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Success Mindset

Shakespeare wrote that a rose by any other name would surely smell as sweet.  Is the same thing true of domain names?  What I share with you and teach here, is what I know and what I do.  I have recently had a shift in my thinking that will impact my process, and I want [...]

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One of my favorite things to watch on TV these days is a show called Pinks.  It is a racing show where teams “race for pinks” which means ownership of the car.  For the uninitiated, here is the description from the Speed Channel:
PINKS: LOSE THE RACE, LOSE YOUR RIDE!
Two hot cars. Two proud owners. And [...]

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In this episode of Start A Business With Startup Daddy, I talk about productivity, and two books that have put me on the path to getting more done each day: Getting Things Done, by David Allen and Zen to Done, by Leo Babauta.
In order to accomplish all I have to in a given day, and [...]

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I Have It Easy, And So Do You. Stop Complaining.

by Ian Gordon on February 22, 2009

So I am attending Podcamp Toronto this weekend.  It has been great to finally meet some other people who are interested in podcasting and social media, in person.  The learning sessions have been interesting for the most part, but it has been the interaction with other like-minded people, face to face, that I have enjoyed [...]

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Okay, I gave away the answer in the title, but I just couldn’t wait to tell you.  There is a lot of talk about the recession lately.  The world economy is on magic mushrooms, and stock markets go up and down by 10% in a given day.  All you hear on the news are stories [...]

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This is the premier podcast episode of Startup Daddy.  In this episode I talk about my entrepreneurial path, and how I made the leap from unhappy employee to financially independent home based business owner. In this episode you’ll also find:

The basics of starting a business
A checklist to get you started
The 2 books that influenced [...]

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Before you start doing the things, the tasks, required to start a business, I suggest you spend some time doing some serious thinking and planning. Not just setting specific goals, which is important, but higher plain stuff. The things David Allen calls 50,000 feet thoughts- career, purpose, lifestyle.
There is a very famous book [...]

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I know it has been a couple months since I posted anything, but I am back. In the two long months since my last posting, I have learned many new lessons and re-learned a few old ones. In the coming posts, I plan to share a lot of what I have learned. [...]

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5 Ways To Guarantee Your New Business Will Fail

by Ian Gordon on February 11, 2008

Here are five things you can do get off to a bad start, waste your time and money, and frustrate yourself in your quest for financial and career independence.
1. Forget About Niching Down
Whether you are starting an online venture or a real world, brick-and-mortar business, it is very important to find your niche. All of [...]

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I just finished being interviewed by Sterling and Jay, from Internet Business Mastery. I learned so much about internet marketing from their podcast, that I decided to take their course a while back. They wanted to interview some former students to see what they were up to, and I was very happy to [...]

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