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Dr. Alan Weiss—10 More Pieces of $100,000 Advice From The Million Dollar Consultant

Key Takeaways 

1.  Stop seeking affection and focus only on respect.

2.  If you want to be someone, you have to start acting that way now.

3.  The key to startling success is to be fearless.

Alan has a Ph.D. has in psychology, has written 60 books, and has advised over half of the Fortune 500 companies.

https://alanweiss.com/

The Seven-Figure Consultant book

https://a.co/d/02pL14JO

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The Greatest Leaders Are The Easiest To Understand (The 3 Keys To Ultimate Simplicity)

1.  Bold one-sentence mission
2.  Billion Dollar Napkin (simple winning plan)
3.  Bumper sticker standards (short list of standards repeated)

“Simple ideas stick, complicated ones don’t.”  -Chip Heath, Made To Stick

1.  Bold one-sentence mission

Make-A-Wish: "Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses."

2.  Billion Dollar Napkin (simple winning plan)

Apple’s "Product Excellence" Plan (Steve Jobs Era)
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he slashed 90% of their products and implemented a 4-step "Quadrant" strategy.
1. Drastic Simplification: Focus only on four products (Consumer Desktop, Consumer Portable, Pro Desktop, Pro Portable).
2. Design First: Make the hardware beautiful enough that people want to touch it.
3. Ecosystem Lock-in: Connect the hardware (iPhone) to software (iTunes/App Store) so users never want to leave.
4. Premium Pricing: Never compete on price; compete on "Magic" and experience.

3.  Bumper sticker standards (short list of standards repeated)

Southwest three personal commitments:
• Warrior Spirit
• Servant’s Heart
• Fun‑LUVing Attitude
Southwest’s "Living the Southwest Way" is a cultural triple-threat. Warrior Spirit demands fearless innovation and hard work; Servant’s Heart prioritizes putting others first with respect; and a Fun-LUVing Attitude ensures you don't take yourself too seriously. Together, they transform a commodity airline into a legendary, people-first brand.

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Trump’s 10 Secret Commandments of Power: How Trump Wins Every Room, Deal, and Fight—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Incredible conversation with the trusted advisor to Fortune 100 CEOs and five US presidents.

You’ll learn:

-What leadership traits separate the presidents who lead effectively from those who struggle

-What separates the top 1% of CEOs from the other 99%

“Competence without character is dangerous; character without competence is useless.”

Jeffrey’s new book, Trump’s Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox, provides a unique scholarly "field guide" to Trump’s style of power.

https://trumptencommandments.com/

There are leaders… and then there are the people leaders turn to when the stakes rise and the world tilts.

Today, we sit with a man who has shaped the thinking of presidents and the decision‑making of the world’s most powerful CEOs. The founder of the world’s first school for chief executives and a trusted advisor to five U.S. presidents —  George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.

His counsel has guided icons like Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan and Satya Nadella of Microsoft, and when Russia invaded Ukraine, it was his Yale team that orchestrated the historic withdrawal of over 1,000 multinational companies from Russia — reshaping the global business landscape in real time.

Named one of the 10 most influential business school professors on Earth. A voice carried by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, TIME, FORTUNE, and every major network in the country.

Today we’re entering the mind of a strategist who has stood at the crossroads of power for a generation.

This is Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

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The Top 3 Places You’ll Go To Die As A CEO (And How To Avoid Them And Thrive)

“Tell me where I’m going to die so I don’t go there.”  -Charlie Munger

Top 3 Rules For CEOs

1.  Delegate or die.

2.  Difficult conversations or die.

3.  Sell or die.

If you’re not capable of doing these three things, you will never be a successful CEO or business leader. You will always be stressed and you will always struggle.

“Wisdom is prevention.”  -Charlie Munger

1.  Delegate or die.

The difference between successful people and really successful people, is that really successful people say no to almost everything.   -Warren Buffet

Book Recommendation:  No BS Time Management by Dan Kennedy 

2.  Difficult conversations or die.

Get really good at hiring and really good at coaching so you don’t have to fire people.

