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]]>As an American author, marketing specialist, business owner and motivational speaker, Chris Brogan helps others to learn how to run a business. This is especially helpful to entrepreneurs and small business owners. He does this by giving lectures, writing books and also by having classes for groups of people desirous of succeeding in their business.
He has developed a combination of business strategy and professional leadership; he works with others to own their life, their choices and their business future. By providing the education and tools necessary, he can teach a person how to make their own business thrive and succeed in today’s world. There are also times that he provides personal coaching, but this is very limited.
There are more than five basic lessons that Chris Brogan educates about in order to be a successful leader and business owner. These lessons may seem quite basic to most people, but with the understanding will come successful ventures in life and business.
Some of these lessons include the following, with short explanations to each. The best way to learn and hear the complete explanation is to attend one of Chris Brogan’s seminars or courses and reach his award winning books.
You want a profile, an outstanding picture and you want to stand out more than anyone else. How you do this is simple. You are the brand, be the best you are and can be. You are who people see when they go to your business, who they think of. You want your picture to be the one that people say ‘Wow” to or about. At this point, you do not want a casual picture showing that you know how to relax and just socialize. You want others to see the business side, the cleaned up aspect, the business minded individual, and the intelligent side of you. Customers and people in general will relate to you better when they believe that you know what you are doing, that you look like you know what you are doing.
When you are a small business owner or entrepreneur, you need to be known. What better way of doing this, than to put yourself in the midst of everyone. Stop by as many locations as possible on your way home each day. Introduce yourself, be there if only for thirty seconds. When people see you, and hear you, they remember that you are there. You need to make yourself a Unique Value Proposition. This basically means that you need to create yourself in public, be the person that everyone remembers seeing. So make those extra stops on the way home each day, just to say hello and introduce you to them.
This does not mean that you need to stop at each business and strike up a full-fledged conversation with every person you meet. In today’s world there are so many opportunities to speak with people it is uncanny. The social networking sites and applications like Twitter make this easy for us all. Connect with people in every way possible. Most of these can be done when at home relaxing in the evening also, or riding the bus. The point is to connect with others. The more you connect with, the greater people’s knowledge is of you. Do not just lecture and give advice, have conversations, ask questions. That is one of the simplest ideas, but seems to be so complicated for so many.
Easier said than done right? Wrong. If it is your passion, you are an expert at it. Do what you know best and jump in. When work is not just mundane habits on a daily basis, it is fun, it is enjoyable and it is more than worth doing. Your passion and commitment to doing what you enjoy is what keeps you going daily, therefore your business must be something you enjoy also. Focus on the mission ahead, daily. Surround yourself with like-minded individuals, and those who see the same vision. These people will help you to succeed, not drive you into ruin. Follow the passion and it will surely follow you through the hard times and the best of times.
Not really a word is it? Make it your word! Do not be the business owner who sits at the desk telling everyone how to do things. Get out there in the business and show them how it is done. The best way to be a leader is to lead by example. When you, as the owner, understand what has to be done and how it has to be done, it is easier to explain this. However, it is even easier to show the employees that you are not afraid to get out there and do the work too. This sets a standard for others, proves to them that you have the knowledge and the desire. Being an employee and the boss, helps you to work your ambitions and desires, but it also shows others your commitment to the goal. Follow the goal, achieve the goal.
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]]>In this episode bestselling author Chris Brogan takes you on a deep dive into his book, The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth, where he gives you the formula for entrepreneurship from the ground up.
In his book, Brogan gives you the systems, processes and the foundational work that you need to turn your interests into a business venture. The goal of the book is to help you start your own revolutionary business, including what most people are missing from the basics of business, how to turn passions into businesses, and how to build out the digital channel.
This book is perfect for people who have the potential and drive to be an aspiring entrepreneur, but wouldn’t normally pick up a business book.
My book is systems, processes and the foundational work that you need to turn your entrepreneurship into something that keeps you out of your mom’s basement. What separates me from the rest is that this is entrepreneurship from the ground up.
The reader is free to skip around but I would hope that you take the time to stop and do the work that I suggest in the book.
Set yourself up for no excuses. Give your excuses a vacation and don’t ever give them their desk back.
The first chapter takes you through how you are really a freak. That’s me just talking the reader off the ledge and explaining what I mean by the word freak.
After that I get into what the difference between weirdos who live in their moms basement and people who actually have a business. One of the big missing ingredients is discipline so I walk you through an actionable system for how to build discipline. I walk through all of the excuses that you make for why not to do what you are going to do.
The next chapter is all about success. This chapter is important to me because it contains a list of things to quit. It talks about how success just doesn’t show up and about ways you should think about your success and how to measure it.
From there we go right into skills. What I like about this chapter is just that a lot of times we do the things that we know how to do and we skip all the things we don’t know how to do. I push you on the things you aren’t really great at. I also talk about networking because it’s amazing how people really have bad way of trying to connect with others. I give the reader some decent ways to think about it.
Next we talk about falling in love with not knowing. I try really hard to show you how important it is to be wrong, how curiosity is really important and the misconception of thinking you need to know all the deep level detailed stuff.
I talk about how important it is to structure your framework for your days.
The next chapter is all about how to be an employeepreneur. Some people don’t want to quit their day job and for some it’s not the right move. You can create the job that you really want inside of your organization.
Another chapter we talk about systems that work for you.
From there we discuss what solo and small business owners need to know.
Another whole chapter covers falling in love without knowing. It was so important I talk about it twice.
The next chapter is called Build Your Own Media Empire.
Chapter 13 is about making sure you find all your fellow freaks.
Chapter 14 is about taking ownership. This is a pivotal chapter even though it’s small because it talks about the differences between being a freak and then maybe going to be an owner.
The next chapter is all about when things go wrong and how to deal with failure.
The very last chapter is a summary of the whole book. Take Action! Fight Crime! Save the World!
NOTE: That was just a summary. To get the full deep dive, play the audio clip at 06:17
“You have to know only enough to start.” – Chris Brogan
I run a company called Owner Media Group; a professional development company where I help people try to figure out how to own the game that they must want to win. I’ve run marketing consulting companies, worked with a lot of the biggest brands out there. Most recently I have been helping anyone from any size business try to figure out solid principles of ownership that will help in you personally, in your business and into the future.
The inspiration for the book comes from my kids. I wanted to write something that will help them along their way as they grow up.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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