Last week, I shared with you the first video in my new three-part video series, “Behind the Platform.” Today, I am releasing the second video—and, like the first one, it’s free.
In this video I reveal the dumbest, most costly mistakes I made in building my platform, especially in the early years. If I had known then, what I know now, I would be so much further ahead today.
Discipline is a particularly relevant topic this time of year, since most of us are struggling to maintain our New Year’s resolutions. In this podcast, I share five specific steps to developing more of it.
If you’re like me, your resolve has already been tested, and you might even be thinking about giving up. Well don’t throw in the towel just yet! I have some practical advice in this episode I think you will find very helpful.
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I bought the original iPad, the iPad 2 (though I protested), and even the iPad 3. However, I eventually stopped using each of them. I could not find a compelling reason to carry it over my MacBook Air, other than to read books. For that function, I used a Kindle.
My biggest complaint with the iPad was it was just too big and too heavy, especially for reading. I know, this would be a laughable complaint just a few short years ago. But compared to a book, it was uncomfortable.
No one ever gets talker’s block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.
There I sat with my thirteen-year-old daughter on a dirt floor eating rice and beans with some of the poorest people on the planet.
We traveled over forty hours in a cramped van to the southern half of Baja Mexico to provide humanitarian aid to migrant farm workers laboring there. A trip that would have never happened except for the real power of personal productivity.
With the publication of my new book last year, I introduced to you the importance of building a platform and shared a framework for doing so. It was an exciting time. The book hit the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.
More meaningful to me, I received thousands of e-mails and social media messages from readers who were inspired to start building their platform. Evidently, my book created the possibility and pointed the way.
But that was just the beginning …
I first met Robert D. Smith in 1996. He was managing Andy Andrews, a comedian who would eventually become the author of several New York Times bestselling books.
I was immediately taken by Robert’s enthusiasm and zest for life. It was contagious! I can honestly say I have never met anyone like him before or since.
I will be speaking at the Shaw Industries Annual Dealer Conference. This will be a keynote session for VIP dealers and Shaw staff.
| Date: | January 20, 2013 |
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| Time: | 08:45-09:45 a.m. |
| Event: | Shaw Industries Conference |
| Topic: | Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World |
| Sponsor: | Shaw Industries, Inc. |
| Venue: | Rosen Shingle Creek Resort |
| Location: | Orlando, FL |
| Public: | Private |
Click here for more information about having me speak at your event.
I will be speaking at the Shaw Industries Annual Dealer Conference. This will be a breakout session for dealers who are just getting started with social media.
| Date: | January 22, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 03:00-04:30 p.m. |
| Event: | Shaw Industries Conference |
| Topic: | Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World |
| Sponsor: | Shaw Industries, Inc. |
| Venue: | Rosen Shingle Creek Resort |
| Location: | Orlando, FL |
| Public: | Private |
Click here for more information about having me speak at your event.
I will be speaking at the Shaw Industries Annual Dealer Conference. This will be a breakout session for dealers who are just getting started with social media.
| Date: | January 21, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 03:00-04:30 p.m. |
| Event: | Shaw Industries Conference |
| Topic: | Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World |
| Sponsor: | Shaw Industries, Inc. |
| Venue: | Rosen Shingle Creek Resort |
| Location: | Orlando, FL |
| Public: | Private |
Click here for more information about having me speak at your event.
A young man once asked a wise old woman, “When is the best time to plant an oak tree?” She answered: “Twenty years ago.” He then asked, “When is the second best time?” She answered, ”Today.”
So it is with a platform.
It would have been great if you had started five or ten years ago. But if you haven’t, 2013 is the best time ever to launch yours or take it to the next level.
