Storytelling is often one of the most effective yet underutilized ways to take an organization, firm, or small business from ordinary to extraordinary. Typically the underutilization of this art can be due to a misunderstanding of storytelling, how to get direct results from your efforts, or several similar reasons. No matter the case, […]
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Over the last few years, I’ve come across many quotes that have fundamentally changed the way I think about life, philosophy, entrepreneurship, fitness, and other aspects of life. I’ve compiled this list for some time and have never felt like I’ve had a sufficient outlet or digital space to put these quotes and ideas. As
We are at an interesting point in time where going against the tide in life is excepted by many. Or at least I had thought so until the last couple of months. People are expected to be different in the same way everyone else is different. For example, everyone must go to college, but you
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A small percentage of the world’s population truly go on to greatness in their communities, fields, and industries. Some people wonder how others know-how (or at least they think they do), and the remaining sum think those who’ve obtained greatness had a magic bullet or a trust fund that they were born into, and so
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Every time I am creating something that turns out to be of value and interest, I tend to go through a process. This process is one of the most valuable things I have learned to embrace. Those who understand it or have gone through it, from my experience, seem to be more empathetic/sympathetic to the
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30 days of blogging. Wow. I am so glad I took on this challenge and that it is part of the Praxis curriculum. Blogging is something that I would not have thought would be as impactful and helpful as it was. Not only do ones writing skills improve vastly, but ones creative and ideation process
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It has been standard procedure for entrepreneurs to write out long business plans before starting or testing a business. There are many flaws with this strategy up front. If you are writing a business plan right out the gate, then you should seriously reconsider for more than a few reasons. For one, they take a
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An entrepreneur and speaker by the name of Mel Robins originated the start of this idea which came to my mind about the difference between inspiration and motivation. They are incredibly different and distinguishing the two is very important. Motivation is when people have that “feel good” attitude and want to act on a feeling
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You may have heard of the acronym for FEAR: False Expectations Appearing Real. Even though it may be a little cheesy, it holds true to its meaning. Have you ever been fearful of something and conjured up a story in your head about what you think a situation may be like. This is a prime
Today I interviewed Ben Dixon who is the CEO of Naxum. Naxum is a 38 employee software and marketing company based in Illinois. I had the great privilage of having some time to sit down Ben and ask him some questions about entrepreneurship, business, and how he started his career. Take a look at the video
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