“I get a little itchy if I don’t have some control.” – SNL actress Amy Poehler Face it, these days, everyone gets a little itchy if they don’t have some control. That’s why it is…
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Can We REALLY Get People’s Attention in 60 Seconds?
THAT’S ALL THE TIME YOU NEED TO GET TO YES. REALLY. “No one wants to go out mid-sentence.” –Johnny Depp And, as Johnny would surely agree, no one wants investors to nod off…
Don’t Tell and Sell. Show and Ask
“You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.” – line from the movie Django Unchained Many of us grew up doing “Show and Tell” in elementary school. A premise of INTRIGUE is, “It’s…
You C.A.N. Remember Names – If You Put Your Mind To It
“If you think you can or can’t; you’re right.” – Henry Ford, auto pioneer Have you ever told yourself, “I’m terrible at remembering names?” Do you realize you just did what’s called “failure forecasting?” You…
What’s A Recent Entrepreneurial Aha?
“The only danger is not to evolve.” – Jeff Bezos, Amazon Thanks, John Lee Dumas for interviewing me on your #1 rated business podcast – Entrepreneur on Fire. John is different than most…
Did You Know GOLDFISH Have Longer Attention Spans than We Do?
“A lot of times people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” pioneer Steve Jobs I agree with Steve Jobs. That’s why, as soon as I discovered a startling statistic from…
Down with Elevator Speeches
“Enough about me. What do you think about me?” – Bette Midler in the movie Beaches While speaking at an INC 500 event, I introduced a new approach for replacing elevator SPEECHES with elevator CONNECTIONS. An entrepreneur named Colleen raised her…
How Can I Motivate People to Pay Attention to Me?
“Let’s address the elephant in the room. ‘YO Elephant!’” – humorist Gene Weingarten An executive hired me to help him with his habit of “over-talking.” He knew it was undermining his impact and…
Avoid Platitudes Like the Plague
“Let’s give them something to talk about.” – Bonnie Raitt song lyric I recently spoke at a conference where two co-authors shared their findings after taking 2 years to interview people who were at the…
Tongue Fu! is #3 in South Korea!
Tongue Fu!’s popularity in South Korea, where it is the number 3 business book, and its use by entities ranging from the US Embassy in London and the US Navy, has reminded me of the fact that the…