Chad Barr

APRIL 7, 2021

The age-old question: is email dead? So no, email is not dead. You have an extraordinary influence on how wealthy or poor you end up…. Broke people usually have a negative energy around money in general. The emotion they most associate with it is fear, stemming from their fear-based anxiety about their perceived scarcity of money.

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Women in Consulting

JULY 3, 2014

That’s your reactive brain speaking. Suddenly, the road dead ends into a lake. The riskiest action in a changing environment is Business as Usual. So why do managers repeatedly shy away from change—real, thoughtful, productive change— as they watch their markets erode? Same is good. Same is safe. Change is a threat. Ruled by FUD.

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The Fearless Marketer

APRIL 29, 2019

From your website and newsletter, to networking and speaking, these all become passive when you don’t take any initiative to follow-up or make direct contact with prospective clients. No, the purpose of an outreach email is to generate enough interest that they’ll be willing to speak with you for a minute or two. Let me count the ways.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

With one notable exception, the person on the other end of the phone gave the same reply: “Ma’am, we need to speak to the account holder. ” “The account holder is dead.” We need to speak to the account holder, ma’am. ” “The account holder is dead. He’s dead.”

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Women in Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

By: Pello Walker Targeting your direct marketing materials at non-English speaking prospects and customers in their native languages is an increasingly critical aspect of business success. Unfortunately, in Chinese it reads, “Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead.” For example, a prestigious hotel “on Jones St.

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Rick Conlow

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Life has the habit of wearing us down. Positive living is hard to do. Will positive thinking really help us in defeat? Frustration? Or, critics? Unfortunately, we all are confronted with these kinds of challenges in life. It’s part of the human condition. Most of us do try positive thinking to get through it all. Can you relate to this?

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The Fearless Marketer

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

And I would always go through and read the jokes in the funny sections: Laugher is the Best Medicine, Humor in Uniform, and Criminals are Funny. And a million years later we still get Reader’s Digest and I continue to read those sections. It’s a sickness. OK, I admit it, my name is Robert and I’m a laughaholic. I love to laugh. The evidence is in.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Merkel was dead set against those up to now. Recall that Merkel is dead set against Eurobonds. But politically speaking, how stable would it be? SPD has made it clear that EUROBONDS will be part and parcel of the package, if they come in with a coalition. Grand Coalition ?? ". And what is the price to pay for other coalitions?

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MishTalk

APRIL 17, 2014

Speaking in a live television phone-in hours after the first deadly clash between pro-Russia protesters in the eastern region and Kiev’s security forces, Mr Putin said he hoped for a political resolution to the crisis but warned that the campaign for Ukraine’s May 25 presidential election was “being run in an absolutely unacceptable way”. “The

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MishTalk

JUNE 1, 2014

Here is an update from reader Jacob Dreizin, a US citizen who speaks Ukrainian and Russian. If you want, I can start sending you photos of destroyed homes and dead civilians, just to show that it is happening, and the media here couldn''t care less. Mish, Just wanted to give you an update on Ukraine. Is it accurate?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2014

Sincerely speaking, this is a complicated issue, it has reached a dead end, but we still need to talk about it. We didn''t substantively discuss that, and we, Russia, can''t substantively discuss conditions of a ceasefire, of agreements between Kiev, Donetsk and Luhansk. We agreed to resume these consultations," Putin said.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2014

By 2011 Highsee was already like a dead centipede that hadn’t yet frozen stiff with rigor mortis,” says one official who asks not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to foreign reporters. So far, all we see is the slowdown in growth. The transition will not be easy. Nor it seems will the central government.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The journey between your intentions and their impact, it turns out, is the longest one of all, filled with dark paths and dead ends, punctuated by only occasional moments of sunlight and beauty. . I have finally figured out why self-identity is overrated. Hello, ego.). You might screw it up and not say the perfect thing, but that’s OK.”

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2016

It is a declarative form of speaking. Don’t beat a dead horse. Soapboxers keep pounding on the chest of an issue well after it has been pronounced dead, the funeral has been held, the hymns have been sung, and everyone has left the grave site. How about the bullhorn-blaring corner preacher? But what if you couldn’t?

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

It also means there will be a very major reversal at some point as there will be a moment when the last loan that someone will actually pay gets written and the system will not be able to expand. I always assumed that debt levels would just reach a very high plateau and stay there but Gross is saying that is not possible.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Should you speak at that event? Rank each item from a -1 to a +5 and tally your score (Note: starting with a -1 highlights that some aspects of a project are actually a net negative — such as speaking to the wrong audience or the wrong industry): 1. Photo by Cris Dinoto. How do you evaluate a business opportunity? Author a book?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 23, 2015

Reader Jacob Dreizin (a US citizen who speaks Russian and reads Ukrainian) had this to say about Valentina Melnikova: Mish, There have been a large number of these "Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine" stories in the Western press since last spring or summer. Ukrainian Dead Understated Looking for accurate reporting of Ukrainian dead soldiers?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 16, 2015

Cease Fire Ends as multiple cities come under attack, hundreds dead, cities burning! I called my friend Jacob Dreizin (a reader who speaks Russian and can read Ukrainian) and asked what he knew about a major escalation and received this reply: " Not yet, but likely soon. Mariupol can hear heavy shelling from the east.

