12 Great Quotes to Help You Think Like an Entrepreneur

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1. George Burns

“Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.”

2. Charles Simic

“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.” [click to continue…]

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23 Extraordinary Questions to Ask Your Mentor

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Here is a simple, but extraordinary, list of questions to use when talking with your mentor. These are thinking questions. In other words, these questions will help you get inside the mind of your mentor.

And … stick around, the best part is yet to come.

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A Shift in Thinking

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

A shift in thinking. It’s the ability to think outside of preconceived notions. To consider a different point of view. To step aside from habitual thoughts. To believe we create with our thoughts and with our intentions. It’s not something that is typically taught in school where we learn rote behavior and memorization. Where we’re [...]

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On Being Elegant

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry We are elegant when we are: Dignified in our behavior. Succinct in our communication. Fair in our description of others. Simple in our problem solving. Graceful in [...]

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How to Ask Amazing Questions

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

“It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.” – Patrick Rothfuss One of my favorite coaches taught me to approach [...]

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You Can Be Anything You Want

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

I cut my teeth on real estate investing with single family properties. I flipped, renovated, bought, held and sold duplexes and single family homes. As an investor – not as a real estate agent. One day we decided to meet with the owner of a small boutique brokerage house. The firm specialized in small to [...]

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Investing In Apartment Buildings: Renovation Tips and Photos

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

Forcing Appreciation On Multifamily Properties With a Value Added Strategy Some Before and After Pictures of Apartment Building Renovations I like to buy apartment buildings in need of improvements, but usually not in need of major renovations. Poor management and distracted property owners often lead to deferred maintenance…simple fixes that can dramatically force appreciation by [...]

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Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Remember that song?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

In the event you haven’t already noticed, I’m kind of on a summer schedule here. Unbelievably, this is my 250th post … in just over 16 months. While I take my little hiatus feel free to look around and see what you might have missed. Some of my favorite posts are over on the sidebar [...]

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Can You Spot the Millionaire Maker Tips In This Post? There’s a Prize for You!

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

Earlier this week I wrote a post titled So. You Want to Be a Millionaire. Get the Right Coach. In my post I mentioned there was a multi-million dollar tip for you. In fact, there were over a dozen tips. Millionaire Maker Contest: If you can spot at least 8 millionaire maker tips in my [...]

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So. You Want to Be a Millionaire. Get the Right Coach.

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

There’s a million dollar—no, a multi-million dollar—tip in this post. Actually there’s more than one. Get ready. I’m going to talk to you about your mindset. We’ve been having a little discussion around here lately about coaching. Specifically we’ve been talking about the kind of coaching people want. I’ve been speaking with a lot of [...]

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Update: Will You Help Us Name Our New Employee?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

Three weeks ago we added a new employee to our team. But he had no name. It’s a funny thing though. I kind of knew his name all along. My husband, Richard, took some convincing… now he’s fully on board! (And he played a key role in figuring out his last name.)

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Your Mind vs. Paint by Numbers

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

In a recent post, I asked the question “If you hired a coach today, what’s the number one thing you would work on?” I also conducted ‘live’ interviews, where I asked, “What are you looking for in a coach?” and, “Have you ever had a coach before?” Surprising Answers To my great surprise, very few [...]

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What Would You Be Doing Right Now if You Had a Coach?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

I had a very interesting conversation with one of my mastermind groups this morning. I asked them, “If you hired a coach today, what’s the number one thing you would work on?” I’ll share the results (and why I asked the question) in a later post, but first… how would you answer this question? ****** [...]

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What They Don’t Teach You In Business School

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

“But I’ve always done it this way!” Oh wait, that’s not what I meant. I’m confusing things that work (or may not work) with the fear of failing if I should try something new. “Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone.  Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.” ~Tim McMahon There is no such thing as a [...]

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Being Right Part II. Maybe I’ll Get it Right This Time, Haha

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

I wrote a post in March. It was called “Being Right”. Here it is, the entire post: “ ‘Sometimes it’s harder on a person to be right than it is to be wrong.’ *** What does this mean to you? And, can you be wrong about something right now?” That’s it. Guess what? It received [...]

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Will You Help Us Name Our New Employee?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

And now, for something totally different. With the increase in traffic to my blog, we decided to add another member to the team. Here kitty, kitty, kitty… Meet: We love him and we’re thrilled to have him join us, but… he doesn’t have a name.

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Change Your Routine: Change the Way You Think

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

I usually wake up in the morning thinking, “How can I think differently today?” Partly because that’s just what I do. And partly because I write a blog about how to think like an entrepreneur. And to me that means thinking about things that would never occur to the majority. I hate routine. Routine anything. [...]

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Got a Minute?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

How’s your day going? Seriously… I really want to know. How are you? What are you doing? What’s the one thing you’ll work on today that you’ll love doing? What’s that one thing you’re putting off? Right now, I’m writing this post, which is a hell of a lot of fun.

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Ask Yourself This: Am I Creating a Lighthouse… or a Ship?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

Last week I published a post called 12 Great Quotes to Help You Think Like an Entrepreneur. This was my very favorite quote: “Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.” — Charles Simic Wow.

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affiliate • marketing: Ready for a Great Story?

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

a.k.a. referral systems revenue sharing cross industry marketing joint venturing

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Finding Your Voice: My Story of Eleanor Beardsley

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

For those of you who listen to NPR (National Public Radio) the name Eleanor Beardsley will be a familiar one. You know it’s her on the radio almost immediately. She has a distinctive ‘style’ of delivery. For those of you who haven’t heard her radio reports, she speaks in a deep, growly, drawn-out-word voice… like, [...]

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Go Ahead: Irritate the Heck Out of Me

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Jung My husband loves attending seminars – of all kinds. Business seminars, personal growth weekends, networking events; over the years he’s introduced me to some life changing experiences. (Thanks Richard.) I remember in the early years of our marriage, [...]

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If You Can’t Say Something Nice…

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

What does transparently competitive behavior cost you? Here’s what I mean by this. A person is transparently competitive when they: Visit someone’s home to attend a network marketing event and they promote their own networking business to the participants. Visit another person’s business (brick and mortar, or online) and they promote their own product or [...]

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How to Avoid a W2 Job

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

Years ago my husband practically begged me to close my successful headhunting business. Successful in the sense that I was making money. But I just couldn’t stop bringing work home with me. I lived it. I breathed it. The ups. The downs. Sales can be like that. You live or die based on the decisions [...]

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Compassion vs. Knee Jerk Reactions

by Theresa Bradley-Banta

I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist in how I do business. That might be a total understatement. Say I have a meeting across town. I usually leave my office early just in case I run into traffic, or I get lost. Nine times out of ten I arrive early but I always [...]

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