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How does it feel?

So, how does it feel to:

  • Be an uncle?
  • Be a graduate?
  • Be an adult?
  • Be a doctor?
  • Be a grandparent?

You can answer, now that this title has been bestowed upon you.

But to be able to provide a real answer, you have to fully immerse yourself in the new role.

Until you do, smile and say, “it’s great!”

The benefits

They’re sufficient to need a job.

They’re necessary to take a job.

But they’re insufficient to keep (or take) a bad job.

It’s to your benefit to never forget this.

7 words

How would someone else describe you (or your business)?

Don’t know?

Figure it out.

And here’s a hint. It’s usually less than 7 words.

What’s your objective here?

Before you start an email, meeting, invitation, task, project, phone call, do this:

Figure out your objective.

You’ll get that thing done so much faster, better and with less friction.

And, who doesn’t want that?

On selling online

There’s two kinds of products you can sell online.

  1. Products that (claim to) help you make money.
  2. Everything else.

You can push the former really hard. The latter, however, requires the opposite approach.

The ultra-soft sell.

Who’s the one

Who’s the one person you owe the most for shaping your career?

This is an important question.

And if you don’t know the answer almost immediately, you might want to start looking.

Make the bed?

When you’re staying in a hotel, remember this:

You don’t have to not make your bed.

Of course, housekeeping will make it while you’re away.

But it’s your early-morning, quick win if you want it.