CHANGE YOUR LIFE In 1 Hour! (Blog)

What Did We Learn From Steve Jobs?

2011-10-18T10:01:00.007-04:00

Steve Jobs, Founder & former CEO of Apple taught us many things while he was alive, as well as the impact of his tragic death and passing. Take note:

Steve taught us:

1. Men can die at a young age. Steve was 56. Today, the average age of death for a man, is 78.

2. You don't have to be a college graduate to be a Billionaire.

3. Money alone, cannot fix your health.

4. Follow your heart, when everyone else around you doesn't agree with you. Steve dropped out of college, with no plan in place, even though his parents had saved all their money and his blood mother made it mandatory he go to college. By NOT going to college, Steve learned more important things during that time period, which set up and established the company we know as Apple. Had he not dropped out, those events would not have led to Apple's great success.

5. Steve's 2005 Stanford commencement speech: "We cannot connect the dots of the future. We can only connect the dots of our past. Take a look at what's gotten you up to this point in your life. There are no accidents. Follow your heart, wherever it's leading you. It knows what its doing. Trust yourself."

6. Take risks even though you don't know the outcome. It's the fun of the risk that's life's recipe, not the final destination. The MAC was born out of an idea, which had never been done and which all his critics said would be a failure and a bad idea.

7. Apple's stock price was $5 a share just 3 years ago. Now it trades over $400 per share.

Steve Jobs was a Visionary, among other things. We do well to follow his basic tenets in life, that includes simple, human foundational traits, which we sometimes forget we own;

Follow your heart.

Take risks.

Be who you were born to be, by not following anyone else.

Ride life as hard as you can, till it's over.

Share who you are with the world, no matter what that looks like.

Steve is greatly missed and we will appreciate his contributions well into future generations. I'm sure he's working on his next project as we speak........

Posted by Kent Boxberger

www.MarketCorp.net

Kent Boxberger's Speaking & Training Style Effective

2011-09-30T14:12:00.003-04:00

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Worldwide Release of Kent's book, "CHANGE YOUR LIFE In 1 Hour"

2011-09-27T15:58:00.006-04:00

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About The Author

MY STORY

CHAPTER 1 - What To Do - When You Don’t Know What To Do

CHAPTER 2 - Set Your TOP 10 GOALS Today – With Quick Results!

CHAPTER 3 - 3 Tips to Get More MONEY – In Any Economy!

CHAPTER 4 - “3 Deadly Sins” in Personal Communications With Others

CHAPTER 5 - The Quality of a LEADER

CHAPTER 6 - DO YOUR JOB Like You Own The Company!

CHAPTER 7 - COMPANY POLITICS – 10 Tips to Handle It!

CHAPTER 8 - BUSINESS IN AMERICA and the World Economy

CHAPTER 9 - PERSONAL ADVISOR – Everyone Needs One

CHAPTER 10 - SPIRITUAL FORMULAS

CHAPTER 11 - KILLER QUOTES

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CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAMS - The #1 Mistake Companies Make

2010-05-18T09:55:00.008-04:00

By Kent Boxberger Most all Training Programs offered by companies today, make one huge major mistake, which affects the results desired and compromises the overall success, in doing the training in the first place. This is true whether you have an in-house training program already in place or have hired a 3rd party company with a ''CANNED" program to come in and facilitate the training. Also, it doesn't matter what subject you are training, whether it's Management Skills, Customer Service, Technology, Sales Training, Self Motivation, Customer Relations, Human Resources or anything else. This #1 Mistake is true of them all.

The #1 Mistake Company's make within their training programs is, "INFORMATION OVERLOAD". Too much information, given to recipients within too short a time period. Think about the last training program you attended or even perhaps taught, presented or prepared. I promise you, there is ALWAYS too much information to be covered. John F. Kennedy said, “Public Speaking is the art of diluting a 2 minute idea, with a 2 hour vocabulary.”

Our surveys indicate that people who go through training programs, retain less than 2% of what they learn, within 90 days (3 months)! The #1 reason, is that there is too much useless information given, that will never be used, remembered or retained. As a result, the training sessions are way too long in length and most participants get bored and uninterested very quickly. For some reason, training companies feel they have to inundate participants with tons of information, graphs, studies, quotes, stories, philosophies, videos, dvd's, booklets, posters and all kinds of things, in order to justify their fees.

In addition to information overload, the #2 mistake, is "Speaker In-effectiveness". This becomes particularly important when companies use their own people to present and teach information. In most cases, the people on the receiving end, get the shaft, because the people presenting are NOT professional presenters, speakers or teachers. Most of the time, they're doing it "because they have to", not because they "want to" and as a result it's the "blind leading the blind". Oh they make it through it, but why bother doing it at all? In some cases, it's more advantageous to use your own people to present the material, but not in most cases. Like the old saying, "If you're gonna take the time to do it, why not do it RIGHT the first time." Using your own, in-house people may save a few bucks, but it decreases the effectiveness of the training by as much as 90% and costs you more money down the road.

Hiring 3rd party training companies usually gets you better quality speakers and your company employees who attend, usually enjoy it more and retain much more information. However, you usually pay a hefty price in fees and more importantly, lose control of the content presented, due to it being "canned" - getting back to the issues surrounding the #1 Mistake, I talked about earlier.

