Weekly Update – August 11, 2021
A Note From Jim Taking Risks In Business = Rewards Most people think in terms of “risk vs. reward.” In business school, one of the first things they teach you is to run a “cost benefit analysis” – which is a fancy way of talking about risk vs. reward. The thought process is simple: if…
Weekly Update – August 4, 2021
A Note From Jim Be Open To New Opportunities… Especially In Strange Times We live in strange times right now… no doubt about it! Funky stuff with COVID, changes to society, rapid technological changes, and more have created as much opportunity as they have struggle. “Adversity makes strange bedfellows.” – William Shakespeare This quote from William…
Weekly Update – July 28, 2021
A Note From Jim Intuition and Business – Trusting Your Gut In 2003 I had an idea for a course on how to set up your website. A little voice told me “You need to create a course for all your ebook authors to get their mini websites set up with a sales letter!” I…
Weekly Update – July 14, 2021
A Note From Jim A Tale of Two Clients Bill was a great client. Bought everything. Never complained. Always supportive. Ted was a bad client. Always b!t@#ed. Rarely bought. Frequently refunded. Sam spent all his time trying to make Ted happy and “fix” things. Sam unintentionally neglected Bill because he was trying to serve Ted…
Weekly Update – July 7, 2021
A Note From Jim “Do What Others Aren’t Willing To… So You Can Live The Life Others Aren’t Able To!” I have a version of this saying on my wall where I can see it all the time. For some reason it’s really resonating with me right now… and I hope it resonates with you…
Weekly Update – June 30, 2021
A Note From Jim If An 11 Year Old Can Do This… We recently completed the 7 Day Write Your Book Challenge (congrats to everyone who finished!). We had people from all over the globe join us from countless countries and backgrounds. The premise was simple: do what I tell you and within a week…
Weekly Update – June 23, 2021
A Note From Jim The Biggest Mistake People Make Asking For Feedback You see it all the time online… especially in Facebook groups. Someone you’ve never seen before shows up asking for feedback on their projects, website, graphics, etc. Then…. crickets…. Nobody responds. Nobody gives feedback. The person tucks tail and walks away, kicking the…
Weekly Update – June 16, 2021
A Note From Jim The Best Psychology I Learned… From A Dog Trainer! There’s a cool technique I learned from a friend of mine who is actually a canine behaviorist… she has a PhD in the stuff. I was teaching a class with a huge payoff promised for the participants. As we went through, instead…
Weekly Update – June 9, 2021
A Note From Jim Does your email offend people? Have you ever gotten an email message that made you mad? I mean it really annoyed you! To make matters worse, you might not even know why it got you upset, but it sure did set you off. In the fast-paced world of email and instant…
Weekly Update – June 2, 2021
A Note From Jim The best book anyone can write especially if you don’t consider yourself an expert in any topic I’ve been teaching on the topic of creating your own book for more than 20 years now. One of the biggest objections I hear from people goes something like this: “I want to write…