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January 31, 2007

The Best vs. The Good

The good news is that when I presented to SkillPath this week I appropriately attributed some content to Stephen Covey. The bad news is that I didn’t attribute one other tidbit.

The truth is, one of my favorite isms is “Sometimes the enemy of the best is the good.” Story of my life.

Since I didn’t pen it first, I should have given credit to Frank Vandersloot, CEO of Melaleuca, a company whose products Angi and I have loved and used for a long, long time.

    Sometimes the enemy of the best is the good

…a keen reminder that we get to choose precious few things to really pursue. And in a world of deafening noise, there is no choice but to focus if there is any choice of cutting through the noise.

What’s keeping you from real value? Real success?

Cut through…

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January 30, 2007

Introducing…SkillPath!

I am pleased to say that my trip to chilly Kansas City (KS) this week was a pleasant one. I went thinking ‘win-win-or-no-deal’ as SkillPath and I got to know each other.

I bumped into them via an absolutely delightful FOF (friend-of-friend), and she summed them up in one word: integrity. I can appreciate that.

While I’m sure they could still boot my booty back to Beaverton, I have a hunch that what Debbie says, which matches what I observed, will prove a valuable relationship.

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October 16, 2006

Steal these slides

Do you sometimes have a statistic or some research that others might like to quote as part of their presentation? Check out this subtle way to market yourself…

Create a slide (or slides) that pleasantly depict your statistic. In other words, do the work for the other person of creating a nice looking graphic, chart, or visual representation of the point being communicated.

Then make sure your LOGO is on the slide, preferably on the master slide. Most people are happy to provide you that authorial attribution.

Then make sure your LINK is embedded in the logo.

Then put your contact information (name, phone, email or website address) in the PowerPoint slide properties. (right click on the document, select ‘properties’ and the ‘custom’ tab).

Finally, begin the name of the slide deck as Steal_these_slides_title.ppt! This instantly communicates to them that they can repurpose the content.

Voila! More exposure for you.

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