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Great summary of the last 10 years — CEO of the decade according to Fortune.

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I just finished a discussion with some local young entrepreneurs in my community. One recurring statement was ‘I am not good at this” or ‘really, I don’t understand that” . These statements were blocking these young entrepreneurs from moving forward – ‘I have to be perfect before I start”

While being asked for my guidance, all I could think of was the theme song to Scrubs …. Just watch the below video, I will continue my post below:

In my mind, I know I am not strong at everything, maybe I am average at most things in life, but its my strengths that have made me very successful in life. I am very aware that it is my strengths that separate me from everyone else. Additionally, I will continue to hone my strengths and grow them as much as I can.

Here is what happens when you try to upgrade on your weaknesses: You will try to cope via learning niche skills (ex. HTML coding or bookkeeping). All this will accomplish is a feeling of normality or maybe a warm fuzzy, but it will not better your chances of success. It will force you into being a generalist or even worse, average at all things. All this is at what cost – missed opportunities, a diminished expected value of the venture.

Back to my conversation with these youths, I added the following point to counter their fears of not knowing all. An HTML coder out of the Philippines will cost 7$ per hour and a local bookkeeper (with 30 years of experience) will cost 40$ per hour – both of which will hit the ground running, no required ramp up time, and years of experience you will not attain in time to capture the opportunity in front of you. Why waste time trying to learn ‘throw-away’ skills?

So what are you waiting for… you don’t need to be superman, you don’t need to know everything… instead – carpe articulus, find your stride and more forward.

Let’s try for some examples of how yourself, or entrepreneurs you know, have exploited their strengths through leveraging others. Lets help others avoid getting lost in the paralysis of analysis.

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To follow up with a post I did a while ago – Tony Robbins with a TED Video.

Seems like Anthony Robbins just launched a free training blog at tonyrobbinstraining.com

There are numerous quick videos on there, all with great quality.

Happy viewing.

Tags: AnthonyRobbins, training, development, clarity, focus, executive training, entrepreneur training

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I have never really been exposed to Tony Robbins – never purchased one of his many offerings.

Great speech on life motivations.

Tags: Motivation, Tony Robbins, Al Gore, life coach,

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This is the first post in my series of Personal Development tidbits and an introduction to my newsletter. 

It seems fitting to offer some timeless wisdom from a book called “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D Wattles.  This book should be considered the original Secret (before the Secret was told to everyone… so ). 

The Author’s Preface starts with “THIS book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached.”   

Its a gem that is now in the public domain – you can look at on google, wikisource, etc.    Now, you can also grab your copy here on the blog and sign up for my personal development newsletter at the same time. 

The newsletter will not be a regular occurance (not weekly, daily or hourly), you will only recieve it when I find something of value for you. 
 

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