Archive for 'Leadership'
Life According To Poker (Lessons 16-20) Lessons From The Felt
Posted on10. Oct, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
Lesson 20 – Take care of your body and mind. You need both in good shape to play well. Lesson 19 – You are capable of playing Aces the same way you play 7-2 offsuit. Attitude is everything. Lesson 18 – Math is important. Lesson 17 – It’s the core fundamentals, mastered over time, that [...]
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Life According To Poker (Lessons 11-15) Lessons From The Felt
Posted on10. Oct, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
Lesson 15 – Your attitude often changes when you are short stacked or the chip leader. Power and attitude are a choice. Lesson 14 – Perception is far more important than reality. Lesson 13 – One decision can make or break your current results, but you can always play another day. Lesson 12 – Going [...]
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Life According To Poker (Lessons 6 – 10) Lessons From The Felt
Posted on10. Oct, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
Lesson 10 – The only thing worse than making a ball call…is making it twice. Lesson 9 – When emotions run high, you often don’t think clearly. Control your energy, own your space. Lesson 8 – Be patient. You can’t win the tournament on the first hand. Lesson 7 – Discover your style, develop your [...]
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September 11th. Can We Create New Memories?
Posted on11. Sep, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
My parents often told me they remembered exactly where they were when Kennedy was shot. I was 18 when the Columbine massacre happened. I remember that clearly. But without question, from 9 or 10 year-olds through to 80 year-olds the event that is forever burned in our heads is the 9/11 attacks. Most of us [...]
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Overcoming Limitations. Do We Really Need To Know WHY?
Posted on10. Sep, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
This is a constant debate in personal development and it is always a part of the discussion of how to actually manifest change and be more effective in our lives. Here is the question: In order to bust through the things that hold us back (and create the results we want), do we need to [...]
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MLM Spillover. The Most Dangerous Words In Network Marketing.
Posted on05. Sep, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
We have all heard it. Most of us have probably said it. “Get in the Power Leg!” “We’ll blow out one leg for you!” Please don’t get me wrong…I understand the advantages of positioning. I clearly get it. I have received my fair share of binary spillover and I have certainly created my share for [...]
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The Truth About MLM. And It’s NOT What You Think!
Posted on30. Aug, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
MLM, Multi-level Marketing, Network Marketing, Relationship Marketing, Direct Sales…call it whatever you want. It’s all the same, by any name. MLM has been around since the 1950’s, actually even earlier, but the industry as we know it today really began to gain prominence in the early 1950’s. I am not even going to address how [...]
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How To Brand Your Business Like Starbucks
Posted on16. Aug, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
Do you distributors have as wonderful of a brand experience in your business as the average Starbucks customer does in Starbucks? Hmmmm…. When entrepreneur Howard Shultz bought Starbucks back in 1987, among his many goals was to build Starbucks into the most recognizable brand in the world. I am not sure he has done that [...]
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It’s Better At The Top Of The Pyramid
Posted on15. Aug, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
I just got back from an overnight in Vegas for some meetings for my primary network marketing company. Driving up and down the strip inspired a conversation between me and one of my leaders. What did the flashing lights, massive billboards, car signage and bike peddling smut providers teach us about our network marketing business? [...]
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President Bill Clinton – We Are All Connected!
Posted on01. Aug, 2010 by Keith O'Brien.
I had the privilege of being a part of the annual gala for the Starkey Hearing Foundation where President Clinton gave the keynote speech. It was incredibly moving and calls us to step up, understand our interdependence and do something to move the human race forward. Regardless of politics…we are Communitarians! The inter-connectedness of all [...]
