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My definition of a Thought Leader is as follows: A trusted source who moves people with innovative ideas. And here’s the BEST part: Thought Leaders build wealth. Thought Leaders trump experts. Thought Leaders establish equity. Thought Leaders differentiate themselves. Thought Leaders create ongoing demand for their value. Ultimately, Thought Leadership is a vital driver of your business success. Here are six ways to raise your reputation as such: 1….

We’ve been exploring the impending dangers of unapproachable leaders in part 1 and part 2 of this three-part series. Today, let’s finish up with a collection of practical strategies to circumvent a few more of those dangers. Specifically, how people feel walking away from you: 1. When you’re unapproachable, people walk away with self-esteem damage. Because when you don’t respond objectively, openly and curiously to their ideas, people feel…

“We learn not from our experiences, but from intelligent reflection upon those experiences.” My mentor, William Jenkins, taught me that lesson when I was 17 years old. Little did I know that his wise words contained the #1 secret to becoming a successful Thought Leader. Develop a system for exponentially increasing ROE, or Return on Experience. Today we’re going to explore a collection of practices I’ve personally been using…

I know this guy named Dalton. I wouldn’t say we’re friends, but we’ve met a few times. We tend to speak at some of the same conferences. And I happen to think he’s pretty good, even though his style is much different than my own. Still, I’ll never forget the day when I overheard one of his audience members tell her friend, “You know, with that mullet, I’ve always…

This one goes out to my friends at Famous Footwear. Their AWESOME tagline inspired me to write this piece… Let actions talk. Your execution will become the hallmark of eminence. And people will follow you. What have you DONE today? Let content accumulate. Your intellectual assets will build wealth. And expertise will grow around you. What have you PUBLISHED today? Let everything mentor you. Your learning curve will vanish….

Everyone loves a teacher. Unless you attended one of those parochial schools where the nuns used to beat you with rulers while you recited scriptures and cried for dear life as your ass slowly turned beet-red. But enough about my childhood. Now that you’re all grows up and all grows up, it’s time to leverage the power of teaching from a business perspective. GUARANTEE: If you execute it effectively…

Yes, you have to decide to be successful. Yes, you have to believe that you deserve to be successful. Yes, you have to expect that success will come to you eventually. But that’s not enough. If you truly want to increase the probability of success, you’ve got to put yourself in the way of success. Kind of like Zacchaeus, the tax collector. You may remember this story from The…

1. Write what you know about, run into, have a passion for and obsess over. Do this, and I promise you two things: (1) You will never run out of material, (2) Writing will be easy. Otherwise your work is going to be boring to write and laborious to read. Zoinks! What percentage of your writing is infused with your passion? 2. Writer’s Block is a lie. Doesn’t exist….

1. Stick to your writing schedule. This forces you not to rely on inspiration. This keeps you disciplined. And this instills a blue-collar, working stiff, clocking in/clocking out mentality that MUST exist for the Muse to even consider stopping by. The secret, according to my hero, Julia Cameron, is thinking of yourself as being “due at the page.” Same time. Every day. No matter what. Because a writer writes….