Archive for June, 2009
What has Gratitude got to do with Getting Rich?
Let us say two of your friends are moving house. Like a good friend that you are, you decide to help them with the moving. It is back-breaking work, one friend (Jack) is moving on Monday, and the other (Alex) on Tuesday.
After the move, Jack goes quiet for a couple of months. On the other [...]
How Riches Come to You
Do you give more than you take? It is possible to have fair business transactions and yet give more than you take. The more seeds you plant the more your granaries fill up. We live in an amazing universe with an unlimited supply of riches in store for those who learn how to tap into [...]
Rest in Peace Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson reportedly collapsed at a home he was renting in west Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a 911 call at 12:21 pm local (Pacific) time and arrived at 12:30 pm. Jackson was reportedly not breathing and CPR was quickly performed. He fell into a coma and died shortly after being [...]
Why Prosperity Gospel Turns me On
That which makes a seed grow also makes you rich. There is no higher power conspiring against you to keep you poor. It is God’s desire that you be rich. And nobody tells this story line better than prosperity preachers. They are inspiring and turn congregations into believers.
Prosperity gospel proponents stress the importance of thoughts [...]
The Power of Thoughts and Wealth Creation
We live in a thinking universe. Thoughts are the only way to produce wealth from the formless substance that exists in the universe. Everything you see around you is a thought. The formless stuff becomes physical upon thoughts. You become what you think about.
Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought [...]
How to Tune Your Mind to become Rich
Money is the exchange of value. The more value you give, the more money you get. Does anyone have a monopoly on value creation and distribution? I don’t think so. Is there an opportunity for you to provide value to others today? Is there an opportunity for you to get rich through providing exceptional value [...]
What makes People Rich?
It is easy to assume that a rich person got rich because of their upbringing, opportunities, education, capital or talents. But the truth is that there are people with similar opportunities, in the same location, in the same profession, with the same IQ – one ends up being rich and the other poor. What makes [...]
Your Right to Be Rich
I have been rich, and I have been poor. Believe me when I tell you, rich is better. Being rich allows you to have freedom and flexibility to do what your heart desires. Even though there are problems that come with being rich, if you are rich, you get to arrive to those problems in [...]
Personal Branding for Rich Men
Most of my theories on personal branding would not resonate well with people in the little village I come from in Kenya. Bob Marley said “a hungry man is an angry man”. I say a hungry man has little time for personal branding. Personal branding seems to work better for rich men, and for good [...]
Personal Branding Outside your Comfort zone
Real growth is only experienced when you step out of your comfort zone. Going out of your comfort zone does not guarantee success by itself. However, staying put at your comfort zone only guarantees getting similar results, not more. Today’s blog post is dedicated to people who have recently or are planning to step out [...]
7 Habits of Highly Effective Personal Brands
We all have personal brands by default. However, to get an effective personal brand, one that gets results, we need to do more. Today’s post looks at 7 habits that will propel your brand to effectiveness.
How to Ruin Your Personal Brand
Personal branding is not easy for the vast majority of people. However, over the years I have noticed that some people end up ruining perfect personal brands. If you really, really need to ruin your personal brand, you will be pleased with today’s blog post.
10 Steps to Personal Branding Success
Today’s blog post walks you through 10 simple steps that guarantee personal branding success. Excellence in personal branding takes time. The following steps will save you time and agony in your branding efforts.
Personal Branding Salad Bar
In today’s post, you will be able to fill your personal branding plate from a salad bar. Please feel free to take as many ideas and tips as possible. Working on your personal brand helps create brand equity that can help you foster relationships, advance your career and put cold hard cash in your bank [...]
Bouncing Back From Adversity
You may spend years building your personal brand but see it evaporate overnight. What do you do in the morning? Do you pick up the pieces and start again or do you run for the mountains?
What does all Talk and No Action make You?
We all know “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. But what does “all talk and no action” make you? What impact does talking without follow-through have on your personal brand? What impact does making false promises have on your reputation? Today’s post is dedicated to those amongst us that are action [...]
10 Ways to Stamp Authority in your Career
Today we take personal branding to your career doorstep. One of the most powerful ways of propelling your career to the stratosphere is through positioning yourself as an authority. You can eliminate doubts about your abilities, marshal people around your ideas through smart professional and personal branding. Here is how…
The Value of Consistency
“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It is not what we do once in a while that shape our lives, but what we do consistently” – Athony Robbins.
10% of Your Actions Define 90% of Personal Brand
Transform your personal brand by identifying the key 10% of your actions and habits that shape people’s perception of you. Obsess about that 10%. Make positive changes. Laser target your efforts.
13 Personal Branding Mistakes
There is a right way for building a personal brand, and there is a wrong way. Watch out for the following traps on the wrong road to personal branding. Today we look at how to avoid the common mistakes in personal branding efforts.
How to Get Results Using Your Personal Brand
Why go through the trouble of personal branding? Why spend time, money and energy building your profile and personal brand? It is because a good personal brand gets results. It makes people take action. It opens doors that would otherwise be closed. Astute marketers use a model called AIDA to get results; and so can [...]
