tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37826512011-04-21T21:22:34.973-04:00Smart Ideas for Smart People(TM) - Author: Beth Agnew. Common sense educator, and master synthesizer, Beth is also a business consultant, writer, speaker, teacher, coach, and laughter leader. She is the author of Water: the Miracle Cure, and other publications.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291763765575685565noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782651.post-1159463671603209452006-09-28T13:13:00.000-04:002006-09-28T13:20:57.096-04:00

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. Less good when they obey and acclaim him. Worse when they fear and despise him. Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you. But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did this ourselves." -- Lao-Tzu

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HIDDEN MARKETING ASSETS-------------------------------------- How much money are you leaving on the table by not fully utilizing your marketing assets? If you have a small- to medium-sized business, with revenue under $5 million annually, you probably have some hidden marketing assets that can be leveraged to increase profits, without spending additional money on advertising.Advertising is a huge

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LEADERSHIP------------------The responsibility of being a leader means that you will often walk ahead of others, into unfamiliar territory. You will often choose to follow a path that others cannot see. You will blaze a trail where no foot has ever before stepped. In so doing you will clear the way forward, removing obstacles as they present themselves to you, and you will make straight the way

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BETTER IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD ENOUGH---------------------------------------------------------Another way to put it is that "You don't have to get it right. You just have to get it going." And as my mentor Raymond Aaron says, "If something is worth doing, it is worth doing poorly."Does this mean we compromise on quality? Absolutely not! In our search for perfection, however, we can sometimes get

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WORKING SMARTER NOT HARDER--------------------------------------------------Being SMART is a function of doing things in a certain way. The quality of smart-ness usually includes saving time, saving money, saving energy, and maximizing all of your resources.The best way to work and live smarter is to have a plan. Smart people are successful people. And successful people have a personal strategic

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The SMART SIX™------------------------------------A group of six people, aligned in harmony, and committed to achieving the utmost in prosperity and abundance can be a powerful force. Six provides two groups of three, or three groups of two. This organization is useful if you want to have smaller groups of people working on different aspects of a problem, or to springboard creative thinking when

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MASTERMIND ALLIANCE------------------------------------------In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill talks about the power of the master mind principle. It is a power that is created when there is a group of like-minded individuals working in harmony.Whether you want to achieve personal goals or have access to a creative source that can help you identify and refine new ideas, a master mind group is

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MANIFESTING PROSPERITY-------------------------------------------One of my key goals this year is to invite and create prosperity with every avenue that is open to me. It's not a sin to be rich. Our mission on this planet is to be blessed and be a blessing to others. By cultivating prosperity, we tap into the flow of abundance in the world and can therefore use those additional resources we

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RESTOCKING AND TAKING STOCK---------------------------------------------At the end of a year, a fiscal year, or any creative period, it is a good idea to look back and assess what was accomplished. The idea is not to determine all of the faults and failures so that you can apportion blame, but instead to dispassionately review the past in order to ensure a better future.Focus on the positive. Ask

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DIVINE DISCONTENT-----------------------------------------Sometimes things don't go the way we had planned, or even the way we expected. We know we have to be prepared for obstacles in our path and the setbacks that naturally occur on a day to day basis as part of life.But every now and then it seems that nothing is working out. Maybe you've had new business ideas or plans for new projects, and

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PERIODS of REORGANIZATION---------------------------------------- You will have noticed the gap between a couple of my posts. That time was a period of reorganization for me. Perhaps you've had such instances in your life. While the term "period of reorganization" sounds pretty tame, what is really going on in your life can be chaotic and stressful.For me, I was plagued with illness, stress,

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CREATIVE MANIFESTATION-------------------------------------As creative beings, we can turn our thoughts into things. This is called manifestation. In other words, we get what we think about. If we're dwelling on lack, on tension, on war, we'll experience more of those things in our lives as our minds work to create exactly what we have asked for. Our subconscious doesn't know the difference

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Welcome to SmartFlame! This is the place to find Smart Ideas for Smart People(tm) -- ideas that can help you do everything better, smarter, faster, more friction free, with less stress, and with greater positive impact on your life.As a teacher and a professional life and business coach, my mission is to be a catalyst for the spectacular changes you can make in your life, your work, or your

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