Critical Lessons From Baseball Cards

For decades, Topps owned the baseball card market. The company had an exclusive contract with Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association. A few weeks ago, Topps was blindsided when MLB and MLBPA announced a new exclusive contract with the online sports merchandise retailer Fanatics Inc. There are two big lessons here…

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Newton Was Right

You’ve heard of Sir Isaac Newton. As the story goes, he discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head while he was sitting under an apple tree. He also discovered a famous law of physics: “An object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest.”…

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The Perfect Excuse

It is my experience that most people postpone success because they are waiting for perfect. Waiting for the perfect moment. Waiting to perfect their industry or sales knowledge. Waiting to perfect their finances. Waiting for things to be perfect is a perfectly terrible excuse. The truth is that once you get started doing anything, no…

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What Is Your Say/Do Ratio?

There are many admirable characteristics that help accelerate success in business and life. One characteristic is “reliability” which can be measured by your say/do ratio. Your say/do ratio is simply the ratio of the promises (things you say you will do) to the promises you keep (the things actually you do) that you said you will…

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Time Is Money. Really.

I have said many times that there is no excuse for not making $500,000 per year in this industry, whether you are a business owner or a sales rep. Time is money. You heard it before. But do you really believe it? Do you really treat time like money? Think about it this way. Let’s say…

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Maximize Your Self-Confidence

Many people struggle with their self-confidence. I will share the No. 1 way I have found to maximize your self-confidence: Keep your commitments to yourself. That’s right. You will maximize your self-confidence by keeping your commitments to yourself. Most people who struggle with self-confidence feel that they are lacking in some area(s) of their life.…

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Bathroom Mirror Success

To many, it is just a bathroom mirror. However, for poker legend and 15-time World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, the bathroom mirror was his key to success. I recently interviewed Phil for my video series, Million Dollar Monday (M$M) and he told me his bathroom mirror success story. When Phil was younger,…

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