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How Are You Spending Your Dash?
2007-05-05 01:46:00
How Are You Spending Your Dash ?Copyright © Scott BradleySo there I was the other day. I sat down at my computer and opened up my e-mail. As I was going through some of the daily things I get in my inbox I came across an e-mail that was intriguing. The e-mail instructed me to go to this website to watch a movie. The movie was titled, ?The Dash Movie." Upon clicking the link to the movie I was thinking, ?What the hell is my dash, and what does it mean to me"As I was watching ?The Dash Movie" it was not what I expected. In the beginning of the film when they were referring to ?dash"?they were talking about the "little line" in-between the dates on your tombstone. As I was watching this movie, the reality that we all only get one "dash" in life, but have so many ways to live it was resonating with me. This realization of time, and how precious it truly is to each one of us, never really occurred to me until I saw this movie. What this movie reiterated to me was how we all have the choic...

Mentors...You Can't Succeed Without Them!
2007-05-02 14:40:00
Mentors...You Can't Succeed Without Them !Copyright © Scott BradleyHaving a mentor is essential to your success.The reason for this is because a mentor who has done what you want to do, and has the lifestyle that you want to have, has been right where you are before.Mentors have learned, what works, what doesn't work, and knows the fastest and most efficient path to where they are today...They have made the mistakes...and learned what not to do...Since you want to be where they are, learning from them is like reading 1000 books on the same topic. The reason mentors are important to have in your life is because they have the experience to guide you to your destination. They are a person to fall back on...to pick you up when you are down or are there to support you when faced with some type of adversity working to achieve your goal. I have many mentors of my own in all different industries. They have helped me so much in showing me what books to read, how to do certain things that mo...
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The Greatest Things In Life Aren't Things...
2007-04-28 21:10:00
The Greatest Thing s In Life Aren't Things...Copyright © Scott Bradley"The greatest things in life aren't things, they are the relationships you have with each other, because in the end, those relationships are the only things that we take with us on into the future."In the book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People," Stephen Covey states that one of the 7 habits is to "Begin with the End in mind". When you think about it, when we are on our death bed, the only "things" we will want around us...are those people who we build know, like and trust relationships with.We are not going to care how much money is in the bank, or how many trophies are in our shadow box, or how many signed jerseys or cards that we have in our collection, or how many awards we won, or how many homes, cars or toys we have...because in the end it does not matter...you won't be able to take those things with you.The only thing we are going to care about is how many people will be able to come and say goodbye to...
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How To Use Social Networking Sites Effectively
2007-04-25 17:07:00
How To Use Social Networking Sites Effect ivelyCopyright © Scott BradleyWith the creation of Facebook and Myspace, it has completely revolutionized the online world. Everywhere you see web 2.0 companies are springing up everywhere.With these new companies, it has provided a place where you virtually have the entire network at your fingertips. Marketers abroad are starting to use these social networking sites to help grow their business, and build their network of like minded people.Unfortunately, even though these sites are very powerful places of influence, it is a shame that we all have to battle SPAM. I have to say that I get about 2-3 spam messages a week having someone pitching a product or trying to get me into their network marketing deal. I am sure we have all been there and done that.With that being said, that is not what this post is about. What I want to reflect on today is..."How can you leverage sites like these to truly build your network one quality person at a time?"F...
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Essential Keys to Networking Effectively
2007-04-25 16:24:00
Essential Keys To Networking Effect ivelyCopyright © Scott BradleyOne thing to keep in mind as you build your network, and build those trusting relationships with people that may be a friend for life, or a business partner down the road, is to know and realize that..."People LOVE to talk about themselves."Have you ever gone to a career fair, or party and started a conversation with someone and only really focused on you and what YOU were about? How did the other person react? Were they receptive to listening to what you had to say? Did the conversation last a long time or short period of time? Think about it. Think about the last time you had a conversation with someone you didn't initially know. How did it go? Did you get their contact information wanting to contact them again, to build the relationship further, or did it just fizzle out?You see...if you are one of those people who loves to ONLY talk about themselves when meeting new people, from my own personal experience, and lea...
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There are 2 Games In Life
2007-04-25 15:49:00
The other day I was thinking...as I always do...about life.I was thinking how can I boil life down to what it really is.I know it sounds really philosophical...but after thinking about it I have boiled life down to two things.1. The first game you play in life is the "Money Game"2. The second game you play in life is the "Relationship Game"Let me explain...In this lifetime we have to figure out a way for us to not have to rely on someone else to help us continue to live. We as human individuals need to figure out a way to support ourselves on our own by having some sort of revenue coming in month after month. Due to the undeniable fact that we all can't work forever, we need to try and figure out how we can win this "Money Game." Winning the game is simple, but not easy. Figure out a way you can make more money work for you to help you produce enough income on a monthly basis to support your lifestyleI know, I know...sounds simple right? As we go through life we think that people w...
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Do You Think Different?
2007-04-25 05:34:00
Yesterday as Ben Casnocha came to speak to the Boston College Entrepreneur Society, he opened up his presentation with this poem. It really touched me and really set the tone for his presentation. Sure enough today I had the time to take a look at this ad.As I was watching it, it sent chills down my back, because it hit me that the only way to continually grow in society we must continually strive to think outside of the box. Enjoy!Scott Bradley
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Failure Is Part Of The Success Equation
2007-04-24 13:59:00
Failure Is Part Of The Success EquationCopyright © Scott BradleyI was sitting there thinking the other day about how the majority of successful people have more often than not failed the most. One may think that only those that are successful never have failed...the problem with that thinking is that it is not true.From my research, those who have achieved the success most people seek, are those who have learned that Failure is truly part of the Success Equation. I also believe there are other things that are part of the success equation...The other things I personally believe are...FailureAdversityCommitmentDetermina tionHard WorkNetworkResourcesVisionPassionEnthusia smOut of all of those factors, the two factors on the list that most people wouldn't even think about being there are Failure and Adversity.As my law professor has said, "Adversity is what introduces us to ourselves."It is only after you have failed, and struggled through a time in your life that you truly get to know w...
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