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Moving the Goal Line 2011 – OBZ Podcast #12

by Brad Smith on January 27, 2011 · 0 comments

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In this week’s feature segment I discuss how to define your goals for 2011 in just a few minutes and then turn those into an action plan to generate both the money and actions you need to make them a reality.  97% of adults have no written goals, and an even smaller percentage have an [...]

Do You Have the Motivation to Start a Business?

by Brad Smith on August 25, 2010 · 0 comments

As I was winding down the last few days of my day job to start working full time as an internet entrepreneur, I was frequently asked what I was going to do next…?

Why You Don’t Need to be Thomas Edison

by Brad Smith on June 9, 2010 · 2 comments

The world we live in is full of myths, and one of the most popular is that to create your own product you need to be an amazing inventor like Thomas Edison or a physicist like Albert Einstein.  The fact is that nothing could be further from the truth. Some time ago, I was on [...]

The most important element for someone starting a new business is passion – if you love what you do it will come though in everything you do, and your passion will sustain you when times get tough. The man in this video has a passion for soda pop that is unbelievably inspiring, and has led [...]

Rekindle Your Dreams

by Brad Smith on May 9, 2010 · 2 comments

If you ask a group of 1st graders how many can sing, dance or paint every hand in the room will go up. If you ask the same question to a group in Junior High School less than half of the hands will go up. We slowly lose touch with our dreams and passions as we become adults.