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OCTOBER 11, 2007

Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 11, 2007 Shirley Jaffrey wrote me an email today, telling me her story how she started her business on a kitchen table and is now supplying the stars. My product recipe also won the BUAV first ever Gold Bunny Award in 2006 for not being tested on animals.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

This contest is a friendly competition where your sincerity, desire to learn, and motivation to succeed counts more than anything. How not feeling confident about your writing skills has affected your business, and what it would mean to you to have that obstacle swept away. No private email entries will be accepted.).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

I was confident. So today I’d like to share some of my launch experience and the lessons I learned with you, so that you can prepare for your own launch nightmare… and turn it into a sweet, dreamy day at the beach. If you think that promo email will take an hour to write, assume it’ll take three. That series of promo emails?

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APRIL 14, 2011

Editors are busy and read through mounds of desperate writer emails every day. But you do need a specific outline, or your lack of confidence in what your piece is about will show through. If you don’t hear anything back in 2 weeks, follow-up with a short, friendly email and ask about the status. Outline your article.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Putting confidence into your copy almost to the point of arrogance is pretty powerful stuff, and it works out great for a lot of people. However, all too often this confidence turns to cockiness. If you’re still not sure, I’ll be honest – I’m probably not going to be able to help you yet, because this takes confidence on both sides.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Admittedly,companies like Zappos can afford to spend millions on developing their brand loyalty, but didn’t they all start out small and learn from their own mistakes? Here are some of the basics I learned: Listen to what customers want. So what comprises quality customer service and how can we do it better?

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APRIL 22, 2010

We’re not confident enough. We’re not confident in our writing, in our own products, and in our own value. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. When I see good marketing, I see confidence. So how do you get the confidence to market well? They’ll love you for it.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

If you aren’t confident in your abilities, how do you convince a prospective client you’re the person for the job? Send them an email, sing laurels about their work and suggest ways to make their content more effective. Unless you’re a pro at cold-calling, you’re going to want to learn how to network the right way.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Keep reading to learn how.). Your email inbox won’t implode, don’t worry. Don’t leave it until the day of the deadline and then email to say you need more time. Suggest a new and more realistic deadline that you’re confident you can meet. Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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MARCH 4, 2012

Despite all their talent and ability to write well, the good writers lack confidence and never guest post at all. And that doesn’t even include the back and forth emails between the hopeful writer and the blog owner. An achievement that helps us learn and improve. What’s the world coming to? It’s a burden.

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MAY 2, 2010

Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. How to Reclaim Your Childlike Confidence Reply 3 J.D. Well, I dont. I think productivity means having a life while still getting things done. As simple or as complicated as you see fit. {

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

So at this point, I decided to start learning it. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. And we always can learn something new! I learned the same concept in social work. This was the problem. Well, I dont.

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JULY 18, 2010

While training for competition, I learned many valuable lessons (beyond the kind that made sure you didn’t canter off to your death). That’s a good way to build confident success so that you’re always ready for what’s coming at you – before you get there. We can only learn from our mistakes, and move ahead.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Because we’ve learned so many things and we know so many processes that we forgot our own identities. Because I’m learning something from him that I can’t find anywhere else. I’m learning how to be a weirdo. This is a pretty big thing to learn, believe me. Not only I learned and gained experience. Look inside.

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MARCH 3, 2010

A client emails you in a panic and the tone is so urgent that you feel the need like it’s your own. Henry Bingaman ( @henrybing ) March 4, 2010 at 3:05 am Saying no takes confidence… but the act of saying no also builds confidence. It makes you feel more confident and it makes you look more professional.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Competition makes you confident. Being able to say that you’re better for whatever reason gives you confidence in your business and in your product. And it’s going to translate into a confidence that affects your sales, your demeanor, and ultimately the success of your business. Excitement instead of indifference?

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JUNE 30, 2010

Being A Productivity Junkie I had my share of GTD from its early days, back in 2005-2006. I started to GTD in 2006 and I was an evangelist until 2008. I don’t know the exact date (I’m still assessing it), but I’m confident that it will be ready soon. Confident enough to give you a small teaser here, that is.

