Adrian Shepherd

three words to remember to get your message out there

Simple, powerful, memorable… Three simple words every entrepreneur should remember. Today we are constantly being bombarded with ads for everything from sports drinks to health insurance. Big companies know that repetition is very powerful and spend big bucks to establish top-of-mind awareness in the consumers’ minds even if they don’t realize it. Think soft drinks: […]

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where would we be without friends and our health?

When it boils down to it, life is really only about two things… Health and relationships. Without health, it’s hard to live the life you want. Without relationships, life just doesn’t have the same zing. Despite the importance of both, many people seem to take them for granted. Let’s start with health. It should go

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you’ve got to worry when you hear things like this

It’s the same every year… You pick up a newspaper, read Yahoo! News or hear someone telling a story and you just have to scratch your head. Despite access to the incredible knowledge we all possess today, ignorance and stupidity aren’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s just the opposite. A remarkable thing happened in the

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failed Spanish student reveals his 3 secrets to mastering any language

8 long years… That’s how long I studied Spanish. Elementary school Spanish was fun. Middle school Spanish a joke. And high school Spanish (or at least the last two years of it) an absolute nightmare. Entering my junior year in high school, I had resigned myself to the fact that I couldn’t learn a foreign

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we are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with

Influence is two things… “First, influence is powerful. And second, it is subtle.” That’s what my mentor, Jim Rohn, said. I wholeheartedly agree. Take a look around. At every moment we are both influencing, and being influenced by, the people around us. One only has to look at high school to see its powerful effect.

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a simple exercise that can change everything

Where to begin? That’s the question I asked myself when I first started writing my book, iSucceed. Though I had been studying seriously for two years, the thought of writing a book never even crossed my mind. One day though, when I sat down and started reading some of the ideas I’d jotted down along

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we all need to grow a thicker skin to succeed

Dang, people are sensitive these days… The other day I ran across an article on Yahoo! which had an anchor “fighting back” to what she referred to as “bullying” sent in to the station by a viewer. Here’s what the letter said: Hi Jennifer, It’s unusual that I see your morning show, but I did

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looking for inspiration for your next big idea, look no further than these 5 sources

Always look at the source… I talk about this in my book, iSucceed, because many people make the mistake of treating all information equally. What’s worse is often people have the habit of trusting information acquired from friends and family, rather than professionals or people with firsthand experience. Information is only as good as its

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a little known treasure chest of ideas on business, marketing and success

I’ll say it again… “I love the Internet.” It’s honestly hard to imagine what my life (and I dare say yours) would be without it. In my humble opinion, it is the single greatest tool ever created. It has changed how we do everything; communication, education, business, development, language, health, pretty much everything you can

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20 quotes to live by, by Tony Robbins

A legend… Tony Robbins has been the face of the self-development movement for pretty much the past 25 years. In the 80s, you couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing one of his infomercials. But as is the case with all fame, he had his doubters. Unlike psychology, philosophy, and education, there is no course

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