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How Badly Can I Piss You Off?

by Walt | Aug 8, 2019 | Success | 1 Comment

It had no hubcaps.

And was pretty badly beaten up.

But when we arrived, it was as if we were driving a Bentley.

Artificial intelligence can now give you the exact data you need to determine how little you need to do in order to keep a client… .

But… in my humble opinion… the minimum standard of care should not be how far you can go before you lose that client or customer.

Rather, your benchmark ought to be how much delight you can bring to the relationship.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel, ” said the poet, Maya Angelou.

Make your people feel like royalty.

Taking Out The Trash When You’re Dead

by Walt | Aug 1, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

We get asked one question more than any other: WHEN will “it” be done?

“It” being the business building, the program development, the launch sequences.

“It” being the writing process, the learning curve, the networking, the relationship building.

I have some bad news to share with you… news that I’ve actually verified in the cemetery:

The bad news is also the good news.

Your business (and your life) are iterative.

You “get to” wake up every single day and create anew.

You “get to” make this gift that is your life your masterpiece.

You’re never done.

And that’s a good thing.

Punished. Spanked Even.

by Walt | Jul 25, 2019 | Success | 3 Comments

A hall pass is valuable in high school.

Not so much in real life.

In real life, you can end up punished. Spanked even.

Exercise, diet, meditation… writing, making art, building a new career… the things we say we want to do… the things we say that we commit to doing… often go off the rails when life gets in the way.

And then we give ourselves a pass.

Which is ok.

Except… life always gets in the way. There are always things that come up.

And… actually… life doesn’t get in the way.

Life is the way.

So “passes” tend to backfire…

When you’re in the habit of giving yourself a pass, you never really get the momentum you want (and deserve) in those things that matter most to you. And when you finally do get back to those things, you suffer needlessly.

Better to dial in your core practices and disciplines as non-negotiables… things you do no matter what. Better to create your life around those things that matter most, rather than looking for loopholes.

Because it’s the slow, steady, consistent steps over time that lead to that life you dream of.