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Welcome! This blog is where you belong if: You want to matter. You want to stay rare. You want to inject soul. You want to delete average. You want to play for keeps. You want to reach the world. You want to capture heartshare. You want to give yourself away. You want to focus your face off. You want to treat people like people. You want to humanize the…

You’ve chosen an uncertain path. You’ve adopted an inconvenient lifestyle. You’ve embarked upon an unconventional journey. You’ve felt the voice inside you growing more urgent. You’ve committed yourself enough so you can’t turn back. IN SHORT: You’ve decided to play for keeps. This is the critical crossroads – the emotional turning point – in the life of every young artist. I’ve been there myself, and here’s a list of…

You don’t need an idea – you need an I did. That’s how you close the execution gap. That’s how you covert thoughts into things. And that’s how you covert experiences into moneymaking wisdom. As such, leverage must become an essential component to your entrepreneurship lexicon. The word means, “To increase the rate of return from an investment.” But leverage isn’t a word. Or a strategy. Or something you…

When I started wearing a nametag everyday, I wasn’t doing it to get attention. I was doing it to give myself away. Of course, I didn’t realize that until eleven years into it. But now, as I look back on the journey, it occurs to me how powerful this idea is. When you give yourself away, you make people glow. When you give yourself away, you become a voice…

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Following your heart is more than just doing what you want. It’s about working without a map. It’s about giving the soul its bread. It’s about penetrating the stuckness. It’s about nourishing your compulsion. Also. It’s about taking your dreams seriously. It’s about honoring the constants in your life. It’s about abandoning things whose time has passed. It’s about stepping out and exposing your dream to the light. THE…

Scott Ginsberg has been internationally recognized as “The World’s Expert On Nametags” and “The Authority on Approachability.” He’s done 500+ interviews with various online, print, radio, digital and TV media for his unique expertise. He has been featured in hundreds of media outlets such as 20/20, CNN, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, FastCompany, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Paul Harvey, The CBS Early Show and Headline…

I’m tired of people telling me that there are no limits. Yes, there are. Everybody has them. And to ignore your limits is to deny your truth. HERE’S THE REAL SECRET: Instead of running from your limits – or, worse yet, pretending they don’t exist – try leveraging them. Leverage, as you may recall from previous posts, is, “To increasing the rate of return on an investment.” But leverage…

Congratulations. You remember names. You celebrate birthdays. You memorize preferences. But that’s not what makes people stay. Making people feel valued, important, special, needed – or whatever other simplistic leadership instructions you read in How to Win Friends and Influence People – is pretty much expected at this point. It’s the baseline requirement of being a leader. But that’s not what makes people stay. If you want the people…

You can only nurture pointless relationships for so long. Sometimes, you have to be willing to hold a courageous conversation to reinforce your boundaries. Otherwise your life is no longer your own. This isn’t just about saying no. This is about filtering your life. This is about safeguarding your time. This is about honoring your boundaries. This is about televising your priorities. If want to keep backbone engaged, try…