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In my blog I uncover the thinking, actions and habits it takes to get the results you want in business and life. No fluff, just facts.
"John understands things on a different plane." -Andy Andrews, New York Times Bestselling Author
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As a high-school dropout I started and built my business from a garage into 20 team members and multiples of millions of annual revenue. Since then I've helped many other businesses do the same.
Recent Blogs
The business of art is tough. Brandt Woods fought his way into becoming a professional artist with work like this.
In this interview, Brandt explains how he grew his love for art to a system for business.
Bill Reel hosts multiple podcasts, in spirituality, as a non-profit organization. This show touches many aspects of entrepreneurship.
We’ve all seen the numbers on how businesses fail.
The numbers are out. The US Small Business Administration says that 20% of businesses fail within the first year. When you dig deeper they state that over half of small businesses fail within ten years. These data alone are enough to shut down some entrepreneurs. So what does it take to beat the odds? Must you be a wild-eyed risk taker to make a small business work in the US? The answer is no.
Failure defined.
If a business stops functioning it is considered a failure. Take for instance an example. I wrote a post on business partners. In it and in the accompanying video, I explain that I don’t know how to make partnerships work. My first partnership ended poorly. If two partners split and each start their own version of the company, which is what happened to me, the partners can choose to dissolve the existing business and start their own. This would be a failure of the original business, but results in two more businesses. If each partner builds a successful company the result would be two successful businesses and one failed company for a net gain of one successful company. But each entrepreneur succeeded. This and many more examples and hypotheticals show why these numbers are flawed.
How to avoid failure.
You don’t. Failure, as defined by the numbers, means most entrepreneurs will fail. As soon as they change their name, structure or model, they may have failed. Rarely does an entrepreneur begin their first venture and hit home run. Being flexible can be a good trait for entrepreneurs, that results in multiple “failures” according to statistics. The following video shows a few examples of “failures” I’ve had and the results. It also gives a great way to think about problems you may be facing to determine if it’s time to shut down, or power through.
What do cults have in common with business?
Jared was on stage. He was teaching his audience health, wellness and positive thinking. The crowd roared. They loved what they were hearing. The high price of the tickets and seeing Jared on the stage in person played into the cult like adoration. Jared moved the event to Obanjon Island, off the coast of Croatia. The crowd, who now are called the Echelon, were happy pay upwards of $4k for a ticket.
Then it all changed. Pictures of Jared dressed like Jesus, with his followers dressed in white, flooded the internet and roused suspicion. Mars Island, as the event was called was a successful version of Fyre Island, the famous, pricey event that became nightmare. Shirts claiming, “Yes This Is A Cult” became available for sale. The band 30 Seconds To Mars, headlined the event and the Echelon were being referred to as, “The Family.”
Real or fake
This is not a hypothetical story, or the re-telling of the origin of a famous cult. This is the real story of a marketing and business move. Jared Leto, famous method actor and front-man for the band 30 Seconds To Mars used cult tactics to sell high-priced tickets to an all-inclusive concert. By all accounts, it’s working.
The many facets of Jared Leto are amazing. However this is not a story about him. This is also not an investigation into whether Mars Island and Leto’s fan base, The Echelon, are a cult, though it is hard to distinguish this event from many cult related events.
This is the story of how similar cults are to business. In a business, what you don’t know can be dangerous. The same is true about cults. In the following video I explain my next project. It will be dangerous. I will dive deep into the behaviors of cults. The danger is that some behaviors of cults, aren’t harmful. Despite the inherent scare of cults, my next project will cover what is unhealthy about cult psychology, and what isn’t. Then the tricky part happens. We will cultivate the good and abandon the bad from cult behavior.
The following video explains the journey.
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