Why “Keep An Open Mind” Is Disastrous Advice for Entrepreneurs
Why “keep an open mind” is disastrous advice for entrepreneurs: Everyone has always told me that I should “keep an open mind”. They usually tell me that to guilt me into believing their untested theories about business. “Keep an open mind” is one of those super-replicating beliefs that sounds so right that everyone passes it […]
Continue readingHow I Started My Business (Part 3)
Here’s the story of my third year running my current business, 2016: (Yesterday I told you about 2015, you can check that post as well if you like.) This was the year that my audience grew to a tremendous size and I truly became fanatical about business. Anywhere I went, all I could do was […]
Continue readingHow I Started My Business (Part 2)
Here’s the story of my second year running my current business, 2015: (Yesterday I told you about 2014, read up if you’re interested in finding out what happened.) In that year, the new mission of DBH became “Help 100 people reach 7 figures”. At the start of 2015, I was doing big launches on social […]
Continue readingHow I Started my Business
Here’s the story of how I started my business. This is a 5 part series on every year of business so far. Today we’ll be covering 2014. The objective was to gain focus by working on one single, new business, that I can spend the next 5+ years on building into a big beautiful business. […]
Continue readingWhat I Learned from Nobel Prize Recipient Richard Feynman
Here’s what I learned from Nobel Prize recipient Richard Feynman. One of the things that makes business very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. You have to constantly imagine, “what would happen if I did that?” Those who develop an excellent ability to imagine are able to do 100s if not 1000s […]
Continue readingHow to Run a Business on Your Terms
Wouldn’t it be schmick to do business on YOUR terms for a change? By that I mean, the client: Reaches out to youTells you how much they love your workChanges their schedule to talk with youListens with interest and attentionHopes that you’ll agree to work with themLets you choose tactics and strategiesDoesn’t haggle over priceSays […]
Continue readingHow to Double Your Income by Learning a Simple Story
If you learn this one story by heart, you can probably double your income (at least)… Which story is it? Your own story about how you methodically transformed yourself into an outstanding expert in your field. Why? Many entrepreneurs do already understand that a “story” is important for marketing. Some commonly known reasons are: 1) […]
Continue readingHow to Close Sales with Ultra-Wealthy Business Owners
Here’s exactly how we close sales with ultra-wealthy business owners: The first thing you need to know is **why** they’re ultra-wealthy. Generally, it’s because they’re ultra-intelligent, and ultra-rational. And people who are ultra-intelligent and ultra-rational, usually only bother to work with their intellectual equals or superiors. Why wouldn’t they? After all, they already have an […]
Continue readingHow to Bounce Back After a Catastrophic Business Failure
How to bounce back after a catastrophic business failure: I guess I’m lucky that I haven’t had an entire business collapsed around me (touch wood). But it has happened to my friends. And some of them have bounced back, bigly. They had a stellar plan, investors, work ethic, a great team, everything. But, do you […]
Continue readingHow to Really Get Results in Business
Have you started a business with an idea, team, investors and prototyping? Did it end up being mostly talking and testing, instead of real-world results you actually care about? I talk to many business owners with the same story: 1. They got an idea2. They got some funding3. They got a team together4. They started […]
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