Yin vs YangThe Battle for Success in Life

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Article by Peter J. Normandia. Follow me on Twitter.

Everyone in life has their position. Whether at work, in your own business, in sports, at the dinner table, financially, or even in your personal relationships, their is an element of positioning. When trying to climb the ladder of success, we are inherently trying to improve our position in life, be it at work, or in our bank account.

Accountability

The first step to fighting for a better position in life is similar to a lot of first steps: Accountability. We must understand that what ever position we are in, it is because we settled for that spot. It is not because of any other reason. We decided at some point that this particular position was good enough. It might not have been a conscience decision. You may not have even thought of it that way, but the truth is, at some point, you accepted the position you are in.  Read more... (1557 words, 3 images, estimated 6:14 mins reading time)

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Article by Peter J. Normandia. Follow me on Twitter.

Every Wednesday is Personal Development in Business…

Every business owner would love to have one thing: more clients. In today’s economic climate, it is more important than ever to properly build your network. Now, being that this is a blog, I can obviously talk about all of the ways you can network through Social Media. We can discuss Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, and MySpace till we are blue in the face, but I feel like others have gone into much better depth about it than I ever could.

Today, I want to concentrate on 5 Ways to Find more business the old fashioned way: physically. To me, even with the massive amounts of people I network with online, I still get most of my business through personal interaction.  Read more... (1094 words, 2 images, estimated 4:23 mins reading time)

Article by Peter J. Normandia. Follow me on Twitter.

Between training Jiu Jitsu, the neighborhood I live in, and being that I am only 29 myself, I run into a lot of people in their early-mid 20s. It is a crucial age for most because it is the time when college ends and real life begins. It is exciting, scary, and probably one of the biggest adjustments most people ever make. We go to school all those years just to prepare for the day when ‘real life’ begins.  When it comes, everyone thinks they have the perfect plan.  Read more... (972 words, 2 images, estimated 3:53 mins reading time)

About 6 months ago, I decided to give up on my miserable, failing mortgage branch.  I could have got a job somewhere to try and pay some of my bills but I was saddled with so much debt, I figured I might as well go for it all now.  Plus, chasing money got me into this mess in the first place.  I needed a change.

I had graduated film school only to wind up in the mortgage business trying to pay my bills.  Lucky for me, I met my future partner, Chris, through a fellow friend and broker.   Chris offered me the opportunity to get back involved in video, something I always wanted in the first place but was not ready to go after myself.  This was my chance.  Read more... (1133 words, 2 images, estimated 4:32 mins reading time)

Today I had a big sales meeting with huge ramifications for the future of my company.  We were under pressure to come in and show a client why we were worth a lot more money than the competing offers.  My company had done a lot of work for the opportunity to close this deal, and today was crunch time.  Either we walked out with the deal, or we did not.  I also had an added reason to be nervous about the meeting.

Last night we found out that a Web Development competitor proposed a price to our clients that was not only a lot cheaper, but supposedly faster as well.  This was of course, not possible.  But how was I to know the client believed me?  Read more... (888 words, 3 images, estimated 3:33 mins reading time)