I met Norman two years ago. When we first started talking it was purely business. He needed good people to represent his company and we were looking for a great deal on equipment. Norman was the regional representative for Ektelon, the top racquetball equipment manufacturer. One of the main ways they promote their product and the sport is to sponsor players. In exchange for a great deal on equipment, the players are loyal to the brand, using only their equipment, wearing clothing with the company emblem, acting as ambassadors, selling equipment to players at the club.
It started out as a business relationship: he gained a team member who was a top salesman and teacher, he gained a top junior player with a ton of potential and a great attitu...
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I always try to steer clear of political topics at Wealth and Wisdom. This is a blog focused on wealth and life balance through entrepreneurship. It doesn’t matter if you are liberal or conservative, a democrat or a republican, my political views should not apply. Heck, I think most of us plug our noses when we vote!
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of legislation that will have a profound impact on our lives. Much of it is being pushed surrounded by little fact and a lot of political rhetoric. What scares me is not the change but that so few people on either side of the aisle will base their opinion on facts and a rational thought process.
Recently it hit close to home. I read a horrific article about a man who went in for a routi...
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For months I had been seeing questions about getting a college degree come up on this and other blogs. College for working adults and finishing your degree were becoming hot topics. It was becoming apparent that people wanted to finish their degree but didn’t have the time or money to do it the traditional way.
About the same time my wife had friends ask us how our son (16 years old), and how he was already well on his way to earning his college degree. We thought it was common knowledge, but then one of her friends asked
“Can you teach us how?”
This one question got us thinking…why is no one doing this? It is so much quicker and easier than traditional school. It also costs far less.
In the end we wrote an ebook, ad...
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A couple weeks back I wrote about the need to take responsibility for your life. Though it is a simple concept it has a profound effect on y0u life. In fact, you could say it is the foundation for all personal development.
What I didn’t go into was how it applies to business. Everyone is hit with the same problems, losing a top customer, having your best salesman quit to work for a competitor, watching bad economic conditions hurt our business. What differentiates the top performers is how they respond to stimuli and events.
Why some companies win while others lose
80% of companies refuse to take responsibility for the situation. They tell the board of directors that the economy is hitting everyone just as hard, it isn’t their f...
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