So what's the solution? Well, let me put in a plug for my personal approach, after 20+ years of working in the training & consulting market. I've coined this training program approach and offer it through my company as, CUSTOM TRAINING PROGRAMS (CTP).

First of all, we believe that YOU know your business better than anyone. We're different than most training companies. We assist you in "custom building", implementing, facilitating and presenting a corporate training program. We take what you already have in place, even if it's minimal and build the programs from scratch. In most cases, we work in partnership with your current personnel to teach, train and manage the program, as you see fit. This enables you to be exact with the information, format and all the details you want implemented. You save time and money in the long run, by owning your own training program, which can be updated and expanded for future use.

Our #1 priority in building Custom Training Programs (CTP), is "Simplicity & Repetition". Simplicity and Repetition are the keys to a successful training program, over time. We take very key principles, statements, reminders and exercises and do them over & over & over & over & over again. Practicing simple things every day for weeks and making them a habit, brings results. It's not complicated, but it's focused around discipline and repetition - not complicated, impressive graphs, studies and psychologies etc. We believe in cutting down the training time to a minimum, so you actually LEARN something and retain it. Also, we believe that face-to-face training, is the most effective way of learning. Online, dvd's and time alone, while appearing convenient and cost effective, DO NOT even come close to "in-person" training methods. Personal Interaction, "looking someone in the eye", observation and intuition, cannot be replaced by anything else. That being said, there are short types of training that can be facilitated by way of the internet, but not many. Not as many as are touted today by the training and corporate markets.

Now that you know the #1 Mistake Corporate Training Companies make, why ever make the mistake again? Perhaps it's time to change the paradigm and "Simplify". It's not "Quantity, but Quality", that counts. Do we truly believe it? It's the way of a successful future.

Kent Boxberger
President & CEO
MarketCorp International, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
http://www.marketcorp.net/

Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter - Why Should You Be On These Social Networking Sites?

2010-03-30T12:06:00.002-04:00

By Kent Boxberger. Why should you be on Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter? I get this question from people every week. Here are a few upsides and downsides to consider for each of these social networking sites. The answer is - You don't have to be on any of them. However, if you know a little about each, they can be the most powerful tool there is, in connecting and communicating with people locally and worldwide.

Facebook estimates the number of users to date to be over 100 million. LinkedIn is over 50 million and Twitter 18 million. All three are growing very rapidly and Free to join. There are many other sites, but these 3 sites are the bread and butter of connecting with people. Facebook started out as primarily a personal networking site, comparable to MySpace. The average age of users is higher and has morphed into a huge business advertising site as well. LinkedIn was created primarily for business and professional connections to expand careers, job opportunities and all business related subjects. Twitter also combines personal and business interests, but with a shorter format for connecting via a short 140 character limit to sending and receiving messages.

Many people worry about their privacy on these sites, fearing that people may know too much information about them and especially being exposed on the worldwide net. However, each site allows you to set up filters, which are easy to regulate exactly what you want other people to see or access. You may only allow what you want to be seen and by whom, thus protecting your self about information you deem confidential.

Facebook is great for connecting with your friends present and past. You may keep up-to-date with people you've known for years. Perhaps, you haven't seen or heard from a classmate from your younger years. Perhaps you don't even know they're even alive? Then suddenly you find them on Facebook or they find you. It's also great for finding and communicating with distant or close family members. Pictures and videos can be shared as well. Your profile information can allow your friends to get to know more about who you are personally and professionally and you get to know them better, as well. Haven't talked to someone in 20 years? Find them on Facebook and reconnect!

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful business networking tools in the world. I tell everyone I know, to join LinkedIn whether you own your own business or work for a company or both. LinkedIn is so important that most companies today, first check to see if you're on LinkedIn before they hire you as an employee, hire you for a contract position or just want to check you as a reference for anything. It's one of the things they do first in any of these instances. The format allows you to post your resume, background, specialties, experience, education, groups, interests and more. I personally, have gained new business and clients from others finding me and my company, via LinkedIn. When I want to check a person or company out first before doing business or hiring someone to do work, I first go to LinkedIn to learn about them. When you think LinkedIn, think business.

Twitter is a quick way to share news with the world. It's a short format that has long range networking capabilties. You may share a one sentence announcement and literally thousands of people can see it. Connections build on connections very rapidly. The downside to Twitter, is that most people share lots of worthless information, which makes it somewhat annoying to keep up with. In other words, too many unimporant twitters. Most people don't care what you did 14 times during the day, such as getting stuck in traffic or waving to your neighbor. However, it is a great tool for connecting to many people in a short amount of time.

At the very least, I'd recommend getting on Facebook and LinkedIn. The world is rapidly growing in these two venues. The advantages are huge and the downside is practically non-existent. It's not only fun, but has money, business and career implications, which can be to your advantage in a number of ways. The old saying, "It's Who You Know" that's important, is powerfully driven home, by utilizing these simple social networking sites to your advantage. You can enhance your exposure to the world, with just a few clicks and at the same time, learn loads of information about others, as well. The power of "effectively networking and communicating" has never been stronger and easier to do, than it is today. Snooze and loose, is your choice. Have some fun with it. You'll be glad you did.

Kent Boxberger
President & CEO
MarketCorp International, Inc.
www.MarketCorp.net
Atlanta, Georgia USA