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, [...]
One of our speakers at last week’s Extreme Business Makeovers event, Michael Angier, has a quote in his book, 101 Best Ways to Be Your Best, that I really love. He writes:
“Business is a lot like playing tennis; if you serve well, you’ll usually end up winning.”
I’m personally not a tennis player, but when watching [...]
“But Bob, does being a go-giver work in the real world?”
I was asked this question this week by two different interviewers. One said a friend of his wouldn’t even pick up the book because, as he put it, “I don’t have time to be a go-giver — I’m too busy trying to make a living.”
Ohhhh-kay. [...]
Spoke last week at the BNI Director’s National Conference in Orlando, Florida. BNI is the largest referral organization in the world. Located in every civilized country in the world, literally billions (yes, with a “B”) of dollars worth of referrals have exchanged hands.
BNI was founded by my good friend, Dr. Ivan Misner, an entrepreneur and [...]
John and I are often asked if – since we titled our book The Go-Giver – being a “go-getter” is a bad thing to be? Not at all. In fact, absolutely not. Being a go-getter is terrific. Go-getters are generally people who make things happen, who get things done. They take action and, as you [...]
In a post worthy of Ernesto Seth Godin makes a great case for how “the great restaurant” gets that way: by adding great value.
I love it when I find examples of this.
It’s the travel agent (mine, in this case: Jim Hurlburt of Tradewinds Travel in Tequesta, Florida) whose customer-focused, value-added service takes his competitors (and [...]
Now, wouldn’t you think that the co-authors of a book entitled “The Go-Giver” would answer that question with a resounding YES? But we don’t — and we also don’t think it’s better to receive than it is to give.
What? That’s right: the question itself is based on what John calls the “treacherous dichotomy,” and I [...]
I continue to be filled with gratitude by two things (much for which to be grateful, of course; two things specifically here): First, the incredible outpouring of support and encouragement by our friends and associates who turned our initial promotional campaign into the success it became. Few things happen in a vacuum, and fewer realllly [...]
