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Author: Kris Safarova

  • Success Requires Clarity

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    Warren Buffet remembers speaking to a woman who had survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz was a complex of over forty concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II’s Holocaust.  He asked this woman, “How do you define friendship?” She said her test was: “Would they hide me?”…

  • They Didn’t Understand Life

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    One of our wonderful Insiders wrote this thoughtful email for Michael and me, but also for the benefit of the FC community. I removed some identifying information. I think this message can help many people.  If you are in your 20s, 30s, or 40s, as you read through John’s email (name changed for privacy), step…

  • You Will Have Results Or You Will Have Excuses

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    Do you want to succeed?  You need to become an effective communicator.  You need to be able to take an idea in your mind and present it in a way that allows people to understand, pay attention, consider the idea, and have confidence in your ability to execute the idea.  Great communicators have the ability…

  • The Hardest Brain Teaser on the Internet

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    The hardest brain teaser on the internet In the earlier article we shared 67 brain teasers with answers. We also have a post with 5 interview brain teasers with answers. Today let’s take a look at the hardest brain teaser ever, as some people like to call it. The “hardest logic puzzle ever” (originally published…

  • Don’t Allow People To Suppress Your Ambition

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    I once read a quote that said that every day you should stand guard at the door of your mind. You alone decide what thoughts and beliefs you let into your mind and your life. For they will shape whether you feel rich or poor, cursed or blessed. How you communicate with others matters. But…

  • Are You Challenging Self-Imposed Limits?

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    If you ever went through any of our programs, you know we often speak about breaking out of your orbit.  When astrophysicists design rockets to travel to other planets or even out of the solar system entirely, they use the rotational velocity of the Earth to speed up the rockets and launch them beyond the…

  • What You Permit Yourself, Accumulates

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    A lot of people lie to the mirror about things. They look in the mirror and think, “I don’t have time to exercise. My weight is fine.” I know, I stood in front of that mirror. Around the time I entered adolescence, my father started a business of re-selling books, and my family finally had…

  • How Are You Programming Yourself?

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    Today, when I woke up in the morning, I thought to myself, “Today will be a magical day. I will have phenomenally powerful sessions with my clients that will meaningfully and positively impact their lives. I will get crucial writing and editing work done that creates tremendous value. I will move important projects forward more…

  • Two Reasons You Get Paid in the Marketplace

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    There are two reasons why you get paid what you get paid in the marketplace. I know many of you will be interested in this topic. Whether you are working for someone else, or you are working for yourself. How can you grow as a professional, how can you grow your business, and how can you get promoted, if…