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  • 1/3/2025-Tis the season for your manifesto

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    “I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me. I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we’re even alive at all.” Lana Del Rey
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    Resolutions get a bad rap this time of the year, but they’re still a sturdy, goal-oriented tool.

    Manifestos are better.

    Manifestos cement belief systems that guide daily behaviors, especially during stressful and challenging times.

    Given the discipline needed to be successful each year, you need a rigorous goal-setting protocol and a manifesto.

    Creating a personal manifesto codifies your commitment to who you are, what you do, and why you do it.
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    Carve some do not disturb time today and work on your 2025 manifesto.

    Begin your declarations with “I believe…” and list as many as you want.

    Don’t try to slot your “I believes…” into “personal” or “work.” Just let ’em flow…write ’em down as they come.

    Try it. And edit liberally.

    Define what you believe in and why it matters to you, and you’ll create a personal value code that will help you in every phase of your life.
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    This TED Talk from Ramat Tejani offers a great story and a manifesto blueprint that will ignite your creativity.

    Ramat offers an incredibly honest realization of what a manifesto does for her, “I was so focused on doing what I thought was expected of me rather than doing what was right for me.”

    Good for you, Ramat.
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  • 1/2/2025-Share some holiday stories

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    “Most people haven’t used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.” Peter Guber
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    Did something story-worthy happen to you over the holidays? …something you could share with a buyer?

    Sharing a personal story with a buyer will help you connect human-to-human, which might be more impactful than engaging as seller-to-buyer.

    Any day of the year is a good day to share a story, but this one is especially prime, given you’ve been accumulating memories the last few weeks. Your stories don’t have to be long; one minute of your dog throwing up eggnog on your baby niece is enough.
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    Think about something unique or funny that you experienced over the holidays. (There’s gotta be something.)

    Next, package it into an anecdote you will use in the next few weeks when your customers ask, “So…what did you do over the break?”

    Besides being proficient in your value prop and objection handling, your job requires entertaining your customers.

    Share personal stories, and you’ll share yourself and build trust.
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    In this engaging TED Talk from filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Nemo, Wall-E), you’ll hear the punchline “Make them care.”

    And that’s a darn good reminder of what you’re trying to do with your customers.

    Make them care about your business, and more importantly, YOU!
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  • 1/1/2025-Happy New Year

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    “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney
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    This is gonna be a great year!

    Today marks a new beginning for many good things coming your way, hopefully including good health to you and those you love.

    You’ll achieve much and learn tons in 2025….just like you did in 2024.

    Keep working on your skills and track the correlation between actions and yield. Remember…manage your performance, not your results.

    Start your engine!
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    Say these words aloud…

    “Wow, this is gonna be a great year for me!”

    And it will be now that you proclaimed it.

    Enjoy your final day off, and appreciate this first fulfilling day of the year as you would on your last day of summer vacation before returning to school.
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    This video offers a fun perspective of what New Year’s celebrations mean across the globe.

    It will deepen your appreciation for the billions of people in the world doing the same thing you are: celebrating and getting ready for another fantastic trip around the sun!
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