Maya Angelou Quotes – One of Her Best

Maya Angelou has been quoted often and here is one of her best.

 

Maya Angelou Quotes

 

Question: What keeps you from being amazing?

 * Thanks to Erin Shaw for sharing this artwork with me.

 

STOP Sharpening Your Pencil – One of the Most Critical Success Factors in Life

What’s one of the most critical success factors in your career? How about in your family? In leadership? Bottom line, what’s one of the most critical success factors in all of life?

This short motivational video holds a clue…

 

 

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What Is Marketing – The Critical Success Factors of Serving and Sharing

What is MarketingSeveral years ago I attended a training conference where an expert shared a marketing strategy he called ABM… Always Be Marketing. If you are an entrepreneur or in sales, you know the importance of having a good marketing mix. You probably even realize that ABM is an important marketing concept and likely a key to success for your business. However, when you first hear ABM, does it make you ask the question: what is marketing in the first place?

How do you answer the question what is marketing? To me, the definition of marketing is not primarily selling. The definition of marketing is serving and sharing first, selling second. Therefore, ABM is a good marketing approach IF it focuses on serving and sharing first, selling second. And notice…this IF is big and bold!

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Yes, I Am A Motivational Speaker! (A Cry For Help Even Though I Don’t Live in a Van Down by the River)

Motivational speaker - Kent JulianI’m a motivational speaker. There, I said it!

Truthfully, I’m not too keen of the phrase “motivational speaker.” The image of Matt Foley, the character Chris Farley played on SNL, flashes before my eyes every time I hear “motivational speaker.” That’s why if you ask about the speaking I do, you probably won’t hear “motivational speaker” emerge from my lips. You might hear “keynote speaker,” “professional speaker,” or even “missional speaker.” “Motivational speaker”…not likely.

But today I’m admitting to being a motivational speaker. What’s more, I’m asking for your help.

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10 Quotes About Life That Will Make You Think (And Move You To Action)

Quotes about lifeDo you love good quotes about life as much as I do?

Good quotes about life cause us to look at things in a new way. Good quotes about life challenge us to think different.  And the best motivational quotes about life inspire us to consider new possibilities.

I am a quote collector and have collected pages and pages of inspirational quotes. Here are 10 of my favorite quotes about life that have pushed me to think different and moved me to action.

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