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The Olympics teach entrepreneurs 4 winning ways to get focused
Take away these 4 business "lessons learned" about achieving unwavering focus that athletes apply during and while training for the Olympic games. Learn through concrete examples how to leverage your Enneagram personality type into your daily activities to help your business soar.
3 Lessons for CEO's from Reality TV Show Undercover Boss
When was the last time you operated on the line, did the work of your assistant, or went back out to make sales? You may be amazed by what you could learn. Following are three business lessons I gathered from just a few episodes of the show, Undercover Boss.

Lesson #5: Try and Try Again
“I learned more from the one restaurant that didn’t work than from all the ones that were successes,” says Puck.

Lesson #4: “Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.”
Marriott was a firm believer in the principle of management by walking around. He was as hands on as he could get, inspecting everything from the number of times a hamburger was flipped, to the haircut of his waiters. Even as the company grew, Marriott maintained his belief that if he was going to run his company, he had to know about what was going on in the restaurants, in the hotels, and on the ground. Marriott knew that the financial books in his office were in fact going to tell him less about his business than the cooks and waiters in his restaurant were, or the guests in his motels.

In Summary...
I've been working on various forms of my Master Presentation, pretty much fulltime, for the last couple of weeks. A Post yesterday started a rather vigorous discussion about success "rules" that withstand the test of time. Virtually nothing—you, me, the corporation, the nation—withstands the test of time. And one of the principal reasons is hardening of the philosophical arteries—increasingly rigid interpretations of yesterday's "success" rules.
Sales and Marketing is 24/7
Last week there was an article on Forbes.com titled Genuine Business Lessons from Donald Trump by Shaun Rein, who is the founder and managing director of the China Market Research Group. He writes for Forbes on strategy, leadership and marketing, and I found his insights to be right on.
Home Staging Business Lessons From a Brisket
Home staging expert, Staging Diva, shares a business lesson learned over brisket.

Business Lessons from a Dog’s Perspective!
Have you ever heard of the ‘lone ranger’ syndrome? Many solo-preneurs experience this, particularly in the start-up phase. Building a business can be a lonely affair – if you let it.
Winning Poker Lessons for Life and Business
People often wonder why I like playing poker so much. “You’re a financial coach and you gamble?” they ask incredulously.

Business Lessons from Pablo Picasso
Too many women business owner’s (and men, too), skip the basics step. They decide to go right to creating the business they envision and are surprised when they get tripped up. Often they are backed into a corner where they must put in more and more of their own money or go bankrupt. Here are some solutions you can use inspired by Pablo Picasso.
Peak Performance in Prospecting
A peak performing prospector is a salesperson who displays passion, self motivation and results focus. They are disciplined in their approach, evaluate and purse viable opportunities while remaining optimistic, resilient, committed and energized. They are ethical at all times and display empathy, respect and courtesy towards their prospects. To help us look at this in more depth let's look at what is considered peak performance.
Business Lessons Learned At The Mall
No offense to my mall merchant brothers and sisters, but a trip into the deepest jungle is more appealing to me than a trip to the mall. I get no joy out of trudging from store to store, attempting to communicate with salespeople from other planets, browsing discount racks of last season's dollar merchandise and peering into windows at mannequins that seem to be in some sort of inanimate pain (why can't they make a happy mannequin?).
Trump This - Small Business Lessons
Just when you think that you’ve heard everything about Donald Trump, there’s another chapter being written in the semi fictional book of his life. Last week, I was in New York, the place where he has marked out his most prized territory with tall, expensive buildings. Though his recent dust-up with President Obama is forcing people into “love him” or “can’t tolerate him” positions, I think that small business owners can get some wonderful lessons from a closer look at the Donald’s adventures.
LESSONS FROM THE ROYAL WEDDING
When I see an event that is so very successful and unique and up-lifting, I am always watching for lessons that I can apply to my business. The Royal Wedding did not disappoint. Here is what I took away, in random order.
YOU MUST KEEP LEARNING!
Did you think that, when you left school, that is when the learning stops, too? I find it very sad that many entrepreneurs have stopped investing in themselves and in their learning.
Storytelling as a Key Leadership Tool
Whether you are leading an organization of five people or 50,000, enveloping important business lessons within the framework of a story helps effective leaders do more than just pass on knowledge and know-how.
TAKING A RISK!
I was in San Francisco for a week of meetings with my business coach and master mind group. We were all given an assignment - and were told to come prepared to present to the whole group. I had a different task in that I am working on a new strategy/presentation style when it comes to public speaking and sales.
Steady – One Thing At A Time In Business
A lot can happen at the last moment in business. Crises and exigencies can surprise us like digital ambushes from cookies and pop-up screens. It is not that these startling events that tend to throw us off kilter, but rather how we respond to these challenges and distractions
3 Things Business Owners Can Learn from Nicole Scherzinger's Indecisiveness
Indecisiveness causes you to live by default, and when you do ironically you'll likely get exactly what you're trying to avoid. When you're "The Boss" or the person that everyone looks to for leadership and direction there are going to be times when you have to make the choice that won't make everyone happy.

