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Tip 109 Mistakes Were Made, Now Recover

William F. Buckley Jr. passed away this week. I was lucky to know him and he taught me some important life lessons. When I was an undergrad at Yale, I ran for City Council of New Haven. I lost, but after the election, Buckley sent me a note and invited me to his home. We shared wine, talked politics and he even played the harpsichord. We discussed starting a foundation to support some of Yale’s student groups. At least, I thought we did. Brimming with pride, I went back to school and started pitching hard to alumni who would be interested in the foundation Buckley and I were starting. When one donor mentioned the foundation to Buckley, he said, “What foundation?” He didn’t remember our conversation the way I did. The whole setup fell apart. By not confirming with absolute clarity the ideas that Buckley and I had discussed, I had harmed my reputation among powerful people and the Yale community.

Here’s what I learned about how to recover from a serious personal or professional mistake...

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Virtual Seminar - Building Your Success One Relationship at a Time

When I first entered Harvard Business School, I asked myself, a working-class kid from a coal mining town in Pennsylvania, "How on earth did I get in here?" The answer was, of course, the power of relationships.

So it is with special gratitude that I am partnering with Harvard Business School Publishing to bring you a virtual seminar on "Building Your Success One Relationship at a Time" Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Eastern or 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Pacific. (If you can't make the date, an archived version of the presentation will be available on CD.)

If you are an executive who wants to be better connected, an individual who wants to turbocharge your success or a professional who wants to give the most in every relationship, click here to register or get more information.

Copy and paste the following into your browser window:

http://online.krm.com/iebms/coe/coe_p2_details.aspx?oc=10&cc=0011408&eventid=13694&dict=26

Agapi on Finding Your Voice

Bob Kasunic of www.beYOU.tv, a health fitness and wellness video community, let me know that Agapi Stassinopulos wrote an incredible post for him. Agapi is the author of Conversations with the Goddesses and Gods and Goddesses in Love and collaborated with her sister, Arianna Huffington, to complete her book, On Becoming Fearless. Bob and Agapi are both among my best friends. Agapi is like a sister to me. Here’s her post on finding your voice: http://blog.beyou.tv/2008/02/04/finding-your-voice/#more-94.

Tip 108 Beware of Snark-Infested Waters

Kaira Sturdivant Rouda is not just a good friend of mine, but someone I deeply respect as a brilliant marketer who walks everything that I believe in. During our recent conversation on real estate, personal branding and passions (http://www.keithferrazzi.com/podcasts/ferrazzisturdivant.mp3), we even discovered that we both had “Spazz” as a nickname. Here’s some advice from her new book Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs:

“Almost every day someone says something to me they would never say to a man. I was recently with a male attorney who was prepping me before testimony at a deposition. He told me, ‘You need to act more professional, like a real president.’ He was referring, he said, to the fact that I smile, don’t dress in traditional suits, and, ‘well, other things.’ I told him, ‘I am a real president and this is how I look. Period.’

Remember, you're on a personal mission. To get where you need to go, separate yourself from negative influencers. The more real you become, the more polarizing you'll find yourself to be. If you're making waves and pursuing your passions, people notice. Real people and snarks. Your job is to distinguish between the two, and keep the snarks from bringing you down.”

Check out her book and www.RealYouIncorporated.com for more valuable insights.

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Seth Godin's Meatball Sundae

If you missed my teleseminar with Meatball Sundae author Seth Godin last Thursday, you can download it now at: http://marketingmarshall.com/recommends/sethteleseminar5

Seth is one of the most intuitive and brilliant marketers I know. For years, I have watched him manage one of the most important brands in the marketing world – his own.

Mitch Meyerson, author of Mastering Online Marketing, and Andrea J Lee, author of Money, Meaning and Beyond, were also on the call.

Real You

Here I talk with friend and expert Kaira Sturdivant Rouda to get her valuable insights on personal branding and entrepreneurship: http://www.keithferrazzi.com/podcasts/ferrazzisturdivant.mp3. You can learn more about her book Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs at http://www.realyouincorporated.com/.

Tip 107 If You Are Single, You Are In Sales

We’re all in sales. Do you want a raise or a promotion?  You’re in sales. Do you have a new idea at work?  You’re in sales. Are you single? You are DEFINITELY in sales. Even though I was a CMO at Deloitte and then Starwood (where I also led sales for awhile), in fact I was really terrible at applying this "sales" wisdom in bars when I was single. But the rules are the same, whether you’re selling a house, the services of your start-up, or yourself...

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Ideas-to-Income Teleseminar Series

IDEAS-TO-INCOME TELESEMINAR SERIES BEGINNING FEB. 12TH: WHAT COULD ONE GREAT IDEA BE WORTH?

