Category: Mindset

Inside the mind of Phil M Jones

7 Ways to Drive Your Business into the Ground

The way I see it, underachievement is either the result of a lack of skill or a simple oversight of the fundamental basics. As such, I don’t want to take you back to basics with this article so much as …

Be the Hero of Your Own Story

So. You have to write a bio… about yourself. Whether or not you like to write, saddling up to become an omniscient third person and pointedly talk about the things you’ve done in your life is no easy task. You …

12 Ways to Be at the Top of Your Game

After working with and interviewing hundreds of highly successful people, I’ve noticed a surprising number of behaviors and characteristics that are consistently true among all of these individuals. Being a superstar and reaching the height of your potential is within …

19 Essentials to Jet-Set Like a Boss

Living out of hotels and traveling over 300 thousand miles a year was never part of my plan, but it’s opened up my eyes to a whole new world and allowed me to see luxury in so many different ways. …

Presenting Like a Pro

Brilliant communicators and presenters aren’t born talented. They’re usually trained and have spent hours watching good speakers and presenters, carefully picking up on what they consider to be successful techniques and what appealed to them the most. If you learn …

9 Ways to Do Business Like a Grown-Up

At age 12, you might have been able to get away with a lot of silly mistakes, but the world of business is cutthroat and highly competitive. Excuses and denial tend not to be valuable currencies, which is part of …

Friends in High Places

We all are looking to grow our business in some way, and acquiring new customers is high on our list of priorities. Finding new, qualified prospects is one of the most difficult parts of the sales process. Fortunately, there are …

How to Survive Networking Events

When we’re looking for new business, we often find ourselves in the mysterious world of business networking. Unfortunately, for most of us, attending open networking events is a less-than-enjoyable experience. We all know that to find new customers we must …

Raising the Bar

Every one of us is missing sales and business growth opportunities every single day. Whether from face-to-face appointments, telephone conversations or marketing messages, we are bypassing huge potential for enhancing our sales success. I can imagine that right now, a …

Ugly Books Stay on the Shelf

Unfortunately, in life and in business, first impressions count. People may say we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we also know that ugly books stay on the shelf. As we compete, we tend to be shallow and …