Strength In Business

Do you perceive change as painful? How do you tackle the process of transformation? Avoidance is a strategy, although, more likely than not, it will backfire. Facing the unknown head-on is another one. Embracing and dancing with uncertainty is a phenomenal skill worth acquiring. The post When Change Giggles at You appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Running was never part of my game plan, although I've been an athlete all my life. After suffering major knee injuries in my teens and a dozen doctors (except one) suggesting surgery, I defied the odds: I didn't go for surgery. I picked up scuba diving. I continued to strengthen my knees, muscles, and tendons. Last weekend I ran my first marathon. The post What I Learned from Running My First Marathon appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Willpower and discipline may be unpopular, but they are foundational building blocks for life, health, relationships, and ultimately business. Just because you don't like to do something, it doesn't mean you can allow yourself to ignore it. The post Willpower and Discipline: Two Underrated Forces appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Who and what determines whether you're successful or an utter failure? Is this an outside job or just one of those things we outsourced due to convenience? Welcome to a marvelous simulation and a carefully designed maze perfectly decorated to make it hard to remember who you are and why you came. The post Define Success On Your Terms appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

My journey on LinkedIn started well over a decade ago, and it's been a smooth journey until a few months ago. The social network was an interesting medium for connecting with like-minded individuals from all walks of life while sharing business posts and my latest creative work. In September 2024, my account was suspended. Here's what I did to regain access to my LinkedIn account. The post Banned on LinkedIn? Here's What to Do appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

We are bombarded left, right, and center with data and information so much that we forget who we are and, more importantly, our mission. What are your dreams and ambitions? What is it that you want to accomplish? The post Speak Life into Your Ambitions appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Tips, tricks, and hacks … We are bombarded with them in business, sports, relationships, personal development, spirituality, and (insert) XYZ field. Some work, but most don't. The question is: When are you consciously going to pull yourself out of this trap? The post The Hack Dogma appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Building a business is a marathon. It requires devotion, commitment, and resilience. Mistakes, setbacks, and struggles are guaranteed. Success is not. Sacrificing everything, including your health and family, for a business idea is bad advice. The post Building a Business is a Marathon, Not a Sprint appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Preparation is a key ingredient in life. Albeit underestimated, this “task” for lack of a better word, causes division among human beings. While some see a waste of time in it, others would bet their existence on it. The post When Preparation Meets Opportunity appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

High-performance mentors will push your buttons and trigger you to ensure you raise your standards, crush your limitations, and bring forth the very best version of yourself. As you grow and evolve, upgrading your mentors will help you unlock even more hidden resources and navigate to shores others deem impossible to reach. The post Upgrading Your Mentors appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong. If you take a different route from where the masses are heading, chances are you'll be on the right path. Your uniqueness makes you stand out if you accept the challenge and embrace the perks that come with it. Remember, you can't borrow enthusiasm. The post Celebrated for Your Uniqueness Or Punished for Not Conforming appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

A couple of weeks ago I published my first fiction book. It's been a magical adventure bar none. Although I've written several business books over the past two decades, creating the mystical and galactic pieces that are part of “Spiritual Harvest” has been a blast. What led me down this path? How is writing a fiction book different from publishing business-related insights? The post When Business Meets Fiction appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Your product or service was rejected? Was the answer to your proposal a resonating “no”? How about the deal you've put your heart and soul into didn't close as expected? And what about your date that didn't even bother to show up? If you're playing this human game on Earth right now, chances are that you've been rejected at least once thus far. The post Rejected? So What? appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

You must move out of the comfort zone bubble to grow and accomplish your dreams. The moment you do that, your rate of failure will increase exponentially. The trick is to fail quickly and learn from those failures. Another trick is to learn from other people's failures. The post Failing Doesn't Mean You're A Failure appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Test, iterate, and retest. Testing the variables, and refining a product or service through repeated adjustment cycles is in essence marketing and this is what people get wrong. The post Marketing is a Fancy Word for Test appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

In the world of entrepreneurship, uncertainty prevails. The journey is chaotic, full of traps and pitfalls thus adding a special flavor to the adventure while shaping the individual accordingly. What's it going to be? Will you befriend uncertainty or will you allow it to become your worst enemy? The post The Opportunity is in the Uncertainty appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

How many boxes can you juggle in life without burning out? Have you discovered the sweet spot that enables you to move swiftly and friction-free between your pots? Some boxes are more important than others. The core ones stay with us our whole lives whereas the seasonal ones will leave us at a certain stage aka cycle in life. The fundamental boxes are pretty much the same for all of us: health, love in the form of family, relationships and friendships, and career or business. The post Juggling Boxes without Friction appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Think big or be realistic which one is it going to be? Have big goals and hunt down your dreams or stay safe and expand your comfort zone step by step? What if the size of our thoughts really matters? The post The Size of Your Thoughts Shapes Your Future appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Some say we have an economical problem. Than we have those who like to point their fingers towards the political establishment or put the blame on the current financial system. Add to the groups above those who regard social issues as the main culprit. What if everything we face today stems from a spiritual level? What if business is more of a spiritual game than a money game? The post Business is a Spiritual Game appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

