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What Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Can Teach You About Growing Your Business

I still remember some of the comments we got after my wife and I signed up to start training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: “Is that like karate?” “You guys are crazy.” “Wait. People will be trying to choke you… and you’re paying to do this?” Little did I know when we first signed up two years […]

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How to Master Any Skill: A Practical Guide

What does it take to become a master? Being born a genius? Hiding away from the world and meditating for years in a mountain temple? Not exactly, according to George Leonard’s excellent book Mastery. His book lays out a practical road map we can follow to take our businesses (or any other aspect of our […]

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Career Options: The Viability Of Choosing Not To Choose

For most of us, we find ourselves living in an existence where we have no choice but to make important choices of all sorts, and then stick to them. If you think about it, we’re reared and socialized in a completely monogamous society!

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How to Beat the Feast or Famine Problem in Your Business

Sometimes running your own business can feel like a roller coaster that never ends. It was fun at first, unpredictable and plenty exciting. But now? You’re sick of the uncertainty and all the stress. One week you’re so busy you hardly have time to shower or eat. And the next you’re staring out the window […]

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Branding: How To Understand Its Importance To Your Revenue

A while back, Bidsketch published a guide post on how to create branding proposals. It highlighted areas where you may be going wrong while drafting a proposal, and it also featured how you should vastly expand upon the language of your proposal, especially since branding in of itself is an intangible asset.

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7 Practical Ways to Get More (and Better) Ideas

“Where do you get your ideas from?” It sounds like such a simple question, but most people have a hard time answering it. Ask 10 people on the street where their most creative ideas come from, and you’ll get 10 different responses. Your answer is also probably different than mine, or the next person’s who […]

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Charlie Munger, Mental Models, and Making Better Decisions in Business and Life

What can Charlie Munger, a billionaire, Warren Buffett’s business partner, and vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, teach you about success? A lot. He’s spent over 50 years transforming himself into one of the shrewdest men in business. He’s Buffett’s right-hand man. Plenty of people have called him a “learning machine.” Munger doesn’t just try to lay […]

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