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MAY 16, 2010

It’s easy to fall into the trap of emailing off four, five, or more guest posts quickly and then expecting to see your work on the blog of your choice the very next day. If in doubt, a polite email to the site owner may be in order. It’s perfectly acceptable to email your contact and ask about the status of your post.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

We’re dealing with 122 pages in which he’s talking about: achievement and success, productivity, confidence and self-esteem, business, body and mind, people and relationships. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I will leave the pleasure of exploring Camille’s blog to my male audience and, as one of my female Facebook friends said, I’ll leave the pleasure of learning a few trips and tricks from this blog to the opposite sex. In the beginning I was getting a thank you email (or comment on the blog, for that matter) once a month. Well, I dont.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. Has your style become more confident? Let’s face it, you’re always going to be learning, just by being engaged with words. Learning to craft a compelling opening to a blog post might teach you something about the first few pages of your novel.

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MAY 27, 2010

Am I going to learn something new? I lost the thrill of not knowing what homework did I have to do, the excitement of doing it under pressure, the satisfaction of doing a great job and the incredible feeling of self-confidence I used to have every day before going to bed. Am I going to finish my homework during the break?

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APRIL 5, 2010

Be Confident It will happen. So, if you’re wishing something at all, you’d better doing it with confidence, being prepared for it. So, keep your precise, direct, fearless and confident wishes handy, because you never know when your private magic fairy will jump again in front of you, ready to make them come true. I just know.

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JUNE 3, 2010

And they were literally running for that wall, with a lot of confidence and full speed. This time, with a valuable lesson learned. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. They have to learn their own lessons from the universe.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Anyway, fact is that once they learn I’m running a personal development blog, they somehow treat me as some sort of a guru. Learning The Lesson Which means taking some sort of real action. You learn by doing. The long answer: because this is how we learn. Learning the lesson. Which I’m so totally not.

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MAY 9, 2010

Sometimes we’d forget to ask a question and have to send a new email to confirm a detail – that wastes time. Do you simply direct them to the link on your site or do you email the questionnaire to them? We had a pretty good idea of what we needed to know in order to do our job well. Except the times when we didn’t. Thanks for sharing.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

But from all these experiments, all this pushing and learning, only one thing came up really strong. Even if you don’t realize it consciously, being a constant witness of this transformation will give you much more confidence. You will learn how to wake up on something just before anybody else does. Well, I dont.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It’s a great way to stay stuck right where you are, never growing, never learning, and never experiencing anything new. The benefits included a renewed confidence in my writing, massive amounts of ideas for articles, and a honing of my skills. Ian | Quantum Learning´s last blog. Well, I dont.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Along the way, I tried many different strategies, learning from others and trying different things on my own. From there, I write articles and share my best learnings and advice. Over time, I built on it to include more information, such as my learnings from rolling out my plans and what to do differently.

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JULY 25, 2010

We like authority and people who have conviction, who stand up and speak their mind with confidence. To avoid the hypocrisy, whatever a person’s talk is, they should also be walking it or learning to walk it. Most of us teach what we needed or still need to learn ourselves. We pay attention to these people, too.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. How To Become More Sexually Confident Reply 10 dragos November 17, 2010 at 9:38 am Hi Roman, I guess you wanted to say: “something similar and it looks familiar&# but I understand you, mate.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

James pointed them out, sounding more confident than Kelly felt. Confidence. At many sites readers may browse around and look over their options or want to learn about the subject matter. It was narrow – too narrow for today’s modern buildings that took up more real estate. This is it. It’s full of signs.&#

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Ask the client for enough time that you feel confident you can meet the new deadline. I guess they’re still learning or I need to keep looking for super high-quality. I learned a while back that saying yes to yourself first is what really makes the difference between a healthy person and someone run down and tired.

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APRIL 11, 2010

A website like that conveys confidence, pride and prowess. I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. I quickly learned that I was, to paraphrase your client, doing OK, I guess. Thanks for sharing.

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MARCH 28, 2010

Learning baby steps. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. Once we know that we can manage that, we can go a little further and before you know it, you will have gained the confidence to dive right in. Well, I dont.

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JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good. Lesson learned.

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MARCH 15, 2010

I think too often, we gain confidence from people we will probably never meet in our lives called role models. I’m not saying you can’t learn anything mind-blowing from them, but when you indulge yourself in the idea that you need a role model to improve your life, that’s when something’s wrong. Well, I dont.

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