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Everyone is talking about the greatest PREDICTOR of success is how much “grit” or resilience someone has. How willing are they to slog...

It’s so important to build transparency in the life of the entrepreneur, leader, and difference maker. Too often we don’t hold space for our most important relationships, the ones with our spouses, life partner, and families. We need to save space for them, and us, to share our dreams, our challenges, our hopes.

These days, it seems to be all the rage to tell people to “never buy a house.” Folks like Grant Cardone and James Altucher argue that buying a home eats up too much capital and never allows for a good return on investment. Well, to put this bluntly: They’re wrong, and I have the facts to prove it.

How are you doing on your goals for the year? Your New Year’s Resolutions? Do you even remember what they were? So many times we’re hard on ourselves for the early misses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N3wz3VnnT0 Best-selling author, world renowned customer service expert, founder of the DiJulius Group,...

Over the years, Paper Napkin Wisdom guests have described ways for entrepreneurs to structure their business and life in a way that gears them for success. While some topics have been complex, today’s podcast gets us back to the basic.

As entrepreneurs, it’s often tough to take time to smell the flowers. Learning how to juggle endless to-do lists, a budding business and loved ones can be difficult for even the most seasoned entrepreneur. However, in this week’s podcast, Trackmaven’s CEO Allen Gannett explains why he is making it a point to take time to be appreciative.

Every big endeavor requires a step-by-step process of achievement. Innovative ideas are the big picture, each step turns that idea into...

On this episode of Paper Napkin Wisdom, entrepreneur and author Damion Lupo makes his case for the gift of errors, “Mistakes are the universe gifting us wisdom, wrapped up inside the struggles in life.

Small business marketing expert and entrepreneur Jim Palmer’s fifth book is entitled, “Stop waiting for it to get easier, create your dream business now!” The sentence explains itself. “There is no perfect time,” Jim says as he recounts his own experience: broke and heavily in debt, on unemployment for 15 months, suffering from a serious health issue.

Best-selling author, world renowned customer service expert, founder of the DiJulius Group, business success – John DiJulius III has tapped into something special. On this podcast, John discusses applying his methodology beyond business, and why his life purpose is to “live an extraordinary life, so that others will.”

Many entrepreneurs, both budding and seasoned, can sometimes find themselves in a standstill due to lack of action. But how can entrepreneurs make “action” their default? If you’ve been following our show, you’ll know that a motto of mine is “make it bad, then make it better.” Today’s podcast guest, John Henry explains why the motto “default to action” has become one of his guiding principles.

So many people who talk about living an abundant lifestyle. It’s a big subject, particularly when you’re not feeling abundant. When you are at the top of the cycle, having big wins, everything fills our buckets. But at the bottom of the cycle, where there are no wins and things don’t happen, we don’t feel abundant.

“Great leaders set high expectations for their teams, but even higher expectations for themselves,” says Mandy Burage, Director of...

Bottom line … when we are under pressure and stress (or distress) out pulse quickens. We need to distribute vital energy to various parts of our bodies quicker in these situations.

So many times our teams look to us to articulate clearly the future vision of the company or the project. It’s up to us to detail it for...

With recent public events on my mind, I've been paying a little more attention (and asking questions) of my female teammates, colleagues, and other entrepreneurs, leaders and difference-makers and have been stunned to hear their stories of having to "work harder" to be heard than their male colleagues.

The world loves leaders. We write books and television shows about them and promote leadership as one of the defining qualities of a successful person. However, today's guest Bill Treasurer, has a somewhat unorthodox take on what great leadership should really look like.

Ever wonder how there are some small teams that just get it done time and time again? They are tight and nothing comes through the cracks in their communication, organization, service, or delivery? How do they do it?

As leaders we discuss holding space for our team. We all recognize that we need to give them time and space to succeed, for their...