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If You Want To Win Against A Tiger

August 10, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

If you want to win against a tiger, you can’t fight like a tiger. We have hands with small nails while they have paws with big claws. We have herbivore teeth; shaped in squares. Tigers have the pointy teeth that hurt…a lot.

You don’t beat the tiger by becoming the tiger. Instead, you beat the tiger by being different. Use your surroundings, blow a whistle at it (blowing the whistle actually works. I read a book about it), and do anything else that you can.

Don’t try to beat the competition by becoming the competition. They have more experience and a larger audience than you do. Do something that the competition can’t do. Find their kryptonite. It’s there somewhere!

How To Look At Your Past, Present, And Future

August 10, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Ignore most of your past. Only focus on the lessons you learned along the way and what worked. Then, when you rinse and repeat, you will get the same result.

You cannot ignore the present because as you are reading this sentence, you are in the present. Nothing will change that. You have to do what you can now to have a better future.

Your future is shaped by the present. You can’t skip to the future where you’re a multimillionaire or even a multi-billionaire. Think about your future as you decide what you do in the present.

Any Bad Product Can Become Good

August 9, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

When a product gets tons of sales, people are going to tell everyone about their product.

When a product doesn’t do as well, people push that product in the corner where it becomes a dust collector.

When a product is doing mediocre, it is left out for a while. If it doesn’t generage enough sales, it is pushed to the corner.

We are so quick to push products that aren’t doing well to the corner that we don’t learn anything from that bad product. We push it to the corner so it’s out of mind. No remembers what that product was.

That product may have been a bad egg, but you can turn any bad product into a good product. If a book doesn’t have enough content, more content can be added. If a CD doesn’t have good recordings, you can replace the bad recordings with good recordings.

If a toy is broken, the manufacturer can fix it and give it more features. There’s no reason to throw something into the corner. It becomes a forgotten idea; a dust collector.

You started your idea for a reason. You turned it into a product. Don’t give up on it.

Why Most People Don’t Lift Weights

August 9, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

It’s not because they don’t want to get stronger. The more you lift weights, the stronger you get. No matter what the task is, whether people have to hold the weights and do reps for a minute or 10 minutes, they won’t lift those weights.

Why? They know success is along the road. They know from seeing all of those super muscular people what happens when you lift weights long enough. But why don’t they do that then? Imagine being able to throw a football twice as far or lifting some of the heaviest things with ease.

The reason that most people don’t lift weights because success comes “along the way.” The muscles don’t come quick. It’s a commitment. It’s easier to sit on the couch looking at people who are fit than to actually lifting the weights and getting fit.

Everyone is reluctant to change, and when we have to make a commitment to see results, most people will cringe at the idea. Don’t cringe and know what lies around the corner.

3 Reasons Why Man’s Best Friend Is Man’s Best Friend

August 8, 2013 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Dogs have been given the title of being man’s best friend. Some people would go further and say that dogs are nicer than humans. Here are some of the reasons that man’s best friend is man’s best friend.

Dogs listen. I have a 7-year-old Shih Tzu named Flower who listens to what we have to say. She does not interrupt us or discourage us in any way. She just listens.
Dogs encourage activity. When my dog brings a chew toy over, I throw it and see her run after it. Then, after she chased down the chew toy, she brings it back to me. She also needs to be walked which involves activity outside of the office.
Dogs always say hi. When I get home, my dog is always waiting for me in the same spot: right at the door. When I open the door, there she is, jumping around and being as happy as she can be.

Man’s best friend may not be able to verbally teach us lessons, but they can teach us lessons by the ways that they act. Actions do speak louder than words.