Have you learned something new this week?

I’m always trying to learn something new, something to upgrade my skill sets in various disciplines.

You could say that I am a perpetual student.

I have learned that it is not uncommon to discover information, skills, or techniques from one discipline, that can easily be transferred into another.

Below is a list of 77 mind sparks that I came across.

I thought you could benefit from them.

 

Here are 77 mind sparks to get you back to work with the right mindset and motivation:

Whatever it is you’re working on – it’s NOT what you think it is

 And it’s BIGGER than you think it is

Your job is not to work alone – lone wolves starve to death

Your job is to build containers for collaboration

You need three groups of people…

You need your posse (partners, colleagues, team)

You need your tribe (followers, fans, customers, clients)

You need your dream team (advisors, coaches, mentors)

And you must avoid one group at all costs…

Keep away from the herd (sheep, lemmings, goofballs)

“Yes” is almost never a good first answer

Focus like a maniac on what matters most

Turn off email – Yes, really

Live out of your calendar, not your inbox

Be kinder than you need to be

Let go to move faster

Stop letting fear make your decisions for you

Learn to love the verb DECIDE…

Make more decisions

Make faster decisions

90% of your decisions can always be changed later

The magic word to get most anything you want: ASK!

Charge premium fees…

Good clients will follow

Bad clients will fall away

Stop asking for permission…

Why? Because you already have it

You don’t need to see the whole staircase – just the first step

Action eliminates fear

Overdeliver like crazy

It’s better to have a capacity problem than a sales problem

Customer loyalty goes both ways

The saddest referral is one that was earned but never given (See #22)

If it doesn’t matter to your customer, it doesn’t matter

Forget features and benefits

Focus exclusively on outcomes, results, and payoffs

Learn to speak prospect language about prospect problems

If you want to sell fire extinguishers, first show the fire

If you don’t risk turning some people off, you’ll never turn anybody on

Diversify while still specializing

If you can prove what you do works, you win

People never argue against their own opinions, data, and feelings

When selling an idea, show up with a bucket, not a microphone

There is no “sales gene”… it’s a learned skill for all of us

Everyone can sell once they find their own voice

Marketing comes down to four words: Offer value, Invite engagement

Imagine that it’s easy

Good things come to those who bust their ass and never give up

Your success day in and day out, year in and year out depends on two things…

How fast you’re willing to learn (relearn, unlearn)

How much you’re willing to grow (personally, professionally, emotionally)

Every prospect qualifies – they just might not qualify for YOU

If the first version of your product/service isn’t embarrassing, you waited too long to launch it

Happy people are that way because they want to be

Miserable people are that way because they want to be

Secure your own mask before assisting others

If you’re a great starter, learn to finish

Are you willing to do what you have to do so you get to do what you want to do?

If you ain’t got people skills, I don’t care how smart you are – you’re dead

Stop acting like a numbnutz and your life will improve

Different isn’t better

Better is better

Until you have loved a dog, part of your soul remains unawakened

Get out of the office – yes you – yes now. That’s where life happens

Happiness is to have family that you consider friends and friends that you consider family

Everyone needs allies, advocates, brothers, sisters, and co-conspirators in mischief and merrymaking

Getting what you want is easy – Deciding what you want is the hard part

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, writers gotta write, dancers gotta dance…

So, what are you waiting for?

Don’t hand out home-made business cards…

Don’t build a free template website…

Professionals use professional tools

Get serious, get help, or get out

If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy – remember that

Once a day, do something brave

Once a day, do something kind

Once a day, do something smart

— David Newman – Do it! Marketing

David Newman is the author of the book, Do It! Speaking.

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Till next time

 

 

 

“Be Safe”

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