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Welcome all Gitomer groupies! If you’ve landed on this page, you’ve just bought a copy of Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Book of Leadership. My name is Scott Ginsberg. Jeffrey and I are friends. And he asked me to offer a special gift as a thanks to you. I write books and give talks on approachability. And, since I’m usually the youngest person in the room, I’ve written an ebook on…

Imagine you’re a California prospector panning for gold in 1852. One morning, you spot something glinting in the pan. Naturally, the first thing you do is look around to see if anybody else noticed. They didn’t. Whew. You take a closer look, thinking to yourself, “This is it! This is my payday!” Sadly, upon further exploration, your hopes and dreams are crushed when the rock turns out (not) to…

When I was a kid, my dad used to bring me to the trade shows to help set up his booth. The only problem was, we’d have to get there early. Like, really early. On a Saturday. When nobody else was there yet. When I should have been in the hotel room watching Voltron. One day I asked him, “Dad, why do we have to get here so early?…

1. Give yourself permission to ask for what you need. Expectational clarity is a beautiful thing: It saves time, prevents extra work and lowers the probability of future surprises. 2. Give yourself permission to be a student. Even if you already know everything. Especially if you already know everything. Those who refuse to learn, doth burn. 3. Give yourself permission to be a work in progress. Think of it…

Being amazing isn’t enough. The other half of the equation is the willingness to wage a war against mediocrity. THE CHALLENGE IS: Mediocrity is a form of resistance, and it will pursue you like a hungry Jaguar you see on the Discovery Channel. It’s time to assemble your armor. Today I’m going to help you devise a battle plan to banish the bland, nuke the normal and annihilate the…

A verb is anything that expresses action or being. It could be a word, then again, it could also be an idea. Or a person. Or a product. Or an entire organization. THE POINT IS: Nouns aren’t noticed. Verbs are remembered. Verbs are celebrated. Verbs are significant. What about you? Are you a verb? Today we’re going to explore a list of eleven strategies to transform yourself, your ideas…

Authors love to pontificate about how many publishers rejected them before they made it big. Personally, I never chose to participate in that literary pissing contest. I’ve always practiced Miyagi’s Law, which states that the best way to block a punch is to not be there. Want know how many publishers rejected my book? None. Because I did it myself. In fact, I did it myself eleven times in…

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Significance is the sweetest success. Sure, making millions is nice for the wallet; but making meaning in the universe is necessary for the soul. That’s what you, as an entrepreneur, thought leader or artist are seeking. To count. To matter. To be significant. To leave your mark. To make a name for yourself. Otherwise you reside in the hell of meaninglessness; which, from what I hear, charges a pretty…

Curiosity might have killed the cat – but it also made me a lot of money. Show me a person who isn’t curious, and I’ll show you a fundamentalist, mindless, lifeless human being whose brain, heart and soul never expand. HERE’S THE REALITY: History proves time and time again that the most successful, most celebrated and most influential people on the planet were the ones who asked dangerous questions…