Category: Robin’s Rant

Mowing Around Dead Bodies

Last week a news story broke about a landscaper who mowed around a dead body lying in the grass he was cutting, giving the excuse that he had thought it was a Halloween prop. I’ve heard a lot of excuses over the years for people failing to do their job or skipping over important details in their work, but this one takes the cake…

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Is There Anyone In There?

Have you ever watched someone do something that should be as familiar and routine to them as brushing their teeth, but they look like they’re doing it for the first time? What should be a routine, ordinary procedure turns into a total cluster f&#@ in figuring things out, a mad scramble and clown show of errors? 

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How Fast Can You Get ‘Er Done?

A lesson I have to teach and reteach and remind folks is this: results don’t happen by accident. I wish I could magically change someone’s situation for the better by simply having them attend my event, but I can’t. This is why many stay home.

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Make A Damned Decision

Most people do not know how to make decisions and don’t even realize it. They’re in a perpetual state of “think it over” on just about everything in their life and therefore get nowhere fast, living the same life they did yesterday, making no progress. One day they’re going to wake up as an old man or an old woman and think to themselves, “I could have been great,” but they’d never decided to do anything about it, never getting started.

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You Took The Job

Someone at a recent event came up and asked me how I overcome “the feeling of being unmotivated and exhausted all the time.” Well…I think he was projecting his feelings about his company, so let me tell you a story….

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So Much B.S. To Debunk, I Don’t Know Where To Start

Last week, I spent two days with Don Miller, NY Times bestselling author and previous speaker at our annual Boot Camp event, at his home here in Nashville. He built the home to be a place to bring people together – his family, his friends and fellow entrepreneurs. It’s a magical place he calls Goose Hill.

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When You’re So Frustrated You Want To Quit

If you’re an MSP owner and have ever felt like just giving up – whether that’s selling the damned thing off cheap for whatever you can get, handing the keys over to the employees and walking away or just closing it down, this article is for you. 

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Trump’s Mugshot

The path to achieving your goals is NOT paved with shining golden bricks as you skip along through a beautiful countryside smiling and singing with friends. It’s paved with misery, disappointment, rejection and predators.

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