We recently mentioned that mega-best selling author, Seth Godin, will no longer publish his books the traditional way through a New York publisher. What we didn’t mention is the critical idea behind his ability to go his own way, free of the constraints of the old way of doing things was because he built himself…
DetailsThe inefficiency of print media is mind-boggling. It’s costly, slow to distribute, and has quite frankly, lost its appeal. The days of grabbing the daily paper from the driveway are now over. Why walk outside early in the morning when you can easily get the same information from your PC, iPad, Kindle[…]
DetailsYour publisher career just got easier, thanks to Seth Godin. Godin, New York Times bestselling author 12 times over (Purple Cow, Tribes, All Marketers Are Liars) dropped a bomb on the traditional publishing industry a few days ago when he announced on his blog that his just released book Linchpin is the last he will…
DetailsAre effective communication skills set to die off in the near future? Depends on whom you listen to. Recent studies have concluded “no except when they say “yes.†How’s that for clearly articulating a position. At issue is the question of whether electronic methods of human interaction like e-mail, texting, and social media are causing our…
DetailsRecent years have brought an entire new paradigm to the creation of a professional public speaker. We’ll call it How to Become a Public Speaker 2.0. Back in the old days, say pre-2005, a budding speaker fought and scratched for his first gig, mailed promo kits, and hoped for decent word-of-mouth. Oh, and better be…
DetailsAt one point or another, most of us have sat through more than our share of speeches, some of which exhibit exhilarating presentation techniques and others…quite the opposite. When it’s your turn to get up there and wow the audience, let’s see how much you learned from the bad ones you sat through. And if…
DetailsBefore you get all excited about how to become a consultant, let’s define what we mean by the word. A consultant is a person with a particular set of skills, expertise, and/or knowledge that other people and businesses pay for the benefit of learning. If you have no specific skills or knowledge, it’ll be hard…
DetailsIt comes down to this. Would you rather glean your consulting education from between the dry pages of a textbook or absorb it through vibrant interviews with leading speakers and consultants, Twitter posts, and daily blog updates? No matter what stage you presently occupy in your consulting career, Jason Hartman’s Speaking of Wealth Show and…
DetailsOverheard on Main Street in Any Town, America: “I’ve got this great idea for a book.†Whether cold, hard truth based on personal experience or completely fabricated fiction, there’s something down deep in the well of the human spirit yearning to become a writer. We don’t know what or why but it’s there. We know…
DetailsTrick headline. The first thing to realize about your job security with your consultant career is that you have none – even if you think you do. Once you get to the point where your brain is all right with that, you can move forward without fear. Well, maybe a little bit of fear. The…
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