Notes From The Go-Giver

What you focus on is what you get.

1. Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

2. Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.

Your compensation is directly proportional to how many lives you touch.

Being broke or being rich are both decisions.

Survive, save and serve.

3. Your influence…

The Gratitude Effect: Shift your mindset, Optimize outcomes, Boost emotional well being by Richard J. Cavaness

About The Gratitude Effect: Shift your mindset, Optimize outcomes, Boost emotional well being by Richard J. Cavaness:

Are you leveraging the most UNDERUTILIZED TOOL for improving life satisfaction and increasing happiness? or Are you SETTLING for a life of mediocrity?

Your mindset is 100 percent responsible for the outcomes in your life. This truth will open your eyes in a brand new way and to a…

Talisman Blog: Thx @bobburg #gogiver #fundraising!

I was recently introduced to the Go-Giver movement by my friend Kate Johnston-Allen. I am forever grateful and as always her timing was perfect. I highly recommend the books and podcasts. Put your fundraising head on when you read it.

I have been facilitating fundraising role plays. The first role play was a discovery meeting with prospects. The most recent was a cultivation meeting. Both…

Are you being relentlessly helpful? #socialinfluence

In business, in the business of selling books and in life, we all want something. We strive for success or to sell more books and get the good things in life. We want attention, recognition and satisfaction. There’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes we go about it in the wrong way.

Author Bob Burg created a fictional character to illustrate the proverb, “Give and ye shall receive.” In his book G…

There are many reasons why I like to read, but one of the main reasons is to challenge my thinking - to help me see things in a new and sometimes entirely different light. 

That's why I really appreciate (and am constantly seeking out) Seth Godin's work - I can't think of a book that has challenged me as much as Linchpin did.

But this is not about Linchpin (I'm pretty sure I've already covered that), this is about two exceptional books that I've recently read: The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann and We Are All Weird by Seth Godin.

If you enjoy challenging traditional thought on the ways to succeed in business - and in some respects life - then I highly recommend both of these books. Each can be read within a couple hours and believe me - you won't regret it. 

It's works like these that leave a mark and change forever the way you view your place in this world and the impact you can have.