7 Things You Must Do To Create A Richer and Calmer Business and Life

7 Things You Must Do To Create A Richer and Calmer Business and Life

1. You must learn how to regularly apply Pareto’s Principal (The 80/20 Rule) in your business and personal life. Use the leverage of getting 80% of the profits and results, 80% of the fun and pleasure and happiness [...]

Get Seth Godin’s New Ebook “What Matters Now” For Free

Get Seth Godin’s New Ebook “What Matters Now” For Free

As regular readers know, Dave Frees is a fan of Seth Godin and the way that Seth thinks about business, life, and marketing. I also like to give back to my loyal readers, to share ideas and resources, and [...]

“I Already Know That” – Mental Profit Killers and How To Avoid Them

“I Already Know That” – Mental Profit Killers and How To Avoid Them

Have you ever started a book, listened to a minute or two of a speaker, or been casually chatting with an adviser on the phone and caught yourself saying, “I already know that” or “I’ve heard that before.” [...]

Negotiation and Persuasion – A New Strategy and Practice

Negotiation and Persuasion – A New Strategy and Practice

Many people write to me, call me, or otherwise find ways of communicating to me (and to themselves) that they really aren’t good negotiators, persuaders, marketers, or communicators – yet. But, to be successful in anything that you [...]

Achieving The Beginer’s Mind – Learning How To Learn and Do More

Achieving The Beginer’s Mind – Learning How To Learn and Do More

The experience of thinking that we know how to do something, or that we know more than we really do about a topic is almost universal.  How often have you started to read something, or to listen to [...]

Be Rigid and Inflexible About Your Flexibility

Be Rigid and Inflexible About Your Flexibility

“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.” – Everett Dirksen In my program Persuasion2Profit and in my bookThe Language of Parenting I have referred to the [...]

Confusion Is The Precurser of Clarity and Understanding

Confusion Is The Precurser of Clarity and Understanding

Confusion is often triggers us to surrender, which is sad becasue in most cases, confusion means that we are about to win the war. We are actually about to master some new idea, knowledge, or bit of wisdom [...]

The Trick?  Making Things Better With Just Your Voice

The Trick? Making Things Better With Just Your Voice

This could be entitled “How a Simple Question Makes You Healthier, Happier, and Better Looking” but that sounds suspiciously fluffy. And, these questions really do work to bring about internal changes in those around us. But, if you [...]