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Find Yourself and Your Message Will Materialize

July 4, 2010

Take the time to find yourself and your message will magically materialize. How do you make your money? That’s what you do. If you are trying to find yourself, start there.
I’m a Small Biz CEO. Yes, take a peek at the tag line up above (below my name). It’s only been “Small Biz CEO” for [...]

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We Interrupt this Blog For Public Service Announcements

July 3, 2010

Do you have a pair of new or gently used shoes you can spare? Do you need a T-Shirt? Got a few extra smiles to spread around? Then, this is the blog post for you!
Soles For Jesus. My friend Ryan is helping to collect 10,000 pairs of shoes for needy people in Africa. If you’re [...]

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Public Speaking 101: It’s Not Your Slides

July 2, 2010

Presentation slides are OK if they are well done. Just remember it’s not the slides the audience came to see…..it’s you.

More speaking this year with fewer and simpler slides. It’s interesting that I have done more speaking this year and prepared fewer and simpler slides. It’s not an accident. I have colleagues who have spoken [...]

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Public Speaking 101: One Person At a Time

July 1, 2010

Note from Jim: This week all my posts are themed around public speaking. That’s because late last week and early this week my focus has been growing my public speaking presence. Why not write about something that is near and dear to my heart at the moment and that I am immersed in – right? [...]

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Replace “ums” with Pregnant Pauses when Speaking

June 29, 2010

Your “um” might be an “ah” or some other equally unattractive form of verbal pausing. Try replacing the awkward verbal pause with silence.
Review video of yourself speaking. After watching a video of myself presenting I noticed way too many “ums.” I asked a friend what I should replace the “ums” with. Her answer was so [...]

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Simplify Life by Focusing Effort

June 25, 2010

Ever feel like your juggling too many balls or spinning too many plates at one time? Maybe even both? Searching for a way to simplify life? You need to start by focusing effort on the parts of your life that matter.
Setting Priorities will only get you so far. There’s an assumption everything on your list [...]

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Small Business B2B Social Media Platform

June 23, 2010

The community that grows on your blog will be yours, not one of the social networks who can (and do) change the rules at a moments notice. … Just add a few friends and associates you trust who you can ask for feedback about your profile as you build it.

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Take a Hard Right and Forget the 180

June 22, 2010

People often talk about turning their life around. Making a 180 degree turn. Really? Seems to me that means you went right back where you came from. Me, I took a hard right (90 degree turn) about a year ago and am darn glad I did.
I was on the wrong path and going either way [...]

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Choose Your Own Message and Share It

June 20, 2010

Stop letting others choose the messages you hear, read and see each day. Think about how little “good news” is reported on TV, radio or in the newspaper – almost none.
Create your own stream. If you aren’t already using an RSS newsreader like Google Reader I highly recommend you start. If you already have a [...]

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Vacation From Your One Stress Factor

June 19, 2010

One stress factor overwhelms you and drives your professional existence. To take a real vacation you must free yourself from that one stress factor if only for a few days.
Clues to identify your one stress factor. You should find yourself putting items related to this factor at the top of you daily to-do list. You [...]

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