Why Clients Buy—And Why They Don't
Put couple of tablespoons of petrol in your car’s tank today. And see what happens to the car. I’ll tell you what. It’ll probably take you a few inches further. And you’ll say to yourself: “What the heck? What difference will a few inches make?” Just as you’d say: “What the heck? What difference will […]
[Continue reading...]Imagine an isolated island. An island with buried treasure. And the only way to find the treasure is to have a copy of the map. The map with the ‘X’ that marks the spot. There’s only one problem You have to have a copy of the $%#$%$ map! And it’s this problem–this very problem–that can […]
[Continue reading...]I remember sitting in a queue at JFK airport in New York waiting to take off. As I sat in the plane, I could see our plane stuck behind about six or eight other planes. They were all waiting to take off. And as we waited the weather conditions changed, causing the planes to keep […]
[Continue reading...]Imagine you’ve got a fireplace. And a fire going. Now imagine if you throw one log in the fire. And then another and another. How do you make the fire into a roaring fire? Do you put less logs or more logs? What a silly question, eh? Well, it’s not silly after all. What’s the […]
[Continue reading...]Here’s a trick question. Who owns your website? Who owns your business? Surely it’s you, right? You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried! So who on earth owns your business? Well, who owns Coke? Let’s go back to 1985. New Coke was the unofficial name of the sweeter drink introduced in 1985 by The […]
[Continue reading...]Have you ever wondered how you acquire skills? Have you ever wondered how some people seem to learn better than others? Well, so did a researcher Pascual-Leone. Way back in the early 1990s, he did a series of experiments that taught us how we learn skills. And Pascual-Leone didn’t just theorise. Instead he used high […]
[Continue reading...]There’s a sure fire formula for stunted growth. If you follow that formula, your business will grow, but it will only grow so much. And while its growing, it will always be struggling for funds and customers. And it’s because you chose evolution vs. revolution First, let’s define evolution… Evolution is pragmatic growth. You get […]
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Imagine you’ve stepped into a cinema. And the lights go dark. So dark that it’s hard focusing on your hand in front of you. And then you see it. So what do you see? Yup, it’s the ‘Exit Signs’. They glow in the dark. Isn’t that ironic? You’ve barely entered, and what you’re seeing are […]
[Continue reading...]Imagine someone borrowed your content. Imagine they then took that content in the exact shape and form, and just changed some links and sent it out to their list. Would that “borrowers” list realise that the content was “borrowed?” In most cases the answer is NO. And you can try it out for yourself. Just […]
[Continue reading...]Imagine you were reading a mystery novel. You’ve just finished five pages. The story line is becoming really interesting. And then you turn the page And find the sixth page has been torn out. Now that’s really irritating, eh? But let’s suppose you decide to continue reading anyway And you move to page seven, and […]
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