As a marketer and Go-Giver, I constantly look at how businesses . . . well, do business.
While some will say the purpose of business is to make a profit (and thus provide value), and others will say the purpose of business is to provide value (and thus make a profit), it still comes down [...]
Most religious and cultural traditions have sayings with regard to charity. And, they’re all terrific!
One of my favorites has to do with the best type of charity being to help one help oneself to no longer need charity.
I’ve always loved the quote, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. [...]
Our world lost one of its true Go-Givers this past weekend as actor, philanthropist, race-car enthusiast/driver/entrepreneur and humanitarian, Paul Newman succumbed to cancer at the age of 83.
I never met him and only saw a few of his many movies. As great an actor as he was, his legacy is what he gave to [...]
We’ve all heard that saying – it goes something like: “Every person in the world is separated by just six degrees from every other person in the world” (or at least from Kevin Bacon.)
But is that realllllly true?
Not according to Dr. Ivan Misner and Michelle Donovan. And, if any two people should know . . [...]
One of the many blessings resulting from a free-enterprise-based economy is that it allows a person to find ways to add value to people’s lives and be rewarded for it. And, because of this incentive, people will find remarkably creative ways to create that value. And, the consumer will benefit greatly.
Often, the incentive is personal; [...]
In her blog Office-Politics, Franke James, Editor & Founder of Office-Politics®, dissects The Go-Giver and wonders if she knows people who indeed exemplify the Five Laws (i.e., could she “spot a go-giver?”). She shares one fascinating story in particular regarding a gentleman with a superb idea for “adding value” to the marketplace (simply for the [...]
In his response to an article highlighting the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success written by the venerable author and Real Estate speaker, Dr. Bernice Ross, a successful Realtor® by the name of Dave Robison suggested the following:
Those are great laws and are so true. On the flip side, you can see how people tried to [...]
As you know, if you’ve been following the comments after my July 9th posting, “Is The Tradeoff Real?” I’ve been reading Felix Dennis’s new book, How To Get Rich (I’m currently halfway through). This resulted from an interview with
syndicated columnist and podcaster Anita Bruzzese, where I was asked for my opinions regarding several very [...]
Tuesday I was interviewed by Gannett News/USA Today columnist Anita Bruzzese on her national podcast, “Smash the Ladder.”
Anita asked for my thoughts on the philosophy discussed in the soon-to-be released book, How to Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets, by British billionaire Felix Dennis.
Apparently, according to a recent article in [...]
Yes, the next word is “Action.” And, just as the only “condition” put on Joe in exchange for the counseling he’d get to receive from Pindar and his friends was that he had to put the Laws into action “right away, the very same day you first learn it,” it’s worth making that point here, [...]