Book Recommendations 

-No BS Ruthless Management Of People And Profits by Dan Kennedy 

-The Trillion Dollar Coach by Alan Eagle

3.  Sell or die

1.  You must prioritize sales.  You must be able to sell.

2.  You must be obsessed with the product and the customer.

Giving helps you become a better salesperson. Being genuinely interested in your customer’s needs helps you build trust and goodwill. Which in turn helps you sell your product or service in a win-win kind of fashion.  -Adam Grant 

Book Recommendations

-Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender

-The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes

How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ojqZTBnqneCzg9TtyrGPh?si=5t0885gHQB6bd87yOiwWrA

How To Sell Like Steve Jobs

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2e51m7wg6YI3vgH0WVYLsv?si=CyNRcfpKSvOwtz6ZG3RtJw

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The 3 Biggest Reasons Leaders Fail (And Exactly What The World’s Top 1% Leaders Do Differently) 

This applies to being a CEO or business manager, parenting, sports coaching, teaching in a classroom, and law-enforcement or military leadership 

The 3 Biggest Reasons Leaders Fail: 

1.  Majoring in minor things. 

2.  Being too nice. 

3.  Not thinking big enough.

1.  Majoring in minor things. 

Too complicated 

Too many priorities 

Busy work

No clear goals

No simple plan

Top 1% leadership:  Keep the main thing the main thing.  Identify your number one priority and identify the number one most important thing you have to get done each day to get there.

The Tool:  Top 1-3 MITs daily, top 3 for the week

The Tool:  manage priorities, not people

Book Recommendations 

-Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy

-One Thing by Gary Keller

-Essentialism by Greg McKeown

“If you don’t guard your time, greatness will disappear.”

-Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify

2.  Being too nice. 

Avoiding difficult conversations 

Top 1% leadership:  Tell the truth today; never walk by greatness or mediocrity without saying something.  If you see something, say something.  Always let people know where they stand…for good and for bad. Catch people doing things right and challenge them to be better.

The Tool:  The Crown Effect—Catch, Challenge, Care—One heroic conversation per week

Book Recommendations 

-The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard 

-The Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt

-The Ultimate Coach by Steve Hardison 

“A person’s success in life can visually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he/she is willing to have.”  -Tim Ferriss

3.  Not thinking big enough.

Tiny goals that don’t get anyone excited 

Not learning to think like the greats so you and your people can achieve the greatest things

Top 1% leadership:  Learn how to think bigger and better every day.

The Tool:  Set a breakthrough goal for the team (Best in the world, best place to work)

The Tool:  Learn how to think for 5-15 minutes per day 5 days a week (study the greats and study performance psychology)

Book Recommendations 

-Relentless Solution Focus by Jason Selk

-Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William McRaven 

-Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger 

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”  -Nelson Mandela

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The M.A.C. Method™️ :  The World’s Simplest Most Science-Based Method To Transform Your Life 

The world’s simplest, most science-based method to form a new habit or achieve a life-changing goal.

The M.A.C. Method:  Measure It + Accountability Partner + Calendar 

The Three Rules Of Achieving A Life-changing Transformation 

1.  Measure it.   What gets measured on a daily/weekly basis gets mastered!

2.  Get an accountability partner.  It’s the cheapest, most effective insurance policy for your most important goals.

 3.  Put it on the calendar.  If it ain’t on the calendar, it ain’t happening!

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The ONLY Five Books You Need To Build a World-Class Life

🧬 The Master Framework (Unified System)

