Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: If I were to ask you: “what do you do?” how would you answer the question? If you answer this quickly, effectively and with great confidence, you may wish to skip reading the rest of this post....
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This week’s reflection point: A prospective client I recently talked with acknowledge that she wanted to move forward but then changed her mind suggesting her priorities have change. Upon a quick review of my discussion notes with her, I noticed her top three objectives as stated by her: Increase her client base and the remarkable value they receive from her. Dramatically strengthen her thought leadership. Many opportunities have been lost and doing nothing is not an option. She needs a...
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I am at the Palace Hotel in New York City overlooking the magnificent architecture of mirrored buildings, cathedral spires and cement and stone edifices. Within the narrow streets, at least from my vantage point up high, the yellow cabs and cars wind out of the chaos into a stringy procession of order. With a careful eye I can see details; rooftop gardens, flags billowing in the wind and even dog walkers amidst the giant looming structures that seem to take...
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This week’s reflection point: This past Monday, my wife and I were traveling to Charleston from Orlando. We had a connection through Charlotte. The first leg of our journey began with a huge delay out of Orlando which was concerning since we knew we had only one hour between flights. As soon as we landed I checked my flight tracking which showed a one-hour delay for the second flight. Or so I thought. I had misread the flight info, and...
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This week’s reflection point: I just wrapped up enabling the technology to conduct a very successful live streaming event, In the Buyers Office, with Alan Weiss and Suzanne Bates. I’ve been a huge fan of this technology, while preaching its strategy for quite some time. Simply stated, this technology allows you to deliver live workshops and events over the Internet to as large an audience as you could attract. I’d also suggest that you record the event and make it...
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This week’s reflection point: Executive breakfast meetings are a fun and effective way to invite and network with you prospective clients, share your ideas, learn from them and grow your business. I just conducted and facilitated such an experience, inviting successful executives, entrepreneurs and business owners to attend. I was thrilled with the success of the event and the feedback we received from our attendees, and would encourage you to consider doing the same in your business. Here is what...
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This week’s reflection point: I just got off the phone with a wonderful client of mine after discussing their projects and future business needs. It is so great to work with outstanding clients in synergistic relationships where I am able to contribute to their success and they to mine. Pausing to think about one of my earlier clients, I remembered that it took months to actually acquire them as a client and after becoming a client the experience of working...
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This week’s reflection point: Greetings from 32,000 feet up in the air where I am returning from a couple of fabulous days meeting with my global growth circle – my mastermind group on steroids. It occurred to me that this is issue number 27, which represents the beginning of the second half of this year. This is a great time to reflect on the accomplishments of the previous six months and decide what actions need to be taken to make...
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This week’s reflection point: Tomorrow is July 4th, marking the independence of America. Many of us will celebrate and mark the day with barbecues, picnics, parades and fireworks. For me it takes on a special meaning beyond all the festivities. 35 years ago I arrived in this country not knowing the language, the culture or the people. I had always dreamed of being here in the US and was in awe of it all. In a few short months I...
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