Something I believe: Happiness isn’t something that “just happens” to us. It’s a way of being. Something we can step into when we get dressed in the morning. Almost like a power suit that we don through deliberate action. What kind of action? One of the best ways I know is to express gratitude. Even just the simple act of sending a card or gift to someone, and showing that you’re thinking of them — it …
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Last week, something amazing happened to me. I went out to check my mailbox. But when I opened it up, I had to stop and do a double take. Because there was an envelope with a blown-up image of my new book, Bulletproof. The one I had just published a day or two before. “Say, WHAAT?!” Needless to say, I ripped it open immediately. And here’s what I found inside: It was a card. From a …
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No time for meandering today. I am, right now — as you read this — about to jump in my car with a huge stack of boxes and drive back up to Vermont. I’m moving! But I wanted to share something with you. It’s a question I received from one of our readers. (Do you have a question you would like me to answer? Feel free to ask away in the comments section below.) It’s …
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You know Isaac Newton? The English physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and alchemist who’s widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists who ever lived? Who, supposedly, had an apple fall on his head? A lot of folks don’t know this — but the masterpieces for which he is now known and celebrated, calculus and Newtonian mechanics, were created in the Great Plague of 1665-6 while he was stuck at home in quarantine. That’s right! The Black …
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A lot of realtors are asking this question right now. And so are insurance brokers, financial advisors, network marketers, entrepreneurs, and just about every other sales professional. In fact, it applies to almost everyone. “How can I sell when people are afraid to spend money?” It’s a sound question. While I don’t have an easy answer, I do have an answer. And it’s the same answer for everyone who’s in the business of selling — whether that …
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