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MishTalk

MARCH 6, 2015

There are any number of possibilities here, including the strong possibility that making Nemtsov a martyr made him worth more alive than dead to Putin, and more dead than alive to the anti-Putin movement. The only "no" answer I can come up with is along the lines of "dead women tell no tales". That was predictable. From Yahoo!Finance

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 13, 2014

Social media provides organizations with a means to build relationships, give a voice to and speak with the people who matter most to your business. Gerard, I welcome your feedback and our difference of opinions may make for an interesting podcast episode … consider this an open-ended invitation. That’s not the goal.

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Peter Stark

MAY 27, 2019

Henry Ford was dead wrong when he said, “You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best when he said, “Your actions speak so loud, I cannot hear what you are saying.”. What is your leadership brand and why is your leadership brand so important?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2013

And the key in the first part was networking, and getting to speak to people in the right places. We worked together for 20 sessions (2 Black Belt programs – 1 before the first round, and one in preparation for the final round, with a few of his sessions conducted by Michael Hecht, our ex-Deloitte ex-McKinsey master coach).

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Confessions of a Consultant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Good news: the night went well and the preparation (broadly speaking) paid off. It took hours and hours and hours and hours. By the time we’d divvied up that €200, we were probably paid about €4 an hour, half the rate earned in Burger King. Strong Deadline: Brian is normally busy and ‘hard to get.’ The answer is: it depends.

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MishTalk

MARCH 16, 2015

Rumor 1: On Twitter, critics of the president have been tweeting morbid jokes and memes under the hashtag “Putin is dead”, while Russian bloggers and pundits pore over the official Kremlin website looking for discrepancies in Mr Putin’s alleged work schedule. Crimea] is our historical territory. These are our Russian people there.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C °C (3.8°F) °C (2.7°F). The UN then asked the IPCC to study what it would take to achieve that goal. This week, the report came back, and it’s not pretty.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

Going to a top notch business school to get an MBA is high on the list for many aspiring consultants, especially those based in or desiring to work in the U.S. But which U.S. MBA programs should you apply to if you want the best inroads to consulting? But more than just teamwork, Kellogg also knows how to train you up in problem-solving skills.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

” That speaks to why they did this in the first place: To meet sales quotas and earn incentives. The CEO of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, apologized in front of a congressional panel Tuesday , saying in a statement , “I accept full responsibility for all unethical sales practices.” Will eliminating sales goals do it?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 29, 2015

I was speaking in terms of " credit deflation ", but that occurred as well. Either way, I was correct and the inflationists who predicted hyperinflation before deflation were simply dead wrong. When inflation alarmists want to convince everyone the dollar is about to become worthless, they post this chart of the CPI. We missed you.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Speaking during a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande, Obama said information about Turkey's downing of the Russian Su-24 was still being collected, but noted that Russian military aircraft are targeting moderate Syrian opposition groups very close to Turkey's borders.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Get out of the house at least once a day. Just as General Stanley McChrystal recommends that you make your bed as soon as you wake up — so that no matter how crappy your day is, you’ve achieved at least one thing — getting out of the house forces a feeling of accomplishment. Remember the roommate from hell ?

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Leadership Vision Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I can count on him to say what he thinks and speak clearly into challenging situations. I quickly called John and we figured out that the battery was dead and it was a simple replacement. The other day I turned 41 years old. On that recent celebration of my birthday, I took time to run. My Friend John. The boat would not start.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Particularly at startups or small, private, family-owned companies, employees who don’t get along with their managers are “as good as dead,” Fernández-Aráoz says. Now that you have one, you need to assess whether the job and organization are a good fit. Here are some ways to do that. And what gets in the way?’”

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Harvard Business

JULY 21, 2016

The facts are then supposed to speak for themselves. Sunlight, as the saying goes, is the best disinfectant. And it’s tempting to think that if we just shine a light on wrongdoing, wrongdoing will go away. When contaminated meat or vegetables are recalled, consumer advocates demand more transparency from food supply chains.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 20, 2013

At a party the other day, I saw a dead TV monitor. Barnes & Noble. The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery). CEO READ (Bulk Orders). IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links. Poke The Box. IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links. Small is the New Big. Guaranteed to make you think. ONLINE: amazon. Barnes & Noble.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 10, 2014

The trick is to represent the project, to speak up for the project, to turn it into what it needs to be. I realized the other day that most people grow up thinking in terms of professional affiliations. "I''m I''m going to be an accountant." "I''m I''m going to work for General Dynamics.". things to be invented, funded and shipped.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I asked my partner Jen Hamilton - our community Chief Operating Officer to be my guest today and share all the deets on the what you'll need and how much it all costs so that you can plan in advance for both the startup and ongoing costs. As you watch this video, here's what I would love you to consider. Let me go ahead and share my screen with you.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 18, 2013

Barnes & Noble. The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery). CEO READ (Bulk Orders). IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links. Poke The Box. IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links. Small is the New Big. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Guaranteed to make you think. ONLINE: amazon.

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