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Lessons Learned in Pigeon Forge

Shopping … I will tell you about a couple of things that I noticed a few years ago when I spent a couple of solid days going through gift shops in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. I think they might help you see yourself in the marketing world. I’m […]


The Core Elements of Building a Seven Figure Business

The best way that I know to have impact is to focus on key actions that directly impact the core elements of a process. There’s no word in the English language for what I want to express so I’ve made one up. Let’s call that impact the “coreaction factor” and […]


Lasting Art

The creation of art is hard, but I’m one hundred percent sure I can accomplish it from time to time.   I’ve completely re-booted my career countless times creating art in various forms.   As a child I started singing. (because that’s what you did in my family.) At 16, […]


“Things I Never Told My Children” 3

I’m sure I demonstrated my “real” values to my kids as they were growing up — good and bad. That’s easy.  We live, they watch and the truth comes out. What I didn’t do was actually tell them what I thought and believed to be true. The truth was, I […]


The Impact Event – Denver 2016

It took 2 months to book and over a month just to get the contract signed after we agreed on the terms, but the hotel contract for The Impact Event Denver 2016 is now signed, sealed and delivered! The Denver Impact Event will be April 29th, 30th and May 1st.  PLUS! […]


Take the EVERGREEN 24 hour impact challenge.

It’s time to measure your impact! The reason most people don’t think that they make a difference is because they don’t measure it, so today I’m going to challenge you to do something for the next 24 hours. Get a simple piece of paper. Draw a vertical line down the […]


Expectations

Expectations can cause some of the biggest disappointments in your life. It doesn’t matter what you are expecting, actuality is unlikely to match expectations.


Why Impact is Like Dandruff 1

Scientists estimate that the human body is made up of around 10 trillion cells in total. Your skin makes up about 16 percent of your body weight, which means you have roughly 1.6 trillion skin cells [source: BBC]. Of course, this estimate can vary tremendously according to a person’s size. […]


Audience Bias: How to Assess Feedback

Interesting insights today on “Audience Perspective and Feedback”. After recently completing principal filming for the Impact Manifesto Short Film, I quickly did a rough edit and sent a preview to 6 close and respected friends, marketing experts and thought leaders for feedback. The responses were detailed and specific and very […]