Hustlers Notebook | personal and professional development

Winning Big by Taking Action…It Works!

Last October I wrote an article called “Taking Action: Improving the Hustle One thing at a Time”. I wrote that two weeks prior to launching what is now a quickly growing web design & brand development business called Growth Effect, and while finishing off my book Driven To Learn, Learning to Win, just before its publication.

At the time, I was struggling with managing the amount of work I had on my plate. Truth is, it doesn’t even compare to what I have on my plate today. But today, I’m getting things done like never before.

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If You’re Not Attracting The Right Audience, Then You Won’t Attract Your Desired Results

I’m back!

I’d like to say thanks to all that took the time to reach out during my 7 weeks away. Everything has been fine–actually things are better than ever–and I mean that. My family is wonderful, business is good…the year has started off well.

In my blogging hiatus, I learned that stepping away to look at my activities from afar, offered me a new perspective that I never had while being directly in the mesh of things. To take it a step further, I was/am willing to accept the fact that I had adopted some bad practices that needed to be corrected in order for me to stand a chance of success in the blogging arena.

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From Hustler…to Hustler/Author: An Introduction to My First Published Book

I had the wonderful pleasure of attending the Miami International Book Fair a week ago with Nick Ken (Art Director) of Mind Adventure, Inc. The experience was one of a kind; one that I’ll always remember; one that was life impacting. This book fair symbolized a new adventure in my life…one that brought confirmation and clarity to a long term aspiration: becoming an author.

The Mind Adventure team was headed out to Miami to promote Rob’s latest book: Marvelous Denials and Wonderful Obsessions. A few weeks or so after I as invited, I received another call from Rob raising the stakes … He wanted me to attend the book fair not as a bystander, but as an author…

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The Factor that Matters Most in our Results Driven Economy

We live in results driven economy. Employers, clients, and people–at the end of the day–are interested in one thing: results. The days are gone when hard work for the sake of hard work mattered. It’s now all about producing; not so much about the style of performance, rather the outcomes of it.

This article is about better understanding your value in this results-based economy. Specifically, the focus is about the idea of hard work and the misconception that it’s a major factor of one’s value, because that’s simply not the case.

Hard work is important and should be the foundation to our unique skills…but it’s our unique skills that make us valuable.

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The Side Hustle

A side hustle is simply a part time business–it’s nothing new. It’s a great way for people that aspire to start their own business, to do so without having to commit all of their time and resources into one bucket. The ultimate goal is to start the side hustle small and grow it into a full time business over time.

Starting a business is a major commitment and requires a lot of time. For this reason many that aspire to embark in this area don’t take action because they think in the lines of all or nothing; either quitting their job to start a business, or just hope for a lucky opportunity to arise.

Having a job shouldn’t keep us from moving our goals forward.

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