Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 243 Do You Have the Courage to Do What it Takes to Be Successful? – Redux Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 243

Have you ever dieted, lost weight steadily for several months, only to hit that infamous plateau? It’s right at the point where you’re feeling so much better and on top of the world. You’ve figured it all out and then it hits. This can be compared to our business as we move full steam ahead with innovations, ideas, new clients and successes only to hit that hurdle which in turn changes our thinking and we become blocked. We begin to...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 242 Make Every Day Count Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 242

Twice a month, on Friday evening, I accompany my wife, Cantor Laurel Barr, on guitar while she leads worship services for the senior citizens at a local assisted living apartment complex. Here, we sing and pray with grandparents and great-grandparents, many with canes, walkers and wheelchairs, some tethered to oxygen tanks or nursing assistants, and bring joy and light into their lives for 45 precious minutes. With reverence and with humor, these few moments shared with these special seniors serve...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 241 Whose Business are You Reinventing? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 241

I believe it was Peter Drucker who said that the best way to predict the future is to create it. I believe that in order to create a strong future we must continually reinvent ourselves. Doing so is as close to a guarantee as possible not only to ensure our future survival but to actually enable us to thrive and impact others. Throughout my career I have gone through several reinventions both personally and with my business. Years ago, I...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 240 Are you a better version of you? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 240

Who have you surrounded yourself with that makes you a better version of you? In the past several years I’ve been fortunate to meet and associate with some amazing people. I would like to dedicate today’s newsletter to Jeff Walker, the inventor and the brains behind the product launch formula, which focuses on the step-by-step process to launching products. I’ve had the opportunities to meet Jeff several times and participate in several of his exhilarating events. He is a remarkable...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 239 Grab ’em by the … Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 239

How quickly does your content grab their attention or have you lost them in the first few moments? If you are still reading this, that’s a good sign. One of the questions I am often asked is how long should my content be? My answer is: “as pithy as possible and perhaps even a few moments shorter!” Life and technology have gotten exponentially faster and have accelerated their sophistication and our ability to retrieve information almost at the speed of...

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