October 2011

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Four Steps to Success!

Let me pass on to you these four simple steps to success:  Number one is good ideas. Be a collector of good ideas. My mentor taught me to keep a journal when I was twenty five years old. I’ve been doing it now all these years. They will be passed…


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Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool – A Customer Newsletter

If you’re already producing a monthly customer newsletter, keep up the great job. If you’re thinking about starting one for your business, wait no longer – it will prove to be the best decision you’ve ever made!   Here’s why: Newsletters are cheap, they provide valuable information, and they keep your…


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Making the Most of Change

To deal with change, perhaps the most valuable quality you can develop is flexibility. Form the habit of remaining open-minded and adaptable to new information and circumstances. When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, instead of becoming upset or frustrated, practice looking into the change or reversal for the…


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7 Life Lessons I learned from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs brought me into the software and computer industry over 25 years ago. On his passing, I thought I’d share what I learned from this extraordinary man.  As Steve was a Buddhist and we both enjoyed practical mysticism, I thought I’d share my lessons as Zen Koans . Zen…


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Life Would Be Easy… If It Weren’t for Communication Differences

Sometimes it seems that folks just don’t get it. No matter what you say or how you say it, they simply don’t have a clue – and don’t seem too worried about getting one either! It’s not their nature to understand; that’s just how they “are.” Maybe so, but more…