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What I’ve Learned About Luck

After I landed one of my first big deals as a sales rep my boss called me into his office to congratulate me. I was having none of it. I told him it was nothing more than luck, that I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I wasn’t used […]

When You Are In A Rut But Don’t Know It – The Universe Delivers

I didn’t know I was in a rut. I didn’t know that somehow, without me noticing, I had fallen into one. But maybe I did. Maybe on some level that was the reason I had decided to put my blog and newsletter on hiatus last February and it has taken me this long to bring […]

How To Find The Passion In Your Pitch

The dirty little secret that those who pitch for a living know is that the best idea is not always the one that gets the business. The one that wins is the one that is presented the most convincingly. To do that there has to be passion in your pitch. If you can’t demonstrate passion, […]

What A Difference Eleven Years Has Made To This Blog

Eleven years ago this month I published my very first blog. Eleven. Years. Ago. That was the Fall of 2008. The world was teetering on financial collapse and people were terrified. Myself included. I was four months into unemployment and uncertain what I would do next. The only thing I was sure of was that […]

Why My Social Media Queue Sits Empty

Buffer keeps sending me emails telling me my social media queues are empty. It’s usually a nice reminder when you’re a solopreneur and the social media scheduler you pay to use reminds you that you’re behind in your self-promotion. But not this morning. Not today. Not on July 1. Today it was just another reminder […]