In your last Successful Marketing Strategy I wrote about creating a fundamental checklist of success by using Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich as a template.
A second type of checklist to construct and use is what I call a ‘Practical Creativity Checklist.’ There are a number of methods for rearranging the existing and old into the different and new that actually account for most innovations in the world. There may not be anything new under the sun.
In a later I’ll talk about Disney. Disney is often called the ‘Inventor of the Theme Park’ but actually he changed the amusement park. Now here are some of the things that belong on this practical creativity list. Read more... (299 words + 1 image, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)
In your last Success Marketing Strategy email I spoke about how Disney was able to be so successful at creating word- of-mouth advertising. Now this brings up a virtually important theme that should be behind all your marketing efforts which is….
…little things mean a lot.
Think of it this way, if you throw one little metal B-B at a window you probably won’t shatter the glass but if you super glue a couple of hundred of those little B-B’s together into a ball that’ll shatter the window. Read more... (157 words + 1 image, estimated 38 secs reading time)
When you’re feeling down the answer is to pick yourself up, not to try to get used to it.
The further down you go, the more ‘up’ there is to aim for.
Believing in yourself means believing in others too.
You are never as wrong as you think you might be.
Mistakes are made in the past… success is in the future.
Today I will do my best to be better than I’ve ever been.
— Succeed With Me by Selwa Anthony with Jimmy Thomson
It might seem daunting to think that effort and chance, as much as innate talent, are what counts. But I find it encouraging because, while our genetic makeup is out of our control, our degree of effort is up to us. And the effects of chance, too, can be controlled to the extent that by committing ourselves to repeated attempts, we can increase our odds of success.
— The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
It’s tempting to simplify things. The game is rigged. Some people have all the advantages, and they succeed. Some people have all the disadvantages, and they fail.
It’s also, however, terribly misleading.
Your success is far more dependent on your behavior now than it is based upon where you grew up, where you went to school, or whether your path so far has been easy or difficult.
Opportunity lies ahead; it is a matter of whether or not you choose to pursue it.
— p. 56, The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People by David Niven
Take one a day… and feel great all week long Read more... (78 words, estimated 19 secs reading time)
- Day 1: The only part of you that needs a makeover is your confidence!
- Day 2: A wish you’ve made will come true!
- Day 3: Expect Success!