DATES: TUESDAYS, FEB. 12TH - APRIL 16TH, 2008

TIMES: 5 PM PACIFIC, 8 PM EASTERN

From February 12th to April 16th, my friends David and Mary Scarborough will be hosting 10 FREE, LIVE, 70-minute “ask” teleseminars with 10 respected and successful business and Internet marketing speakers, consultants, businesspeople, and authors (including me). Here’s your chance to ask questions and rub elbows with the best-of-the-best business and marketing thought leaders... and learn how they were able to transform their ideas into profits.

*** CHECK OUT THIS LINEUP!!!***

FEB. 12TH - TOPIC: LIST-BUILDING: THE HOLY GRAIL OF INTERNET MARKETING SPEAKER: TELLMAN KNUDSON, Founder of ListCrusade.com and Overcome Everything, Inc., and director of “The Jay Abraham Digital Product”

FEB. 19TH - TOPIC: MEMBERSHIP WEBSITES: THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING SPEAKER: BO BENNETT, Best-selling author of Year to Success and founder of IGroops.com.

FEB. 26TH - TOPIC: THE EVOLVING GUERILLA MARKETER SPEAKER: JAY CONRAD LEVINSON, Founder of the Guerrilla Marketing brand and author of the best-selling marketing book series in history.

MARCH 4TH - TOPIC: BUSINESS TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE KEYS TO REACHING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL SPEAKER: BRIAN TRACY, Founder of Brian Tracy International and Brian Tracy University, and author of numerous books including his latest bestseller, Flight Plan.

MARCH 11TH - TOPIC: PROVEN WAYS FOR GENERATING EXTRA INCOME ONLINE USING INFORMATION PRODUCTS SPEAKER: YANIK SILVER, Founder of SureFire Marketing, Inc. and author of Moonlighting on the Internet

MARCH 18TH - TOPIC: BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS PROFITABLY ONE REFERRAL AT A TIME SPEAKER: IVAN MISNER, Founder and CEO of Business Network International (BNI) and author of numerous books including best-seller, Master of Sales

MARCH 25TH - TOPIC: USING THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE AND BUSINESS SPEAKER: KEITH FERRAZZI, Founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight and author of national bestseller, Never Eat Alone

APRIL 1ST - TOPIC: BALANCING LIFE, LOVE, HEALTH AND SUCCESS SPEAKER: RIC THOMPSON, Co-founder of top-rated website, HealthyWealthynWise.com

APRIL 8TH - TOPIC: CREATING THE LIFE YOU DESIRE BY MASTERING ONLINE MARKETING SPEAKER: MITCH MEYERSON, President of Guerrilla Marketing Coaching Certification Program and author and co-author of numerous books including his latest, Mastering Online Marketing

APRIL 16TH - TOPIC: THE INS AND OUTS OF GOOGLE ADWORDS AND ADSENSE SPEAKER: PERRY MARSHALL, Founder of Perry Marshall Inc. and author of The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords

Simply click on or copy and paste the link below to reserve your spot on ALL 10 calls! http://www.Ideas-to-Income.com

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY PHONE LINES, SO SPACE IS LIMITED. Once the spots are reserved, that’s it. So please, only sign up if you’re serious about turning your ideas into income. Another thing - You'll have an opportunity to ask questions of all ten speakers before and during the teleseminars. So be thinking of yours and watch out for the emails because they'll contain call-in and scheduling information as well.

Regret-Free Life

Two of my favorite people – Dr. Mark Goulston and Karen Salmansohn – can be seen in the same video about how to live a regret-free life. It's a quick 8-minute video of Karen "at work" as a Sirius radio host on BE HAPPY DAMMIT as she talks to Mark, author of Get Out Of Your Own Way At Work.

You can see it here: http://www.lime.com/balance/self_improvement/video/17800/be_regret_free

Amazing Mind

I love Josh. Kid chess champion, worldwide martial arts champ, starter of a non-profit and one of the most amazing minds I've ever met, overshot by a heart and authenticity that makes you love the guy instantly. We all have so much to learn from this young man. Here he talks about chess, martial arts, and where it all merges philosophically:

http://www.onthemat.com/articles/Josh_Waitzkin_Interview_01_25_2008.html.

We just had a blast at Drr. Oz's- group of competitive guys playing hoops - I sucked.

Tip 106 How To Thank Your Valuable Employee

Your greatest asset is the people who work for you. While bonuses for a job well done are nice, so is showing your appreciation with a few words to let your employees know that you care about their successes. But don’t just say, “Hey, thanks”…

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