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Ty Bennett

Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur

73 Lessons on Leadership/Success

If you are not familiar with Robin Sharma, I would suggest checking out his work. He is the bestselling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrarri and The Leader Who Had No Title. He put together 73 lessons of leadership and success that I wanted to share because their is some tremendous insight here. [...]

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Power of Positive Thinking

I wanted to share this quick story about the power of positive thinking. I hope it makes you stop and think the way it made me.
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would [...]

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Six Ways To Make People Like You

When it comes to books about networking, building relationships or dealing with people, the undisputed classic is How To Win Friends and Influence People. Dale Carnegie wrote the book in 1936 and it has been read by millions of people since.
One of the great realizations in the book is that although some people are more [...]

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John Wooden “Woodenisms”

Last Friday, legendary UCLA Basketball coach and leader, John Wooden passed away at the age of 99. John was known for his famous sayings and I wanted to share some of the great “Woodenisms” with you.
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
“Talent is God-Given. Be Humble. Fame is man-given. Be [...]

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Today Is The Day – A Lesson in Persistence

This is one of the greatest stories of persistence! I promise you the story of Mel Fisher will inspire you!

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Stop and Hear The Music

I wanted to share an article that my friend Mike Robbins (www.mike-robbins.com) shared in his weekly newsletter.
Below is a poignant, true story. While this event took place a few years ago (2007) and you may have read it already, it was the first time I’d been made aware of it and I wanted [...]

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If You Want To Succeed, Serve

The first time I met Dr. Stephen Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, was at an event that he hosted in his home. A mutual friend introduced us and told Stephen that I was writing a book. Stephen asked what the title was and I said, The Two [...]

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A Wish For Leaders

I sincerely wish you will have the experience of thinking up a new idea, planning it, organizing it, and following it to completion, and then having it be magnificently successful. I also hope you’ll go through the same process and have something “bomb-out.”
I wish you could know how it feels “to run” with all your [...]

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How to Recognize Like The Oscars

Last night my wife and I watched the last 30 minutes of the Academy Awards. It is always fun to see who wins the big awards: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Picture of The Year.
The thing that impressed me was the way that they recognized the nominees for Best Actor and Actress.
Each [...]

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A Networking Observation

Yesterday I went to a networking event for lunch. There were about 80 people there and we were assigned to tables with 8 at each table. The conversation was good, but superficial throughout the lunch. The typical question was directed at the name of the company on the name tag. “Tell me about XYZ company?” [...]

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