The word “rights” gets thrown around a lot these days. There’s often a lack of focus on the other side of the “rights” coin – “responsibility”. “I have a right to a good job.” (Really? How much responsibility do you have for earning that job? To be qualified for it? To dress nice, brush your […]
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Thank You
Today is Thanksgiving day in the United States. Ostensibly, it is a day we set aside to be grateful for the gifts that God has given us. At this moment, as I write these words, I am struck by the bounty He has laid before me. And the things I treasure most are not material […]
8 Bad Habits That Hold You Back
If you are a freelancer I can predict a few of the bad habits that hold you back in your business. I present them for your consideration: Not treating your business like a business (instead, you treat it like a job – a job with an absentee boss). Not keeping good records. Not testing and […]
Writing to Create Bonding
We allow ourselves to be influenced by the people we like. The reason good salespeople are known to be friendly (some even hyper-friendly) is because they understand this core principle: being likable is one of the quickest ways to being influential. The reason we are turned off by “pushy” salespeople is their attempts to be […]
Writing to Be “Fascinating!”
We are a world of people who love to be fascinated. We obsess over our favorite celebrities, their lifestyles, relationships, and illnesses. In her book, Fascinate, Sally Hogshead claims that the ability to create fascination is one of the most powerful ways of influencing behavior. She says, in fact, that it is “more persuasive than […]