Failure and obstacles fuel our growth. The key is to embrace ourselves and the pain, failure and setback with compassion and a learning attitude

1. With Shane Gibson
Author &
Sales Training at BuildDirect

2. Unconsciously Unskilled
Consciously Unskilled
Consciously Skilled
Subconsciously
Skilled
Conscious of my
Subconscious
Skill

5. “There’s no such thing as business ethics…
either you’re ethical or you’re not”
- John Maxwell

6. It’s about the people for social brands

11. 1. Don’t forget where you came from
2. Find awesome mentors
3. Be yourself
4. Share as a discipline
5. Publish!
6. Be Social and be Sociable!

12. You are networking or you are not
pursuing your dream or building you
career.

14. 1. Be referable don’t gather contacts or pressure
for referrals
2. Be interested not interesting
3. You can’t have 200 best friends – prioritize
4. Add value with your network
5. Bank your equity (with the right people)
6. It’s a small town

15. 7. Map and seek out the “white hot center”
8. The more you give the more you get
9. Do your due diligence before you refer
10. Keep Promises, Follow-through
11. Be seen
12. Step it up every year – build your
community
13. It’s an asset and it takes time to build.
Invest.

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