People Want What They Can’t Have, Including Bagels!
People Want What They Can’t Have, Including Bagels!
I remember a funny story about picking up my dad from the hospital with my mom.
We went to a bagel shop, and I was amazed. I got this bagel with plenty of cream cheese, capers, and smoked salmon. The bagel was amazing and reminded me of fond memories in Northern Virginia where amazing bagel shops are frequently found in virtually any strip mall.
The truth is, it isn’t always possible…
Weekly Update – April 15, 2020
A Note From Jim Paycheck Doesn’t Equal Self Worth When I was in the mortgage business waaaaay back in the early 1990’s, your self-worth was all about your “production” and how much you had in the “pipeline!” Your value was measured in dollars and cents. You were great (or crap) based on a number… and…
Weekly Update – April 8, 2020
A Note From Jim Perseverance The world is pretty crazy right now. There’s a lot of change going on, and there’s more change on the way. There’s a lot of stuff you’re going to do that’s going to work and there’s a lot of stuff you’re going to try that’s not going to work. But…
Weekly Update – April 1, 2020
A Note From Jim How To Stay Motivated In Quarantine I understand… it might be hard to keep going when everything else in your life has become a pain in the butt. No toilet paper. Pantry shelves nearly empty. Noise and mayhem in the house. Oh, wait… that’s everyday life if you have teenagers! But…
Weekly Update – March 25, 2020
A Note From Jim Routine Will Save the Day Navy Seals do it. I do it every day too. No, it’s not what you think! :-p It’s a routine to guide your day! I even have a one-page sheet I use to keep me on track. It helps me get the most done and still…
Weekly Update – March 19, 2020
A Note From Jim 3 Things you MUST do to Prepare for a Launch Right now my buddy, Russell Brunson, is launching his latest book, “Traffic Secrets” and it’s amazing. The launch for the book is even MORE amazing. Most people look at launches and think “Man, they’re lucky!” or “Only people with big lists…
Weekly Update – March 11, 2020
A Note From Jim Ideation => Creation => Promotion What do you get when you have a triangle that’s missing one side? I don’t know… but it’s not a triangle. It’s something else. You need all three sides of the triangle to have a triangle. Well guess what… you need all three sides of content…
Weekly Update – March 4, 2020
A Note From Jim Legitimately Changing Priorities… or Creative Procrastination? I recently spent an entire day with my team going over the next 6 months of activity in our business. We laid everything out on my 9-foot whiteboard. We detailed every step we needed to take. We put dates and deadlines with all the action items.…
Weekly Update – February 26, 2020
A Note From Jim “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” – Jodi Picoult This quote is by Jodi Picoult from her teaching. About Jodi Picoult: She is a Harvard educated writer with 14 million books in print whose credits include writing the scripts for Wonder Woman for DC…
Weekly Update – February 19, 2020
A Note From Jim Worrying vs. Doing Spend less time worrying about stuff and more time doing. That’s the mantra. I remember on one of my favorite TV shows, “Gold Rush,” one of the characters in the Klondike. He’s a hardened “Viking” named Tony Beets. His motto is basically, “We can stand around all day…