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You’ve Exposed the Secret! Maybe…

A special thanks to those of you who have commented.
Since it reading your insightful comments after the last post, I’ve thought more about this phenomenon.
It seems like decisions are made at a faster rate when it is crunch time!
If you could make decisions with the same urgency and speed on a daily basis, would you [...]

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If It Weren’t For the Last Minute…

We weren’t there for the last minute… I wouldn’t get anything done at all.
 
Does anybody relate?  Has anybody else had this experience?
So in a perverse sort of way, a deadline is a friend, a stern coach if you will.
 
Now, who amongst ye, can reveal the secret to setting a very productive deadline?
A deadline which raises [...]

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“If Only I Had _______________.”

“If only I had more time.”
“If only I had more resolve.”
“If onlyI had an endless well of ideas for blog posts.”
“If only I had _______________.”
 
This has got to be the shortest formula for understanding your customer’s pain and for your product development.
All you have to do is fill in the blank.
Of course you’ll then have to [...]

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Story Interruption: Rant, Observation, And Endorsment

A Rant, Observation and Endorsment… What are the Pros and Cons of each?
Loosely defined, a rant is an emotional outpouring of a negative energy, from a person who is fed up with a certain issue.
While an observation implies an objective third-party perception, which is emotionally distanced from the topic.
An endorsement is basically a sales pitch. [...]

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Chapter 16 “Money Shortage”

 
                Each night for seven nights, John and Lisa worked on one of their goals. Lisa was impressed by the efforts John has been making to be organized. He even came home with an accordion style file folder. He had all of their notes in one pocket and each of the goals in a separate [...]

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Chapter 15 “Solutions Continued”

            Lisa took the pen and paper and wrote down what John was talking about. She also drew a little arrow back to the part about using regular dates to connect with each other. “I think I really get it now,” she said. “By focusing on the 5 Steps, we aren’t focusing on each other’s [...]

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Chapter 14 “Start of Solutions!”

 
            John picked up the phone in his office and dialed Rob at around 10am.
 
“ABC Construction. This is Rob, how can I help you?” Rob’s voice answered.
 
“Hi, Rob, it’s John.”
 
“Oh, hello, John! How are you and Lisa doing?”
 
“We’re doing great. We’ve outlined 7 goals and objections and we’re ready to move on with the 5th [...]

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Chapter 13 “Effective Complaining?!!”

 
            “Alright, list all the reasons why our goal is unrealistic. Hmmm. We always fight about money,” John said. “We don’t seem to share the same values, either. And frankly,” he looked directly at Lisa, “your mother is definitely a bad influence.”
           
            “How should I write that down?” asked Lisa.
 
            John shrugged. “Something like, we [...]

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Chapter 12 “The Exciting and Fun Step”

 
            “Fine by me,” said John, handing her a pen and a pad of paper. Let’s see here, list your goals, 1 per piece of paper stated as ‘pie in the sky’ goals.  You go first, honey.”
 
            “The most obvious is to get a timber framed home,” Lisa quipped, “but we should go about it [...]

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Chapter 11 “Conflicting Ideas”

 
                They stopped off at Barnes & Noble on the way back and picked up some home magazines to gather ideas from. Lisa found a book on timber framing, too. At home, John dug out the rough sketches they had from before, got out some paper and placed the stack of magazines and books on [...]

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