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…unless they ask for it.
Seriously. How many times have you tried to convince someone their idea was wrong when they didn’t ask for advice? I’m guessing that nearly 100% of the time they didn’t take your advice.
Roy Williams quotes a friend as saying “Unsolicited advice is abuse.”
Help the people who want and ask for your expert advice. Spend your time there. Everything else is wasting your time.
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I interviewed my friend John G. Miller (author of QBQ, Flipping the Switch and Outstanding!) on yesterday’s radio show and the issue of breaking the rules came up.
Breaking the rules could get you a big raise or even a promotion. It could also get you fired. What’s the difference? Management.
I want people on my team who break the rules. I want them to disregard what our “organization” once thought was best and do what’s right for the customer. ”It’s not our policy” is never said at Lukas Coaching.
The same level of thinking will make you successful in your own business. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, didn’t play by the rules of book selling when he launched his company. He completely redefined it and now Amazon is the largest book seller in the world.
Where do you need to break the rules?
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I actually mention in this video that you can’t. You can’t change what google shows and you shouldn’t even be worried about it. The truth will speak clearly. If bad reviews are truthful, they’ll always be there until you change your company. Only then will the good reviews overshadow the bad.
Click here if you can’t view the video
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I just spent a week onboard a cruise ship with some of the brightest up and coming business people I’ve ever met. I lead events throughout the country (and now the world I suppose) on how to become successful in business and many of these people are going on to do some amazing things.
Normally I boil my message into two main points, but I’m just going to hit on one for now and that’s execution. Seth Godin calls it shipping in his newest book Linchpin and it’s what separates the wheat from the chaff. Nike has it right, “Just do it.”
You have a good idea. In fact, you have many good ideas. I’ll even going to go so far as to say that you have thousands of ideas. There’s no way all of them are good, but the more ideas you execute, the quicker you’ll find which ones will put you at the top.
You can read a book, attend an event or work with a coach. If you never do anything with your ideas you’ll never be great. You waste time, money and time with your family.
Now is your time. Don’t be afraid. Go out and change the world.
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