🧠 Mental Health = Solution focus

🏃 Physical Health = Daily habits

💰 Wealth = Behavioral systems

🎯 Success = Personal responsibility

❤️ Relationships = Emotional regulation

😊 Happiness = Intentional living

1. Mental Health

Book: Relentless Solution Focus — Dr. Jason Selk

https://a.co/d/5C5uCDp

2. Physical Health

Book: Eat, Sleep, Move — Tom Rath

https://a.co/d/dVbhkW8

3. Wealth

Book: The Index Card — Helaine Olen & Harold Pollack

https://a.co/d/htQDmgM

4. Career Success

Book: The Success Principles — Jack Canfield

https://a.co/d/24djE4H

5. Relationship Success

Book: The Success Principles — Jack Canfield

https://a.co/d/24djE4H

6. Happiness

Book: The How of Happiness — Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky

https://a.co/d/3O2EYjL

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“All We Do Is Win™️: 21 Hip-Hop Principles for CEO Success”

Think, Lead, Sell™️:  The 3 Vital Skills Of Elite CEO Performance
1.  “Sky Is The Limit” Notorious B.I.G.—Think 
2.  “I Will Not Lose” Jay-Z—Lead 
3.  “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” Wu-Tang Clan—Sell

“All I Do Is Win.”

— DJ Khaled, “All I Do Is Win”

Hip-Hop Lesson for CEOs: Build a Culture Where Winning Is the Default.

This line isn’t about arrogance. It’s about identity.

Winning isn’t an event. It’s a system.

Khaled doesn’t even rap the verses — he assembles the right talent, sets the tone, creates the energy, and makes sure the record hits. That’s CEO energy. He’s the orchestrator.

For a CEO, “All I do is win” means:

• You hire A-players.

• You set standards publicly.

• You celebrate wins loudly.

• You eliminate excuses quietly.

• You build repeatable processes that stack victories.

Winning once is luck.

Winning repeatedly is culture.

The deeper lesson?

If your team doesn’t believe winning is inevitable, they’ll unconsciously tolerate mediocrity.

Your job as CEO is to make victory feel normal — not occasional.

Because when winning becomes identity, performance follows.

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Kathy Grimme—How To Go From Entry-Level To CEO Through Standards, Simplicity and Service 

Biggest takeaways

⭐️The No’s are important than the Yeses (You must have the courage to say No to create boundaries with your time)

⭐️Self-discipline equals self-confidence 

⭐️Slow your world down and prioritize one most important thing at a time 

⭐️Practice the power of positivity 

⭐️Surround yourself with people that lift you up

⭐️You’re not going to get very far if you’re not getting good sleep and putting the right food in your body 

⭐️Make it a daily habit to have difficult conversations (lined with kindness)

⭐️Curiosity over intelligence 

⭐️You must create space in your day to just think

⭐️Don’t live in perfection-land, just jump in and do it

Kathy Grimme is a native of Altoona PA, is a seasoned healthcare CEO with more than 30 years of experience in orthopedics. 

Beginning her career at an entry-level role, she advanced through progressive leadership positions across Clinical, operational and revenue cycle functions culminating in her appointment as chief executive officer in 2021. 

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The Five Laws of OVER-Communication™️:  How the World’s Most Effective Leaders Actually Get Things Done—Masterclass

The Five Laws of OVER-Communication™

1.  The Law of 90/10:  Listen 90% of the time, talk 10%.  You already know what you know, you need to know what THEY know.  Additionally, the more you ramble on, the less respect you get.

2.  The Law of The Standard:  Tell the truth today; never walk by greatness or mediocrity without saying something.  If you see something, say something.  Always let people know where they stand…for good and for bad. Catch people doing things right and challenge them to be better.

3.  The Law of Simplicity:  Simple is remembered and acted upon.  Complex isn’t.  

4.  The Law of Self-Conviction:  Conviction commands attention.  Conviction cuts through the noise.  Where conviction exists, attention follows. Hesitation is ignored…conviction is followed.

5.  The Law of Seven:  When you get sick of saying something and they get sick of hearing something…that’s when it starts to sink in.  A message needs to be repeated a minimum of seven times before it sinks in.

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