Building Success

No Talent Necessary | #buildingsuccessdaily #buildingsuccess #buildingsuccesstogether #success #notalent #notalentnecessary

There is no talent necessary to be successful.

As a population we tend to glamorize those who are ultra successful. They appear to be almost superhuman as if they have some special gifts that the rest of us don’t have.

Truth is, they don’t. They were, and are, exactly like you and me. They started off unsure and nervous too, but they pushed beyond those feelings. They broke the inertia and went…

Nothing Important Is Easy | #buildingsuccessdaily #buildingsuccess #buildingsuccesstogether #success

If being successful were easy, everyone would be a success. Truth is, nothing important is easy, but that’s good news for you!

Most things we need to do which are meaningful are difficult. So much so that we put them off over and over again in order to do the easy things just so we can check things off our list.

We delay the inevitable by making excuses as to why we can’t do them right now. We…

When You Have to Be Brief, Be Brilliant | #buildingsuccessdaily #buildingsuccess #buildingsuccesstogether #bebrilliant #elevatorspeech

I’m sure by now you have heard of an elevator speech.

In case you haven’t, an elevator speech is a clear and brief message or “commercial” about you. It’s your opportunity to be brilliant in a short amount of time.

It communicates who you are and how you can benefit the company or the individual with whom you are speaking. It’s typically only about 30 seconds; the amount of time it takes people…

Your Dream Was Assassinated and You Don't Even Know It | #buildingsuccess #buildingsuccessdaily #buildingsuccesstogether #dreamassassin

Do you know exactly when your dream was assassinated?

When you were a child you had big dreams. You had your sights set on some grand idea of what your life was going to be when you grew up. You picked some career field and told the world that’s who you were going to be!

Then somewhere along your path to adulthood your dream was assassinated. Like a silent and invisible assassin, your dream was…

The Worst Decision You Can Make | #buildingsuccessdaily #buildingsuccess #buildingsuccesstogether #success #worstdecision #makeadecision

The worst decision you can make is to not make a decision.

Have you ever stood at a crossroads, either literally or figuratively, and just felt paralyzed? You could go in any direction, but you were so fearful of making the wrong decision you simply stood there and didn’t move. That decision to just stand there, is the worst decision you can make.

I was once told by a mentor that the worst…