Sell with Trust and Have a Friend for Life: 32 Lessons from Jim Cathcart

Career & Purpose

Written by: Scott Dinsmore Average Reading Time: 5 minutes What’s more likely to get you to buy something: a slick sales pitch or a friendly referral? It’s no surprise that we’d all prefer to do business with someone we like and trust. And who couldn’t use a reminder? Well a group of 150 entrepreneurs and I [...]

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How Not to Get Caught Up In the Chatter

Entrepreneurship

Written by: Scott Dinsmore Average Reading Time: 4.7 minutes I propose an idea. A call to action to fight the chatter and enjoy what’s presently in front of us. Let me explain. Last week I found myself at a social media marketing event in San Francisco called SMASH. Fascinating and inspiring to say that least. Of all [...]

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Guidance from the Father of Living an 80/20 Life: An Interview with Richard Koch

Book Summaries

Written by: Scott Dinsmore Average Reading Time: 4.5 minutes Ask Richard Koch and he’ll tell you that life efficiency can be summed up in a sentence: 80% of the results come from 20% of the effort. My guess is we’ve all heard it before (especially if you read my resent post summarizing his book). But what [...]

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Enjoy a Slow Dance with Mom Today

Career & Purpose

Written by: Scott Dinsmore In honor of Mother’s Day today, I though I would share a poem that’s been instrumental in my life and those around me. I hope it has the same effect on you. It was first brought to me by Tim Ferriss and I have kept it as a guiding light ever since-framed next to my [...]

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13 Life Lessons from Warren and Charlie: Reporting back from 2010 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder’s Meeting

Career & Purpose

Written by: Scott Dinsmore Average Reading Time: 5 minutes For one day each year, any and all of us get the chance to listen to 6.5 hours of live questions and answers with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger (and even ask one of your own if you’re lucky). This year almost 40,000 people took advantage of [...]

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How to live to 100: Lessons from the Blue Zones

Book Summaries

The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who Have Lived The Longest by Dan Buttner Average Reading Time: 3.5 minutes Why You Should Read It: Who wouldn’t mind having a few more enjoyable years on this earth?? These are useful, simple tips. I wonder if I can live to be 100, and [...]

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The End of Paying Full Price: 7 Quick Tools for Getting a Better Deal

Career & Purpose

Written by: Scott Dinsmore Average Reading Time: 5.5 minutes When was the last time you were shopping for a pair of jeans and you told the clerk, “you’ll have to do better than that” after seeing the price? My life experience would say that none of you have.  For some reason we feel like the number on [...]

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Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech: Don’t Settle!

Career & Purpose

In light of all the hype of Steve’s latest creation: The iPad, I thought it would be fitting to for us to revisit one of the most inspirational speeches I have come across. Steve Jobs is a living example of what it means to follow your dreams and to not settle. I carry a copy [...]

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