author belongs to the 1991 batch of the IAS. She has served in various posts in the 22 years since then but, going by this book, it is her posting as Collector at Karimnagar in Andhra
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John Greathouse

In 1961, after 70-years, professional baseball created its first expansion teams – the Angels and Twins. Naysayers harshly criticized the growth of the league,
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Jack Canfield

I'm excited to announce that for the first time ever I'll be speaking in Dubai, Mumbai and Bangalore this April to teach rare half-day inspirational seminars designed to help you develop a clear, personal plan of action that will take you from where you are to where you want to be - and I
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Jack Canfield

Our physical spaces are filled with dozens of minor distractions and irritants, such as stacks of unread books, scuff marks on the wall, and closets filled with unused items. For most people, these things are like gnats – annoying, but generally insignificant and easily ignored.
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Jack Canfield

When I talk to people who have a hard time achieving goals, one of the most common excuses I hear is “but I don’t have enough time.” If you can’t find extra time to invest in the pursuit of your goals, it’s time to reprioritize your responsibilities.Successful people
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Dan & Chip Heath

Check out this great piece in the Times on Rare, the conservation organization we wrote about in Switch. (I was so inspired by the Rare team’s work, in fact, that I signed up as a trustee.) Rare’s strategy is focused on bright spots — finding what’s working and doing more of
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Vishwas Mudagal

Vishwas Mudagal, CEO – Castle Rock Research India, inaugurated the SIMC-B (Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Bengaluru) Student Council on August 4, 2011. SIMC-B held the commencement ceremony of its new student council named “A Symphony Rhapsody” whereby each club screened its
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John Greathouse

Tal Siach is a life-long serial entrepreneur who has mastered social media as a guerrilla marketing tool. In my recent interview with Tal, he describes how his actions encouraged Intuit to play nice with Mint. He also describes how
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The Hindu Business Line

Educational institution, for the purpose of tax exemption, would not mean only institutions recognised by any university or board but also any institution engaged in systematic imparting of
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John Greathouse

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of
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John Greathouse

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Steve Blank, author of Four Steps To The Epiphany, Stanford Professor and noted entrepreneur. Steve was very generous with his time, allowing us to cover a variety of topics during our Skype...
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Ramanujam Sridhar

I am glad to share with you that I will be leading brandware4, a 8 weekend certificate program on brand management in Bangalore at our training facility. The last 3 editions were extremely well received with participants from companies like Titan, Nokia, Manipal Education, Booster Juice, Indus Leagu
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Harvey Mackay

New year, new you?  Every year, we fool ourselves into thinking that at the stroke of midnight January 1, we will be able to make changes both large and small.  And every year, it seems, we realize that isn't as easy as it sounds.   Making a New Year's resolution is lik
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John Greathouse

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of
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Harvey Mackay

For years I have been promoting the concept that you must "humanize your selling strategy."  The short explanation for this plan is that you must match your sales approach to the individual or company who will buy your product.  How will it benefit them?     Let&
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Harvey Mackay

Coach Mike Krzyzewski (better known as Coach K) recently became the winningest coach in men's college basketball Division 1 history.  However, he almost didn't get the chance.   Coach K was nearly fired after his first three years at Duke University after going 21-34 in his
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Jack Canfield

I'm excited to announce that for the first time ever I'll be speaking in Dubai, Mumbai and Bangalore this April to teach rare half-day inspirational seminars designed to help you develop a clear, personal plan of action that will take you from where you are to where you want to be - and I
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Daniel H Pink

I don’t get to see a lot of movies these days — and it’s almost unheard of that I’ll watch one twice. But this weekend marked my second viewing of the short documentary film, Jiro Dreams of Sushi. If you’re interested in the alluring, frustrating, asymptotic pursuit
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Dave Crenshaw

How was 2012 for you? Good, bad, ugly? Fantastic? 2013 is already upon you and your business. What are you doing about it? The truth is there’s really only ONE business goal you need to focus on to make this the best year ever. In this short video, I’ll help you discover that one goal
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Promotions

This event focuses on the practical aspects of getting a business started.  How to hire?  Where to have an office? How do get funds? and How to do marketing with low budgets? The entrepreneur might think he is alone, however there is a whole eco-system that he can leverage on, to do more
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John Greathouse

Tal Siach is a life-long serial entrepreneur who has mastered social media as a guerrilla marketing tool. In my recent interview with Tal, he describes how his actions encouraged Intuit to play nice with Mint. He also describes how
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