The next crisis is just around the corner. Are you prepared? How will you face it? In a constructive or destructive manner? What rituals, patterns, habits and models do you fall back to when crisis hits? The post How Do You Tackle Crisis? appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Have you ever violated Facebook's community standards or their ever changing terms and conditions without knowing exactly what you did wrong? Welcome to the Facebook account suspension game. You can join this club from anywhere in the world, at anytime. Obviously, you need to have a Facebook account in order to participate in this funny adventure. The post The Facebook Account Suspension Game appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Writing a novel, applying for a particular job, asking that beautiful girl out, selling the old stuff from the garage … Fear wears many masks and layers. It's a master of disguise. Most people will do whatever it takes to avoid pain without acknowledging the fact that on the other side of it lies freedom and opportunity. The post The Lessons We Need Are in the Tasks We Avoid appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

There is no perfect blockchain. No matter how deeply in love we are with the notion of singularity or one chain to prevail over all other chains, if we want abundance, we need to go multichain. The post The Future is Multichain appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Who are we actually fooling in this 3D game of life? What goes on between your ears will determine pretty much the trajectory of your life. Your destiny is directly correlated with your decisions, therefore understanding the battle that goes on in your mind which you're involved in consciously or unconsciously, is absolutely crucial. The last thing you want is a battle on autopilot. The post Your Life is a Battle with Your Mind appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

The hunt for shortcuts has never been more absurd and yet there is this false belief accompanying these players that bathing in the illusion of skipping through the experience of the journey leads to satisfaction, happiness, wealth and fulfillment. The post When You Stop Looking for Shortcuts appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

There are quite a few very well written books on becoming rich one can find when going back into history but for me personally, there are three that stand out. Each one of the authors I will reveal to you has given his books a special twist by combining this intriguing topic with key elements from human psychology, quantum physics and spirituality. The post 3 Powerful Books on Becoming Rich appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

If you have a small business that generates less than 100k in revenue and you're trying to apply sophisticated techniques to your game plan imitating some bigger entities, you will most likely fail. The harsh truth is, that most of what you've been told to do is irrelevant for a business under 100k. The post Tips for Small Businesses Under 100k in Revenue appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

There's nothing wrong about adhering to search engine and big business rules on your quest to growing your company and making more money, however, if you want to connect with humans on a deeper level, you better start magnetizing the spirit and stop writing for AI. Can you actually combine the two aka write for humans and AI at the same time? The post When You Stop Writing for AI appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Clients aren't as dumb as advertising agencies and marketing moguls consider them to be. When that sizzling of dishonesty and the rusty taste of that lack of integrity is left in the energetic field of the deal, something nasty remains in the air. The post Not Doing What Clients Want appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Rather than ask the obvious question: Why did WiFi aka a piece of technology change our behavior? … we should ponder and ask a better one: How can we reverse engineer behavioral patterns to better understand what the human psyche is facing on a large scale? The post We Have No WiFi. Talk to Each Other. appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

One might argue about the many words that make out the portfolio of a successful business, however there's unanimous consensus when it comes to putting this next term on the pedestal. The power derives from its meaning, intonation and intent. The post A Powerful Word in Business and Life appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Finding executors who help you make your dreams come true are very rare. In the 20+ years that I've been in business I noticed that it's really hard to build teams who know how to implement. It's something every company struggles with no matter the size. The post Build A Team of Executors Or Struggle appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

You come to this world with at least one talent. Which one it is remains for you to uncover. The quicker you find and unleash it, the smoother you'll be able to navigate in life. Then there are those who enter this realm equipped with more talents. A lifelong journey of experiences and situations will unveil some of them to you, however, if you're not paying attention they will remain dormant for good. The post Power Up Your Talents appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

When profits, cash flow, success, obsession and pushing forward are the only buzzwords you hear around you, more often than not, you think you're on the right track. Are any of the above-mentioned nuggets of wisdom going to unlock the safe that many brag about or is it rather going to send you deeper down into a blurry maze of confusion? The post When Business Meets Spirituality appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Podcasting has taken the world by storm. Now, things are about to change radically, meaning hosts can take back their power by connecting their shows to decentralized blockchain-based platforms thus circumventing censorship and other nasty restrictions. Today, I'd like to introduce you to Aureal, a social podcasting Dapp powered by the Hive blockchain. The post Decentralized Audio Podcasting with Aureal appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

