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Thank You, America: Kings of Convenience
I have been back in America for only a week, and I must confess: I love it. Everywhere I go, everything is laid out to make it easy to do what I want to do, or to have what I want to have. After living for three years in the secluded jungles of Costa Rica, I have accepted inefficiency and senseless delay as a natural condition of the world around me. Coming back to America, I feel grateful that this [...]
Ask Your Personal Network About Your Personal Branding
When you’re defining your personal branding, it’s easy to get trapped into relying on only your own impressions of yourself. After all, who knows you better…than you? However, that’s exactly the problem. You know too much about yourself. There are so many various details that make up your personality. Trying to include all of them can dull the distinctness – the gestalt – of your brand. To distill your personal branding down to its essence, you need to remove everything [...]
My best friend died this year.
Tika MacTavish Huntress, you were my best friend. I loved you through all of my grown up life. For twelve years, you were our companion, our pet, our friend, and our protector. Today, on All Hallow's Eve, I look back on the time we spent together in this life, and I am so happy I knew you. We met in Santa Fe. You were six months old, and in the pound. A golden chowball puppy, with adorable [...]
Ten Things I Will Not Miss About Living In Costa Rica
Yes, it’s tropical paradise. And it’s annoying. A few years ago, I sold everything and moved to Costa Rica with my family. All in all, it’s the best decision I ever made. As much as I like the weather here, I’m over it. Sometimes I see jaded American expats who have been here for fifteen or twenty years, with their surly attitude about tropical paradise, and I think, how did they get this way? Now, after two years, I think [...]
5 Step Formula: How to Earn More Referrals
You strike up a conversation with a guy at a coffee shop. It’s a good chat. You’ve made an acquaintance. Congratulations! At this point in the new relationship, how comfortable are you with asking him to borrow his car? How about inviting yourself over to his house for dinner that evening? Awkward silence, right? If you’re wondering how to get referrals fast from your new customers, you are doing the same thing. You put your customers into an uncomfortable position because [...]
Schedule the Appointment And The Reminder Email
You’ve arrived five minutes early to your appointment. You think there’s a good chance this could lead somewhere… …until twenty minutes later, when you call to find out that, yes, they’ve forgotten all about you. No-shows waste your time (and your reputation). Protect your time. Prevent appointment no-shows from happening by sending 2 emails with Ace of Sales as soon as you make an appointment. Step 1: Schedule The Appointment You’ve agreed to meet someone next Tuesday at 4:30. It’s [...]