By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
This quote couldn't be more accurate.
In order to get anywhere of significance you need to have a game plan.
This only comes from preparing and creating a roadmap to your end goal.
Avoid firing from the hip and hone in on exactly where you want to end up.
Create a list of daily actions you need to take and then make your sole focus for the day to execute those tasks to the best of your ability.
Plan. Prepare. Execute.
Then sit back and watch the fruits of your labour come to life.
Don’t read this if you know what “The Swan Paradox” is…
It takes an obscene amount of effort to make what you're doing look effortless.
To stay afloat, the effort never stops.
This is what it means to be "consistent."
But be careful.
You'll drown if you only rely on burst efforts.
Pace yourself.
These Hawaiian words of wisdom will change your life forever.
Never judge a day by the weather.
The best things in life aren’t things.
Tell the truth - there is less to remember.
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Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.
Goals are deceptive - the unaimed arrow never misses.
The one who dies with the most toys still dies!
There are 2 ways to be rich - make more or desire less.
Beauty is internal - looks mean nothing.
No rain - no rainbow!
Nothing is too difficult for a talented professional…
How do you value the simplicity of the solution to a specific problem - from
1-10 ( 1 to be the most complicated and 10 being the simplest)…
If you didn’t you definitely have to know…
In 1896, Thomas Edison, the great inventor of the electric bulb, was working on a car design when he learned that a young man in his company had created an experimental car. Edison met this young man, Henry Ford, at a company party in New York and was thoroughly impressed by his gasoline-powered car idea.
Edison, who had been considering electricity as a power source, enthusiastically encouraged Ford, saying, "Young man, that's the thing! You have it! I think you are on to something! I encourage you to continue your pursuits!"
Encouraged by the respected inventor, Henry Ford continued his work, eventually inventing a car that made him wealthy.
On December 9, 1914, Edison's laboratory and factory were destroyed by fire. At 67 years old, the damage was too extensive for insurance to cover. Before the ashes were cold, Henry Ford handed Edison a check for $750,000 with a note saying Edison could have more if needed.
In 1916, Ford relocated his home next to Edison's. When Edison was later confined to a wheelchair, Ford also got a wheelchair so they could race each other.
Thomas Edison made Henry Ford believe in himself, creating a friendship for life.
LESSON:
Don't ever be jealous of others' success. If you can't win a race, help the person in front of you break the record. Your candle doesn't lose its light by lighting another.
Let us follow this example of supporting and uplifting each other!
It is a win-win situation!
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Who loves Pizza?
The man on the right was Raffaele Esposito.
He revolutionized a dish considered "poor" in Europe and transformed it into a globally famous dish. He was the inventor of the Margherita pizza.
Today, you can find Margherita pizza in almost every pizza shop or pizza brand around the world.
Before this, pizza was a popular dish only in the poor neighborhoods of Naples, Italy, and it was made without cheese, with just tomato sauce, garlic, and oregano, knwn as Marinara pizza.
But in 1889, during the visit of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy to Naples, Chef Raffaele Esposito surprised the queen by preparing a pizza in the colors of the Italian flag.
He used red tomato sauce, white mozzarella, and green basil to create the flag on the pizza. Thus, in 1889, thanks to pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito, we were introduced to the Margherita-flavored pizza in Naples.
This teaches us that creativity and innovation can turn something ordinary into something extraordinary.
By thinking outside the box and addng a personal touch, even a humble dish can become a global sensation. This reminds us to embrace our creativity, strive for excellence, and recognize that even small changes can have a big impact.
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Happiness is a choice and not an outcome.
Nothing can make you happy until you choose to be happy.
No man can make you happy until you decide to be happy.
Happiness will not come to you.
It can only come from you.
If there is one thing you will never catch me doing is this:
There’s one belief pattern of thought that creates an infinite number of limiting beliefs.
Any time you think this thought, chances are…
…you’re LYING to yourself!
Here’s the sinister self-sabotaging pattern:
I have to _____ before I ______.
Can you see the billions of unconscious beliefs that we fall prey to?
I have to finish this funnel, before I can make my next sale…
I have to complete this 10 week coaching course, before I can release my next offer…
I have to lose weight, before I can go the beach and have fun...
I have to master public speaking, before I get on stage…
Are any of these actually true?
Most of the time they are absolutely wrong!
