90 Second Navigator Podcast

Making difficult endeavors sound easy in order to gain interest is a disservice to people. We see it in weight loss advertisements, “lose weight effortlessly.” If you’ve ever tried to lose weight it’s not effortless. It’s also not effortless to become successful in business. Simply identifying a passion and starting a business or career in that area is not enough. We have to think about how revenue will be generated and test the marketplace to be sure we have something viable. Blindly following your passion may not be enough to create success in business. Today’s discussion touches on what to focus on beyond just your passion to drive your success in business.…

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Bringing the wrong person into an organization can destroy morale and cripple a business. Hiring and training new people is a critical management role that requires thought, time and energy. Today’s discussion provides a blueprint for ensuring that you hire the right person and take the steps to ensure their success once they begin working.…

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There are tremendous advantages to a remote work arrangement but have you considered the risks?  There may be opportunity costs that you are not thinking about. If you are working remotely or considering it you need to hear this.…

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Everyone I know is busy. It’s as if being busy has become a badge of honor. The question we should be asking is, what are we busy doing? If we could become less busy through the act prioritizing tasks and letting some go, that would benefit our quality of life and allow us to put more focus on our most important tasks. Today we discuss exactly how to do it.…

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Most people I know have become more rigid in their opinions. We often see our viewpoints as the foundation of who we are as people. Once we inform others of our viewpoints, changing them can be viewed as a weakness. Having the flexibility to change your opinion is a wonderful attribute in politics, in business and in life. If we opened ourselves to new ideas and new developments and relinquished our need be right, we would progress much faster as a society.

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We all have a finite amount of time to spend with people outside of work. Those interactions can go a long way toward determining our overall happiness and success in life. The question is, are you spending time with the right people? Today’s show will pose some questions that will help you determine if the people you’re spending time with are adding or subtracting from your life experience.…

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On past shows we’ve discussed the importance of relationships on overall happiness. Today’s discussion focuses on a new study on men suggesting that there is something beyond the quality of relationships that represents the single biggest driver of lifetime happiness. …

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Few people become successful without the help of others. While being smart can help, academic intelligence without emotional intelligence rarely gets you there. Today’s discussion focuses on ways to raise your EQ so that you succeed in winning people over.
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Our reality is driven by our thoughts. If those thoughts are focused on what’s going wrong, our reality is unfolds through a lens of negativity. The solution is to utilize a simple method to retool your mind to focus on what’s going right. That is the basis of today’s discussion.…

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We take good health for granted until life throws us a curve ball and takes it away. Today discussion touches on how breaking 5 ribs can really put life into perspective.
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