While the vast majority of people is debating about the different nuances and flavors of the Metaverse being a “Centra-Verse” or a “Decentra-Verse”, fellow humans are relentlessly sucked into the vortex of this amazingly disguised simulation that is being built inside the simulation. The post Metaverse: A Simulation Within the Simulation appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

“Choice is an illusion. You already know what you have to do”. Those of us working in the marketing realm more or less understand how profound this statement is when it comes to creating the illusion of choice around a product or service. Isn't this one of the biggest tricks in life? The post Choice Is An Illusion appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

There is a marketing world out there that operates based on trust, community, integrity, caring, sharing, friendship, kindness and love for fellow humans. This might sound far fetched and fairytale-like if you've spent your entire life giving your valuable time, energy, money and attention to entities, organizations and structures that have been brilliantly designed and disguised to suck everything out of you without you even noticing. The post When Marketing Worlds Drift Apart appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

We live in a box, we drive to work in a box, we eat lunch from a box, we look the entire day into a box and we go to bed in a box only to repeat the whole process again the next day. This is how most humans live their lives. And then you wonder why you're not creative enough, why you can't come up with new strategies and ideas for your business or why you can't find your soulmate. The post Thinking Outside The Box appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Who would have thought that what bothered me most in my corporate career will one day become the catalyst for my message on my entrepreneurial journey. In the beginning the road seemed a bit foggy but as I dug deeper into the rabbit hole, the veil lifted and things got crystal clear. The post Your Mess Is Your Message appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

This is a time in history when it is not enough to simply hope; this is a time to know and more importantly, to know how. It's definitely a great time to invest in yourself because you are investing in your future. The post Hope Is A Beggar appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

The constant push towards centralization raises some big questions and concerns whether this is a desirable path especially for smaller entities. Whereas big businesses can afford to “play” with concepts as they see fit, smaller entities do not have the luxury of throwing millions of balls to a wall and not be bothered if none sticks. The post Decentralization in the Era of the Unknown appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Are you tapping into the secrets unveiled to you by your inquisitive mind or do you keep this door closed afraid of unleashing your superhuman capabilities? Seeking the truth in business can be daunting. Let the following business lessons guide you on your entrepreneurial path. The post Business Lessons from the Inquisitive Mind appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

According to the Pareto principle, 20% of the products, services, features, you name it, generates 80% of the business. I've seen this principle play out in big corporations with 400+ brands and I witnessed it inside small businesses alike. So, why not focus more on the chunk that has the biggest impact? The post Swing it Like Pareto appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

There are so many wonderful books on the topic of mindset and mastering your mind but for me personally, there are three that stand out. Each one of the authors I will reveal to you has given his books on mental strength a special twist by combining this fascinating subject with key elements from science, spirituality and extreme sports. The post 3 Powerful Books to Strengthen Your Mental Stamina appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

FAAMG advertising has made big tech a boatload of money in the past decade. First they lured in the innocent by promoting their platforms and apps for free followed by a more or less well crafted bouquet of intrusive ads that made the heads of even the most sophisticated users spin. The post FAAMG Advertising: Being at the Mercy of Gatekeepers appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Critical thinking is undesirable yet extremely important nowadays! The last thing we need is a herd mentality. That’s not freedom, never was and never will be irrespective of the mainstream narrative – which by the way is becoming increasingly authoritarian as days go by. The post Deploy Critical Thinking While Navigating Through Uncertainty appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

As traditional marketing channels have become increasingly centralized, the urge to look for alternative marketing platforms has led to a bouquet of new networks competing for users and their precious time AKA attention. The post Experimenting with Alternative Marketing Platforms appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Gone are the days of critical thinking and freedom of speech. Those who don’t comply with the mainstream narrative are de-monetized, de-platformed and often labeled mentally ill. It’s time to leave the centralized marketing land of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Co. and join decentralized marketing networks that welcome people who are bold enough to question everything. The post The Power of Decentralized Marketing appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s hard to imagine you not being exposed, directly or indirectly, to the shenanigans that are currently going on across all the major centralized social media networks. What are the alternatives? The post Where to Go When Centralized Social Media Kicks You Off Their Platform appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.

Fear, acquiescence, greed and shame are all vital elements of the program. Love, creativity, caring and empathy on the other hand are clear signs of you attempting to leave the all encompassing cube thus enabling you to take a sneak peek into the control room of the matrix. It’s similar to entrepreneurship AKA having your own business: once you experience the tremendous upside and freedom that comes with it, you’ll do whatever it takes to never have to cross the front doors of that carrot factory again. The post Why Going Back to the Carrot Factory is Not an Option appeared first on StrengthInBusiness.