If you were conscious of your choices and had clarity of the path you were on, you wouldn’t fall for these ideas that we use to unconsciously sabotage ourselves.
So the next time you think to yourself:
I have to _____ before I ______.
Ask yourself: “Do I really need to do that first?”
A mentor once said,
“when you find your people you find your purpose."
That's the true power of finding your niche.
That is the chapter one of your journey.
Your niche is looking for you too.
When will you show up for them?
4 ferrible Excuses For Not Starting Your Online Business Today:
- I don't have the skills
- I don't have time.
- I don't have the right connections
- I have to wait for the perfect time to start
As someone smart said: the best time to start your business was 10 years ago and the next best time is now!
Quality over quality.
You heard this probably one million times already.
For me, someone who is 50 years old and remembers times without internet, social media when people were concentrated on meaningful conversations.and the real relationships were created between people.
But also between brands and clients or service providers and customers.
It is something that resonates and vibrates constantly.
In our constant run to create better, faster, more accessible ( but meaningless ) ways of communication
In order to find a clients for our offers, we are loosing quality control aspect.
Instead of being a sniper and wait much longer before connecting- prior doing all due diligence, qualify and than connect, people are acting like they have a machine gun and shooting all over the internet, praying that they gonna get the target.
The picture below shows an Economy Class in Lufthansa ( Germany Airlines) in 70’s. Of course you will say that back then, only small amount of people were travelling, so services were more bespoke and airlines were more focused on delivering great experience.
You are right, but why with pursuit to scale, majority business lost their attention to a delivery good service and focused on providing just an average service and they left quality one only for exclusive clients!
I believe that we don’t have to sacrifice a quality because we are chasing numbers and revenue, I am sure we are able to keep a healthy balance.
Let me know if you agree with me 👇
Time to settle the debate on the most effective connect message in 2024, and the answer is...
The one that contains the most
'context'
Let me explain - if we know people and have something in common like going to the same college, then we share context and the connect is easy.
But if we are doing a cold connect then we don't have any context - they don't know us.
And therefore prospects don't accept or accept and go silent.
It's actually quite easy to get past this:
All we have to do is focus on what happens in the 7 days before the connect and 'create' context using our own strategies.
In other words, what happens before any form of contact is made is MUCH more important than the actual connect
And there are 3 psychological principals we can take advantage of here
They are practically wired into the human brain:
If people do something for us, we are more likely to do something for them - this is known as reciprocity
If we see people with more frequency, we are wired to trust them more - known as familiarity - used by all the successful persuasion experts
Time Compression & authority amplification
The last one and Probably the most powerful of all is the idea of taking our time - quick replies shout 'desperate'
We just hit 500 amazing friends
It's been a couple of months and I'm loving it.
Huge thanks to everyone who is supporting us on this path.
You know who you are.
Your support is appreciated🙌
Time to settle the debate on the most effective connect message in 2024, and the answer is…
The one that contains the most
'context'
Let me explain - if we know people and have something in common like going to the same college, then we share context and the connect is easy.
But if we are doing a cold connect then we don't have any context - they don't know us.
And therefore prospects don't accept or accept and go silent.
Follow for part 2 later today.
Don’t underestimate the power of reconnecting with your happy place.
This can be a place/ time of your glory days, win, success - big or small.
It can be just a place when you had a great time but had an impact on your life.
We are shaped by moments like that and usually if we had success, the path to achieve it had also lots of failures- that is why is so valuable!
And it is most likely associated with people who were important in your life and remained so.
For example Zinedine Zidane ( for those who don’t know - one of the best football players that ever played the game) : “In the contract I signed with Juventus in 1996, there was a special clause.
The clause was that Juve would be committed to providing me with a Ferrari if I won the Ballon d'Or during the five years of the contract.
After winning the award in 1998, Juve kept its promise and the red car arrived.
That famous Ferrari has been in my parents' garage in Marseille for over twenty years.
I didn't use it much, and I never gave it up. From time to time, my parents go to look at it and fondly remember the significance of that prestigious trophy their son won.
Even I, from time to time, when I go back to France to see my family, go to the garage to take a look at it.
Why don't I sell it?
I know very well that the car will not lose its value even without moving... but for me, it is worth much more than all the money.
It's a memory... I left a part of me there in Italy that will always remain in my heart."
Came back to this places and reconnect, take this energy and use it!