What is the value of the people you know? The One Degree Difference is in the people you know.  I recently came back from a conference called SANG, short for speakers and networking group.  And I have met several very, very successful people and what was really interesting to me is what I found is [...]

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  Implementing the One Degree Difference in Marketing! “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” — Michelangelo The One Degree Difference: In one critical moment you can change your life with change in [...]

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The One Degree Difference Here is a short 13 minute video that discusses the One Degree Difference and how to implement in your life. Learn how the one degree difference can change your life easily and effectively. Comments welcome. The One Degree Difference @ Yahoo! Video Ron Finklestein Small Business Coach Follow Me On Twitter  [...]

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What is the One Percent Difference? Einstein once said “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” What that suggests is that we must take input from others and look at the problem with a fresh set of eyes, with Zen eyes. Stated differently, we must look at the [...]

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I have been running advisory board for several years now and I have been asked why I offer a 100% return on your investment guarantee to the board members. The answer is simple: we get results. Let me share with you a case study. I had a company owner join The Entrepreneur’s Advisory Board because [...]

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What is Your Legacy?   I am often asked how to deal with the rapid rate of change, how to get more discipline and become more focused? If this is something you are interested in please read on but it is one of my more lengthy articles.   These questions seem to come from people [...]

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Goal or Promise? Which is more Powerful?   I was watching a video on iLearningGlobal.tv. Bill Bartmann, one of the lecturers on iLearningGlobal.tv. He was discussing the difference between a goal and a promise. He mentioned a study at Yale Medical School where 70% of the people who set goals do not meet them but [...]

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Why Are Certain People So Stupid?   When you write several books, produce several videos for Youtube, and write blog posts like I do, you get some less than positive feedback in emails, voice mails and comments on my videos. That should be expected. Some would say that is the price you pay for being [...]

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Ron’s 10 Rules for Business Success 1.   Get clear on what you want, make a decision to go for it, then take action. 2.   Stay focused on what you want. 3.   Surround yourself with people that will hold you accountable and tell you want you need to hear, not what you want to hear. 4.   [...]

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Are These Your Top 10? According to Grant Thornton, today’s business owners have the following needs.   Top 10 Business issues for Business Owners   Strengthening customer relationships   97% Finding Good People     89% Minimizing taxes     81% Growing the business     73% Keeping pace with technology    68% Managing cash flow     66% Current business climate    65% Creating & executing [...]

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It is all about Marketing, expecially to the Four Generations now Working Side by Side. I was watching Terri Murphy (www.ilearingglobal.biz/ronf) discuss the communications stlyes of the different age groups. According to Terri Murphy, there has been no other time in history where we have four generations working side by side. All required different communication style [...]

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I received this unsolicited email from someone who read my latest book called Nine Principles for Inspired Action: A New & Targeted Perspective. “I expected this book to be another business development book on increasing our centers of influence.  Seemed inexpensive and a quick read.  I was blown away!  You shock me into action.  This book [...]

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I am starting to get develop an identity crisis. My client’s have started calling me the Dr. Phil of business coaching because of the tough love and my no excuse approach to business coaching.    I recently published my fourth book called Nine Principles to Inspired Action: A New & Targeted Perspective. A gentleman from [...]

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Time is Running Out!   I went to funeral today for a dear friend who died suddenly. He was 42. He worked out regularly. He was not overweight. He was socially active. He was a successful businessman.    His heart stopped Sunday. The funeral was today (2 days later).    The funeral home was packed [...]

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I am from the stone-age. I think (thought) twitter was a waste of time. I would watch such things as I just woke up (who cares), I am eating dinner (then why are telling me, just eat), and a variety of other posts that just clutter up my day. One of my friends suggested I [...]

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