Daniel Decker

Free Resources for Leaders and Influencers

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I’ve recently shared a number of free resources for leaders and influencers via Twitter and the Leadership and Influence Summit (another resource for you with videos from leading experts) but now I’m going to bring them all together (and more) here on this post. I hope you will find them beneficial in expanding your leadership [...]

Effective Collaboration Begins by Building Relationship Equity First

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If you want to multiply your impact, it’s hard to do it by yourself. You need others and I’m not just talking about employees or a team underneath you to help support your efforts.
I’m talking about collaboration to do something bigger TOGETHER than what you could do alone. “Something bigger” could be as grand as [...]

My One Word for 2011: Residual

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There are many ways to kick-start your new year and make it the best it can be.

Chris Brogan talks about the significance of using 3 Words as your guiding pillars for focus.
Jon Gordon talks about One Word and The Road to Success (Vision and Alignment).
Michael Hyatt talks about yet another point that I think is [...]

4 Ways to Deal with Negativity, Pessimism and Chronic Complaining

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We all know them, those people within our lives and organizations who are negative… who seem to only see the worst in every situation and who would rather complain than seek a solution. Their constant negativity is a like a disease that infects everyone else around them, slowly robbing themselves and others of joy, happiness, [...]

Improve Your Relationships and Make Someone’s Day with this 13 Letter Word

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It doesn’t really cost you anything other than a little bit of your time but it very well could be the best thing you give away today…
Encouragement
Our words have power. Power that we often overlook because of how busy we can tend to be. It’s not that we don’t appreciate others but it’s easy to [...]

3 Lessons from Groupon and Facebook That Should Change Your Life

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Consider this…
GROUPON is estimated to have a worth of between 3 BILLION and 6 BILLION.
FACEBOOK is estimated to have a worth of over 50 BILLION.
But here’s the thing…
Neither of these entities existed more than 6 years ago.
Groupon didn’t even exist until November 2008, a little over 2 years ago.
What’s this mean for you?
Change can happen [...]

The Best Way to Attract More Followers

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It’s a pretty simple formula.
If you want others to value you enough to follow you then you have to start by giving them something worth following. You must add value in some way that makes the investment of their time (and potentially resources) worth it.
Just like if you want better friendships you have to start [...]

The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do

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At the bottom of this post I’m giving away a few copies of a new book from NY Times editorial board member, Eduardo Porter. Make sure you read on to find out how you can win as well as read some really interesting examples of PRICE such as the value of human life and what [...]

Top Posts for 2010: Top Books for Influencers, 25 Free eBooks for Business and Productivity, Perfection, Hard Work and more.

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With today being the last day of the year I thought it would be appropriate to list the Top 10 Posts for 2010 from my blog (based on overall traffic). I hope you’ll find a post that is of interest to you and perhaps something you can use as you kick-start 2011!
Top Books Every Young [...]

Overcome Self Sabotage in 2011

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Sometimes we limit ourselves, don’t we?
I mean, we can be our own worst enemy and not even realize it.
There’s something we want to do or pursue but we don’t. Instead we make excuses or justify to ourselves (and others) why we can’t.
Sometimes the lie we tell ourselves even makes sense (because the lie is how [...]