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- Are you giving too much? How to avoid ‘fire-hosing’ your audience - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2013 from Pamela BrunerHow much information should you share in a teleclass, a speech, or an article? Because you have a wealth of small business advice or information in your area of expertise, the temptation is to give as much as possible, as fast as possible. Since you want to make sure to over-deliver, you ...
Views: 1179 - Don't lose sales! - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2013 from Pamela Bruner“I don’t understand it,” my client said.”I stepped through the sales conversation very clearly. I know that the person I was speaking to needs my services.” “Did you explore with her what it was costing her in her life to stay where she is now?” I asked. “Absolutely! She was almost in ...
Views: 835 - The Definition of Insanity - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Pamela BrunerIt's said that Albert Einstein defined insanity as 'doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' By that definition, most if not all of us are insane. Take a moment and consider what you are doing that you've always done that hasn't gotten you the result that you ...
Views: 1114(4 votes) - What is Fear Costing You? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Pamela BrunerI’ve been reading a great book, ‘The Science of Fear’ by Daniel Gardner. Filled with scientific studies, the book does a brilliant job of illustrating Gardner’s idea that what we fear often makes no logical sense. Here’s the interesting part: You would think that we would fear things in ...
Views: 973(3 votes) - Giving Up the Good to Get the Great - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Pamela BrunerHave you ever been working on something, going down a path in your business or life, and it just doesn’t feel as good as you want it to? You can reason it out – doing this makes sense, this is something that’s good for me or my business, I need to do this, I’ve got it pretty good here, ...
Views: 980(4 votes) - Is the Customer Always Right? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Pamela BrunerI'm going to make the radical suggestion that whether the customer is right is of absolutely no importance. What is important is how you handle the situation of an upset customer. This is important from both a practical and spiritual perspective: Spiritually speaking, if you can ...
Views: 944 - Is 95% Enough? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Pamela BrunerWhen I was at Jack Canfield's 'Breakthrough to Success' Seminar last week, one of the exercises that we did involved a series of questions similar to 'What would happen in your life if you gave 5% more effort?' This was profound for me, and really got me thinking. I've prided myself for a ...
Views: 1105(3 votes) - I Can't Keep This to Myself Anymore! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Pamela BrunerThere's a wonderful Forgiveness Telesummit going on this week, and I sent a couple of emails to you to let you know about it. But I really struggled with that. I was already sending emails about the release of my book, and I was concerned that some people would feel like they were getting ...
Views: 878 - Women Entrepreneurs: Are You Acting Your Age? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Pamela BrunerAt times, all of us wonder why we react in certain ways. You might say “I don’t know why I got so upset” or “I don’t know why he makes me so uncomfortable.” And the answer may lie in your past. New research is showing that when something upsetting happens to us (a trauma), we store that event ...
Views: 830(1 vote) - What Are You Bringing Along? - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from Pamela BrunerThis morning, as I hiked up my mountain trail, I was joined by Samson, a big dog who lives near the foot of the trail. He set off up the mountain with me, sometimes walking with me, sometimes running to check things out just off the trail. As the trail got steeper, though, he started walking in ...
Views: 971 - When Do You Say 'Yes'? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Pamela BrunerMost of us know what we like and don’t like, and so it’s easy for us to say ‘No’ to things that don’t fit our templates. We know what kind of food we like, what type of leisure activities we enjoy, what kind of books we like to read, and so on. So we say ‘Yes’ to those things, and ‘No’ to ...
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