Speaking can be a lot like exercise: The more time you spend getting ready, the more you mentally build the task into something larger than it actually is.
— Lewis Howes
Delivering a successful presentation could mean landing a major new contract, better prices for your services, or getting the funding you need. Failure can mean lost customers and a business that never gets off the ground.
Goal setting should be part of your daily and weekly routines and should not be based on a calendar year or month.
Recognizing poor leadership is a vital skill to help you achieve greatness.
Action can cure fear and hesitation and doubt.
When you are competing for attention and eyeballs, articulating value and evoking possibility and vision can be powerful tools.
There isn't much room to get sick, be angry or unhappy when you do something you love all day.
Sleep might be the most important aspect of building a great business, and having a high-performing body.
It can be easy to become 'friends' or 'connected' with someone in a digital world, but it requires thought and strategy to convert social media connections into rewarding business relationships.
Successful people often enjoy telling their story.
Yes, it's important to make things great, and you can certainly do this by upgrading over time, but good and profitable is better than perfect and never done.
Each day, we have the opportunity to learn something new, apologize for our mistakes, and become better.
As entrepreneurs, we already know our most valuable asset is time, but not every entrepreneur knows how to properly use that time.
The key to forming good habits is to make them part of your 'rituals.' I have a morning ritual, afternoon ritual, and Sunday ritual. It's one way to bundle good habits into regular times that you set aside to prepare yourself for the life you want. Rituals help you form habits.
Besides having an audience, the most important currency for any leader is his or her reputation. And having a reputation for over-delivering on what's expected of you should give your visitors, subscribers and customers more reason to spend their money with you and refer their friends.
As a leader, your job is to share your vision with your followers and either warn them of danger or highlight opportunities coming in the future.
Many business owners dream of having their product or service endorsed by a global celebrity. But instead of trying to get a superstar to support your business, try seeking out a local celebrity instead.
Instead of fearing the unknown - all the bad that can happen - realize that good things can surprise you as well.
Disruption starts with committing to excellence and taking a stand for your customer.
The more confident you are, the less doubt you will have, and the more likely your success will be.
Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty.
The world is awaiting your gift - all you have to do is show up with the right intention!
You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.
When people are living from passion, they tend to be fulfilled, happy, healthy, and love everyone around them.
The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life.
As a business owner, what's the sense in having droves of followers and connections if you aren't able to turn them into paying customers?
Using social media can often be the fastest and easiest way to connect with online influencers because they are already established platforms for connecting with like-minded individuals.
No one cares about your logo, nor the font size that's on your site.
I was a pain most of my childhood, always mad at the things I didn't have. Things shifted drastically in my 20s when I started putting an emphasis on gratitude. Focus on the good you do have, not the things you lack.
Meditating is easier than most people think. Start by focusing and following your breath. The goal is not to eliminate thoughts entirely but to continually return to your breath. Taking this time to relax your mind can help sharpen your focus in other aspects of your work and allow you to work for longer periods of time.
As a profession, entrepreneurship breeds anything but balance. The highs can be stratospheric, and the lows can be crushing.
Leaders are focused on using their vision and courage to do great things. This means challenging the way things are done and then sharing the journey with others.
While it may be difficult to get on the front cover of a major magazine, you can create marketing strategies and opportunities by being featured in a popular niche blog.
Just like football, business is a game of inches, where the smallest advancement or advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.
I often speak publicly, and when I do, I also get to listen to other presenters. The most memorable are the ones that hit an emotional chord with a tight story and a punch line. No fluff. Keep it creative and concise. Greatness exists in quality, not quantity.
Before you can change your industry positively, you need to understand how to go about doing so.
Poor leaders motivate those following them with false promises of promotions, success, and a great tomorrow but rarely deliver on those promises. Leaders who do this can be manipulative and often hold the goals and aspirations of their followers hostage in order to get them to comply.
As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.
When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.
Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me.
I believe passion is the sword of love that pierces through the wall of fears that hold us back.
As a business owner who is looking to market his or her company, you should be on the lookout for opportunities to get face time with movers and shakers in your network.
When you are seen as someone who actively communicates with new connections, it can make other online users want to connect with you.
Having even just one relationship with an online influencer can have a significant impact on your business.
I was in my 20s when I started writing my goals down, assigning each a date that I would achieve them by. I was amazed when I started reaching these goals by the date I had listed on them. It was a daily visualization exercise, and it almost always works.
If you don't want to live a life where you go to a job every day just so you can enjoy your weekends and get two weeks of vacation every year, then don't do it.
Entrepreneurs spend an inordinate amount of time inside of our own heads - thinking, analyzing, agonizing and obsessing over every little detail of our business. Sometimes, we need a break from ourselves. Meditation is a chance to let the thinking mind rest.
Some of the most successful products are born from a personal need to solve a problem rather than a desire to turn a profit.
Online leadership is about leveraging digital platforms such as blogs, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and other networks to build a loyal following of people who want to learn more about and benefit from your experiences and expertise.
Not only is a LinkedIn group free to create, it can enable you to offer your professional network a vibrant, useful information resource, all while driving traffic to your site and increasing sales.
