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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 15 Pick One Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 15
This week’s reflection point: When talking with most of my clients, I’ve observed a key attribute that is both exciting yet alarming. They love to think big, be stimulated with new and innovative ideas, and even prepare to take action. However, they then get overwhelmed with what needs to get done or sidetracked by other new tasks and priorities. The sad part is that nothing gets done and the excitement is replaced with frustration. I call this The Entrepreneur Addiction....
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How Long Does it Take to Create Your Content?
Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 14 The Magic Wand Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 14
This week’s reflection point: One of my favorite questions I often ask clients and myself is: “If you had a magic wand to change one thing, what would it be?” The answer gets into the core issue or issues that one needs to review and change. Unfortunately, most do not ponder such question or take appropriate action once they figure it out. Sadly, there are no magic wands. The magic happens when we take the time to seriously reflect and...
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How To Strengthen Your Thought Leadership?
Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 13 Time to Reenergize Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 13
This week’s reflection point: Spring is here! I am looking outside my office window, admiring the beauty of nature and another seasonal rebirth. The sun is shining, the birds have returned looking for their food and there seems to be that buzz again in the air. It was only a couple of weeks ago, when another snowstorm found its path thorough our region leaving us with much of that white stuff followed by several grey days. I remember driving around...
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How to Get Noticed?
Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 12 Enslaved to What? Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 12
This week’s reflection point: Monday morning, my wife and I were on our way to Orlando to celebrate the holiday of Passover with our children and grandchildren. These last two nights, along with families and friends all over the world, the story of the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt was told in many languages, in dining rooms everywhere, just as it has for centuries. While we are celebrating our freedom from Egyptian bondage and servitude, we were commanded to do so...
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Attributes of Effective Content
Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 11 Capture Their Bragging Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue No. 11
This week’s reflection point: One of the most convincing and effective ways of influencing others to do business with you, is to demonstrate the great results of your work and credibility, through the use of client testimonials. If you were to tell your prospective clients how great you are, they may perceive it as fluff, boasting or lack of humility. Yet if your clients were to share how they have successfully benefited from your work, that’s substantiated proof. The best...
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