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How to Feel Confident in Selling Your Services


When are you not confident in selling your services?

It’s when you don't believe the transaction is truly a win-win.

If you really believe in your services, and know that the person you're talking to would find it to be a great deal at the price you're offering, then you're no longer afraid to sell. It becomes a worthwhile cause to let them know.
Think about it: When you're excited by a service you've used and loved, it's so easy to tell a friend if you think they would love it. You…

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True Dedication to Service Brings Longevity of Business


​​It’s sad to see many of the peers I started with in business a decade ago are no longer updating their public presences (social media and website).

Back then, we all talked a big game about being mission-driven, out to change the world or at least, our industry. Most of them are no longer around. Most of them are still alive, but not in terms of the relationship to their audience... 
Some of them probably made enough money for an early modest retirement. 

Others might have gone bac…

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Why I don't post about social or political issues...


​Just as yours, my heart goes out to the innocent and suffering people of Ukraine and Russia at this time... and to the other wars around the globe that are underreported.


And yet, you might have noticed that I rarely post anything about it, nor about the many important societal or political issues in the past few years.

I wish to be an example of someone who does not post social/political stuff – for all of you out there who might sometimes feel guilty about not posting about such thin…

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Authentic Creativity & Making Money


​“I long for the ability to create without any thoughts of money…to create because I love it… to take real time off when I need it… to try new things and build in more hobby-time into my life.
 
Although everything I create is because I love it, I tend to always have that background question: ‘Will it make me money?’
 
I want to get to a place where I feel I can try things and fail and be totally fine with it…”

 
–a reader sent this to me.
Indeed, it’s a life that many of us heart-base…

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What if your ideas go viral and you don’t get credit for it?


As you become more effective and successful with your work, one of the risks is that others might copy you. This is most frequently done in online content: one of your pieces goes viral and then others reuse it, but don’t give you credit.

Should you be concerned that it might happen? Do you need to constantly monitor and hunt down the copycats? Some people do. For me, it would be too much stress.

Instead, I recommend preventive measures.
The more places you …

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