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How to Wound Friends and Incinerate People

Your goal: Win Friends and Influence People!  The Reality: You Wound Friends and Incinerate People.  How can you make reality meet your goal?   Dale Carnegie has had a profound impact on businesses and relationships since 1934. Is there any way to improve on his Gold Rule?  Would you like to learn the Platinum Rule?  Join Karla and Allen as they explore How To Win Friends and Influence People using The WHO-DO Method. Want to know if you are a Mover, Shaker, Prover, or Maker?  Take The ...

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Worst Things First

How can you ensure you get First Things First done, rather than Worst Things First? Stephen Covey takes a deeper look into one of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and we show how to put gasoline and a match on your checklists…  https://thepeoplecatalysts.com/who-do-assessment-welcome/  Listen to the podcast here:     WORST THINGS FIRST   Karla Nelson:  And welcome to the People Catalysts Podcast. My friend, Allen Fahden.  Allen Fahden:  Hello, Karla.   Karla Nelson:  Greetings. How are you today?   Allen Fahden:  Oh, I’m happy that we’re ...

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F-This Revisited

Michael Gerber wrote the E-Myth. 9 years later he Revisited the E-Myth. He immediately set the tone of the book by saying: “If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business, you own a job. And it’s the worst job in the world because you’re working for a lunatic.”   “F-This Revisited” is all about the FRUSTRATION you feel trying to get things done, and how to overcome that frustration.   A huge advantage in overcoming ...

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The E-Mess

The E Mess…Explaining the mess that Entrepreneurs create in running businesses.    In the E-Myth, Michael Gerber introduces the idea of success by working ON your business, not IN it. At the time 80% of new businesses failed. Now it’s closer to 90%. That’s one reason we call it the E-Mess.  About half the people who start new businesses simply try to replicate their job without their sucky boss. Now, attractive as this may seem, you may ...

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Drink And Grow Rich

We loved Think and Grow Rich from Napoleon Hill, but we changed our title to Drink and Grow Rich, because with 70% of the people hating their jobs, there’s a lot of drinking going on.    So, who writes a book about growing rich during the depression?  Someone who wants to grow rich.  Everyone noticed this crazy title and the bought the book, Making the author, well, rich.    Listen to the podcast here:    DRINK AND GROW RICH  Karla ...

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The One Minute Mangler

The One Minute Manager spends one minute on goals in the morning, one minute praising people, and one minute on reprimands (or re-directs as changed in The New One Minute Manager).  The One Minute Mangler can throw people under the train in less than a minute.  Listen to the podcast here:    “The One Minute Mangler”  Karla Nelson:  And welcome to The People Catalyst Podcast Allen Fahden.   Allen Fahden:  Hello Karla. I’m excited about today.   Karla Nelson:  Today is going to be a fun day as ...

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7 Habits of Highly Defective People

Stephen Covey shared the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in 1989.  Karla Nelson and Allen Fahden add a little to his great discourse, looking at what are the habits of Highly Defective people. They answer questions like “How do you not put the sin in synergy?” “Are you being broactive instead of proactive?” and “Do you put the worst or first things first?”    Listen to the podcast here:    7 Habits of Highly Defective People   Karla Nelson:  Welcome to the People Catalyst Podcast, my ...

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Signing the Declaration of Independence: The First Dysfunctional Meeting

Here’s a trivia question: If Christmas is celebrated on December 25, and Valentine’s Day on February 14, when should we celebrate the Fourth of July? Duh, right? Well, not so fast.  Maybe it should be July 2nd. Congress voted for independence from England on July 2nd. 12 of the 13 colonies voted yes, while the New York delegation had to go home and get permission.  Or maybe it should be August 2nd, the date of ...

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Start With WTF

Simon Sinek’s Start with Why book is brilliant, and so is his Ted talk with 40 million+ views. But if you’re doing something other than marketing messages, something is missing.    The book and the Ted talk about how great leaders inspire people to take action. We agree, but it’s often not action that sustains itself. More on that in 30 seconds.    Why it’s a goodBook.  His insight, that the why comes before the what and the how ...

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It Doesn’t Matter What Color Is Your Parachute If It Doesn’t Open

When 70% of the people hate their jobs and 90% of CEOs fail because they can’t implement new ideas in their own company  it’s time to take a new look at the way we do our work.  It doesn’t matter what color your parachute is if it doesn’t open.  The real title, What Color is Your Parachute?, by Richard Nelson Bolles has sold more than 10 million copies since its introduction in 1975. Unlike so many business books, they update it every year.   ...

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