How I Failed as a Network Marketing Entrepreneur and the Lessons I Learned
I have been in the network marketing industry; a multi-billion dollar industry with lots of potential. The company I registered with as an independent distributor was great; the products were wonderful, the compensation plan was magnificent and the management team behind the firm was first class. The company has a history of success and successful distributors to show for it. Notwithstanding all the potentials of the industry and the company; I failed woefully. Do you want to know why? Then keep reading. “There are no bad business or investment opportunities. What we have are bad entrepreneurs and investors.” – Robert Kiyosaki

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Ten More Important “Lessons Learned” For Leaders, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Building upon another article I wrote on important lessons learned for leaders, I thought about additional important “lessons learned” for leaders that could be shared. The potential reward and return on efforts related to the strategic action to identify the “lessons learned” from our experiences merits additional thought. I found another great quote to share to confirm the value and importance of the “lessons learned” approach. The following is a quote from John Keats. “Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. Here are 10 more important "lessons learned" for leaders.
5 Lies You Learned at School That Are Holding You Back in Your Business
In the 25 years since graduating from high school, I’ve come to the conclusion that many of the lessons I was taught in school haven’t helped me succeed in my life and business. And I’m not alone. These damaging lies cost people friendships and fulfilling relationships, rob them of joy, and hold them back from having the success in business they deserve. But once you can identify the lessons, you can let go of the old baggage and take off the brakes that have been holding you back.
Lessons from the Gym that Can Help Your Business
It's been a difficult journey toward becoming fit, but it reminded me of a few lessons that apply equally to building a business. The following are a few of the lessons I have learned from the gym.
Location is Not Everything
Guerrillas are constantly on the lookout for important lessons from their peers. A good source of lessons is to analyze the sixty-second infomercials delivered at networking events.
Business Lessons from Las Vegas
If you haven't been to Las Vegas recently - you must go. When you visit take good notes. Las Vegas is an inspiring business model. Las Vegas is a place to learn how to run your business. It might be called the sin city. But the real lessons of Vegas are not about gambling. It's about how to run a successful business. Study these important business lessons that I learned from Las Vegas.
Leadership Lessons Heard
Leadership lessons are abundant in both literature and life! The prevailing wisdom is to maximize the lessons that come from life experiences by turning them into a never-ending learning process. However, too often it is the lessons heard that serve as the practical learning model, thereby minimizing what gets practiced in successful organizations.
Three Business-Building Ideas To "Steal"
One of the great joys of our work is meeting a wide range of successful local business owners. Each has a wonderful story to tell about how they created and developed their firm, and each has special challenges. Each owner has a set of talents that make his or her business unique, and some valuable lessons for all of us on what has worked for them. On the principal that it’s easier to follow someone else’s best practices than spend time and effort making up our own, here are some lessons we can all apply from business people right in our own neighbourhood.

It's What You Don't Say that Runs the Show
I learned so much from my first life and business coach; lessons that I'm still using today in both my business and in my life as well as with my own coaching clients, some 20-plus years later. Now that's lasting value. (Thanks Judy B.) One of the most valuable lessons revolving around communication was the principle -- "It's what you don't say that runs the show." To say it a bit more accurately, it's those things we feel like we can't say for fear that we'll get into trouble with the other person that end up shaping the relationship and often in ways that ultimately are unhealthy for everyone involved.

Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion and Appreciation
Life's (Sales) Lessons from the Links of Ireland. Our team of merry golfers from North America reaffirmed in me the importance of Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion, and Appreciation in both golf as well as business. There are lessons all around us as to what we need to grow.
10 thing I wish I learned before 40
Life has a way of teaching us some lessons. I just wish I had learned these lessons a whole lot sooner than I did. This article is dedicated to my 3 sons. These young men are entering the real world, and I hope they learn these lessons faster than I did.
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