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Completing Projects You Start

May 2, 2013

 

Interview with Michelle LaBrosse, Founder of Cheetah Learning

 

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Mike Carruthers:
75% of all the projects you start you never finish, why? Mostly because of distractions.

 

Michelle LaBrosse:
And now like today with our smartphones there’s more and more things to get us distracted. And these distractions are like little addictions they give you a little dopamine rush.
 

 

 


Michelle LaBrosse

How To Have More "Aha" Moments

May 1, 2013

 

Interview with Charles Kiefer, co-author of the book The Art of Insight: How to Have More Aha! Moments

 

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Mike Carruthers:
It’s often described as an “aha” moment an insight into something new, what is it exactly?

 

Charles Kiefer:
An insight is a fresh thought, something you’ve never thought before, it’s uncommonly good, it tends to have you reorient your view of reality.
 


Charles Kiefer

How You Approach A Goal

April 23, 2013

 

Interview with Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of the book Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence

 

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Mike Carruthers:
There are 2 ways of approaching any goal.

 

Heidi Grant Halvorson:
One way of looking at a goal is sort of in terms of the things you can gain the good things that will happen if you’re successful. And we call that way of talking about our goals promotion focused.
 


Heidi Grant Halvorson

Are You Doing What You Are Meant To Do?

April 17, 2013

 

Interview with James Cusumano, author of the book Balance: The Business - Life Connection

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Are you happy and fulfilled by the work you do?

 

James Cusumano:
There’s 1 study done with 93 thousand people which says 80% of people in varying degrees are not connected or engaged to what they’re doing.
 


James Cusumano

The 1 Thing You Need To Do To Be Successful

April 8, 2013

 

Interview with Jay Papasan, co-author of the book The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

 

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Mike Carruthers:
To be more successful, accomplish a goal, or get the results you want you might want to ask yourself this question…

 

Jay Papasan:
What’s the 1 thing I can do right now, such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
 


Jay Papasan

Want To Be Rich? - Part 2

April 3, 2013

 

Interview with Lewis Schiff, author of the book Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons

 

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Mike Carruthers:
1 huge difference between wealthy people and middle class people is the way they look at negotiation. Many middle class people love the idea of a win/win.

 

Lewis Schiff:
Almost everyone who has a real background in negotiation says win/win is a possibility but only if you’re willing to cut it off if your minimum needs are not being met. 
 


Lewis Schiff

Want To Be Rich?

April 2, 2013

 

Interview with Lewis Schiff, author of the book Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you like to be wealthy? There’s something you can do that wealthy people do that almost always helps.

 

Lewis Schiff:
Ask for more money. Ask your boss, go to your landlord and ask for less rent. There’s all sorts of ways to ask.
 


Lewis Schiff

Getting Things Done

March 11, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand, author of the book The One Success Habit: You Can't Do Without

 

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Mike Carruthers:
To be successful you have to be good at getting things done.

 

Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand:
You know most people on this planet spend a lot of energy promising, making long lists, etc and they’re in this flurry and confusion and they’re not getting done the things they mean to get done. Imagine if you had that habit in your life.
 


Dr. Fred Ray Lybrand

Competition

March 4, 2013

 

Interview with Ashley Merryman, co-author of the book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Men are more competitive than women - that’s a common belief but it’s not exactly true.

 

Ashley Merryman:
What we’ve found in the research is that it’s not that men and women compete differently once they’re in the competition – a woman will fight just as hard for a job as a guy.
 


Ashley Merryman

What Is A Winning Strategy?

February 13, 2013

 

Interview with Roger Martin, co-author of the book Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Do you have a strategy for your life or for your business? People talk about the importance of strategy and yet…

 

Roger Martin:
Very few people actually have a sort of an operational definition of what that actually means enough to be able to create a strategy that is useful.
 


Roger L. Martin

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