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Imagine you are at a cocktail party.

Would you simply walk up to someone you've never met before and begin the conversation with "Hi, let's be friends"? Probably not.

I was recently at a large event where everyone was wearing name tags. At the end of the evening, as everyone was getting ready to leave, I came face to face with a man I'd never met before in my life. He took a quick look at my name tag, avoided eye contact, thrust his business card into my jacket pocket and said:… Continue

Here's a great story about a professor who is giving his last lecture because he has pancreatic cancer and has been given only weeks to live.

His message is wonderful! But don't wait until you have only weeks left to live before you start living a life that is FEARLESS FOCUSED AND FREE FROM REGRET!


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"What is your time worth?"

If you are a salaried employee, you probably answered with the amount of your annual salary.

If you are a contract employee, or a freelancer, you probably answered with your hourly rate.

But today I want you to think about the value of your time from a few different angles.

Over a year ago, I wrote an article called "What's Your Life Worth?" that asks you to take a "big pictu… Continue

Please listen - I'd love to hear your comments and feedback. I believe the show format eve… Continue

Before Ning.... before Xing.... before Facebook.... before MySpace.... there was The WayneNet!

And the WayneNet wasn't confined to the Internet. It was multi-platform! Web, e-mail, instant messaging, SMS, cell phone, land-line, even {gasp!} face-to-face! It was (and is) truly a living organism! And it all started with Wayne Harris.

I met Wayne in 2000. We were were both in sales at an Information Security company. I was struck by his friendliness and the genuine interest… Continue

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Greetings everyone!

One of the first things people ask when they hear that I am a motivational speaker is: "So what do you speak about?"

When I answer, "I speak about the Power of Mortality™" I always get either confused looks or blank stares. Most people tend to fixate on the "mortality" part of the equation, and as a result, they can miss out on the "power".

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