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Lead Generation: Seven Strategies to Elevate the Grind

Whether your establishing your business or taking it to the next level, chances are it will involve lead generation. Here are seven strategies to elevate the grind.

Lead generation. Unless you are one of the maniacal few this activity can be viewed as tedious, repetitive, mundane, and draining. And this is on a good day. Multiple reaches are made just to get a conversation, which may not even happen. And even if it does happen it may or may not lead to a sale. Emails, texts, LinkedIn messages, voicemails, tweets. And sometimes all you hear back is the…

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Three Morning Disciplines for Success and Achievement

How do you start your morning? Adopt these three morning disciplines to powerfully and positively impact the quality of your life.

How do you start your morning? The way you start the day can have a lot to do with the way the day goes. I’d like to share with you three morning disciplines to powerfully and positively impact the quality of your life.

Morning Pages. These are described in Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. You simply write in your journal for three consecutive pages. It can be anything that comes to…

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Why You Must Fail: The Three Essential Assets Gained Exclusively from Failure

Why You Must Fail: The Three Essential Assets Gained Exclusively from Failure

Most of us perceive failure as undesirable. Something to be avoided at all costs. But what if failure is not only helpful, but actually necessary?

Failure is success in progress. -Albert Einstein

If you’ve spent much time in the gym you’ve undoubtedly heard the term training to failure. The body reaches the point where it no longer has the capacity to complete a given exercise with proper…

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Higher Purpose Living: Twelve Life-changing Questions

What if you are here for a purpose; a higher purpose, one far beyond your personal goals, aspirations, and ambitions? What if you absolutely knew this is to be true? What would happen if you tuned into this purpose fully?

What if you are here for a purpose; a higher purpose, one far beyond your personal goals, aspirations, and ambitions? What if you absolutely knew this is to be true? What would happen if you tuned into this purpose fully? 

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

W. Clement Stone

For many people, this is a big, often overwhelming concept. For others, it can seem…

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FORM Your Future: Focused-Optimal-Repetitive-Motion for Success

Consider this definition of FORM: Focused, Optimal, Repetitive Motion. In business and in life FORM is critical to reaching your personal and professional objectives. Very simply you will never actualize your potential without it.

FORM can be defined as “the proper method.” I’d like to offer another definition:

FOCUSED, OPTIMAL, REPETITIVE MOTION

It’s one of the most important elements in athletic development, physical transformation and winning in competition. Improper form can lead to unnecessary fatigue, burnout and injury. As a result it can rob the energy needed for proper form. And worst of all it’s less than…

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Personal Growth Coach: Three Steps to Choosing Your Coach

A personal growth coach possesses the vision and expertise to prescribe specific personal adjustments leading to massive positive impact in your life.

A personal growth coach sees you in a way that you cannot see yourself. This vision gives the ability to prescribe specific personal adjustments that can lead to massive positive shifts in your life. Whether you are striving to grow your business, improve your health, impact your community, or move closer to your God-given potential, the right personal growth coach can help get you there.

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Recipe for Breakdown: How You Let Yourself Off The Hook

Your recipe for breakdown distinguishes the key ingredients and the manner in which they are combined to derail your personal integrity. Becoming aware your recipe gives you the power to choose something else.

Your recipe for breakdown distinguishes the key ingredients and the manner in which they are combined to derail your personal integrity. Becoming aware your recipe gives you the power to choose something else.

Allison and I currently live about 10 minutes east of downtown Atlanta across the street from a set of railroad track. Initially the sound of the train occurred as booming,…

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Why Am I Not Making More Progress? The Three Thieves of Progress

Why Am I Not Making More Progress? The Three Thieves of Progress

Have you ever asked yourself this question? The three thieves of progress can rob you blind of your hard-earned gains. Unmask them and reclaim what’s yours.

Be not afraid of moving slowly, be only afraid of standing still.

Chinese Proverb

When it comes to learning a new skill, a new discipline, taking on a new initiative or letting go of a bad habit, progress can be elusive. In The Ripple…

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