Mindset and Motivation Archives – Page 7 of 17

30 Nov 2012

“Learning” the Fiddle (How Hard Can It Be?)

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:34:08-06:00November 30th, 2012|Categories: Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

What are you doing to learn something new?

Your future success and even mental health likely depends on it. (I'll come back to this.)

Bob Burg asked me to share about my background as a musician and so I wrapped it up in a blog post with some other things.

Fiddling Around

A little more than 8 years ago I took up playing the fiddle. I was just shy of 40 when I did it and had been running our business for about 4 years at the time (and apparently didn't have enough to do).

I had been enjoying some Maritime music groups and they […]

19 Nov 2012

Big Dreams Are Accomplished By Great Teams

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:34:21-06:00November 19th, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

I have to warn you up front, I was watching Larry Winget videos on YouTube prior to writing this post. Here goes.

I recently read a tweet that said something like:

"If you are working for someone you are fulfilling their dreams and not yours."

This is the classic I made it doing X, if you do X just like me you will succeed too expert advice that is being oversold.

What a load of crap. If you are working for someone and are not accomplishing any of your goals or moving forward towards them in some way "it your own damn […]

5 Nov 2012

The 3 Sacred Rules of Leadership Trust (If they are so Easy…)

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:34:38-06:00November 5th, 2012|Categories: Doug's Blog, Leadership, Mindset and Motivation|

You can't build a great business unless you can get everyone behind the mission, sharing the core values and building a strong culture.

Part and parcel of that is strong leadership. There is no one leadership style that guarantees success or failure but there are some basic rules of leadership that guarantee a lack of trust and inspiration if broken.

Basic Leadership

Praise in public, criticize in private.

Praise should be in the order of 10x the amount of criticism. Praise has to be genuine and assumes that you and your team are competent.

If you have a clear mission, clear core values and a […]

1 Nov 2012

A Dog and Pony – Re-framing Abundance and Receptivity

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:34:48-06:00November 1st, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

I was thinking about manifestation, receptivity and abundance a lot the other day; especially from a personal and business success perspective.

Part of it was my own learning and observation, part of it was triggered by comments during our Wednesday coaching call… but it was my own dog who really put it all together for me.

A Dog and Pony

Our dog Kaylee was visiting a friend's house. They happen to have kids. Kids tend to leave lots of toys laying around.

She entered the house not knowing what to expect. She had never been there before.

As she ran around exploring and checking […]

30 Oct 2012

Expending Energy in all the Right Places

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:34:54-06:00October 30th, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Recently, I have been revisiting where my time is actually going. Everyone should do this periodically.

It is especially important for entrepreneurs, business owners and self-employed people.

Reflecting

I did a detailed review of where I actually spent my time over the last 12 months with additional focus on where it was trending.

Not surprising that the trend was drifting from where I wanted to be.

Common wisdom is that you should do the work that adds the most value to the organization.

This time around I also considered what I should be doing at a deeper level.

What work gives me energy? What drains it?

I took […]

17 Sep 2012

Finding a Business Coach (or Consultant)

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-04T15:43:12-06:00September 17th, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Go-Giver Coach, Mindset and Motivation|

For many of our early years in business I have to admit I did not really believe in hiring a business coach or consultant.

I think it was a mix of:

Seeing it as an expense and not an investment,
Not really trusting others as much as myself,
The belief that I could figure things out myself (eventually).

When we finally did break down and enthusiastically hire a marketing and sales coach (consultant) we had a pretty iffy experience. Sure the guy was pretty decent in his field.

The problem was he was more concerned about maximizing the revenue from us and not […]

15 Aug 2012

Finding “Your One True Purpose” (For Now)

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:35:59-06:00August 15th, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Go-Giver Coach, Mindset and Motivation|

Marry talent and passion and you have found your life calling.

Do what you love and nothing can stop you. Eternal happiness will be yours.

This is what some believe. What some have told me.

Your one true purpose.

Passions Evolve

I don't know about you, but my passion for things changes over time.

Sometimes I am really passionate about something at the outset but lose interest over time. Other times I have had lukewarm enthusiasm for something at the start and passion has built over time.

Passion is also a choice that is influenced by others in your life. Were you ever part of a band […]

3 Aug 2012

Doug Wagner: Certified Go-Giver Coach

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-04T15:46:21-06:00August 3rd, 2012|Categories: Doug's Blog, Go-Giver Coach, Manifast, Mindset and Motivation|

(I’ve been bursting at the seams to announce this.)

I first met Bob Burg on Twitter. Then I read his blog posts. Then I read his book “The Go-Giver“.

“The Go-Giver” essentially nailed how I thought business (and business relationships) should work. Up until that point I wanted things to be like that but was not seeing “the real world” behave like that.

I signed up for the Go-Giver Retreat 2012 (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) and went in April. Everyone I met there was super wonderful; including the […]

11 Jun 2012

Fascination, Value and Relationships – Day 2 of the Go-Giver Retreat

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-04T15:23:36-06:00June 11th, 2012|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Marketing, Mindset and Motivation, Sales|

The Fascination Advantage

One of the speakers I really, really wanted to hear was Sally Hogshead. However, due to the events mentioned in my last post I unfortunately only caught the last 15 minutes of her presentation. I can say that her message about how to fascinate using the 49 personality archetypes is powerful.

Mine is the Veiled Strength (Mystique and Power) which is only loosely related to being a Ninja.

Despite missing most of the talk I look forward to further understanding her work and figuring out how to use my triggers to fascinate.

The Law of Value

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7 Jun 2012

Power of Gratitude For Healing

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:38:05-06:00June 7th, 2012|Categories: Current Events, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Note: This post will deviate a bit from the normal business and personal development focus. I make no apologies. I write for myself just as much as I do for my readers, and I needed to write this even though it was hard, really hard.

The Hidden Event At The Go Giver Retreat

As I mentioned in my prior posts I went to The Go Giver Retreat in West Palm Beach in April 2012. The first day of the event was fanstastic. The speakers were awesome, I had the opportunity to connect with speakers and participants, and things were great.

I went for […]