Winning People Over: Persuasion & Influence (1 of 4) by Darren Hardy

Eat or be eaten. Influence or be influenced. Someone is always selling and someone is always buying (consciously or not).

If you open up your medicine cabinet, your dresser drawers, your pantry or your garage… or just look around the room you are standing in right now, each item you see is a war trophy, representing somebody’s or some company’s victory—who got you to trade your hard-earned money for their product.

The Power of Your Words

By Darren Hardy

Words have incredible power.

They can build; they can destroy.

But perhaps the most underestimated power words have is when they are left unspoken.

Robert’s story illustrates this point…

Robert grew up in a rural area where his dad was known as the town drunk. Robert was a star football player who made the All-American team in high school and went on to play for a prestigious university. Football was Robert’s life, but as far as he knew, his father had never seen him play a single game.

Dreamer vs. Doer—The Great Separator

By Darren Hardy

One thing separates the dreamer and the doer.

It also separates the wishful from the wealthy.

Two people can have the same capabilities,
same hope and same aspiration,
but have radically different outcomes.

How? One acted and the other did not.

Going Beyond Talent: Four Cores Of Character

By John C Maxwell

Are you a person of character? According to John Maxwell in Beyond Talent, “The choice to develop strong character may not be the most important to make the most of your talent. But it is certainly the most important to make sure you don’t make the least of your talent.” 1

Character protects your talent – and allows you to build upon what you already have. In order to protect our talent, we must invest in that which is hidden below the surface. Similar to an iceberg, there is more than meets the eye. Strong character allows talent to hold up when storms come.

The Value of a Team

By John Maxwell

“Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that all seemingly solo acts are really team efforts.”

Have you ever met a successful person who has not had support or guidance from another person? One of the most important factors to success is teamwork. Without a team, leaders rely solely on themselves and their own skills. There’s less room for growth, innovation and collaboration.