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REEthink…REEclaim everything…including yourself

By markwehner - 5th April 2012

One of the common instincts of successful entrepreneurs…that launched everything from their passion…to their endeavor…to their vision of the future…is their ability to REEclaim everything…especially themselves! Conventional wisdom typically is based on knowledge gained through conventional education.  Conventional education measures itself in standardization…a those are usually “minimum” standards.  Classroom achievement is designed  to make sure everyone is…at least…on the same page before everyone advances together.  This learned mode of achievement has proven to the single source of demotivation for entrepreneurs....

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REEthink…REEset for increased productivity

By markwehner - 28th March 2012

Like a computer…every once in a while the entrepreneur needs to hit the “REEset” button. Given today’s rapid pace of business…unproductive tasks and obligations tend to consume too much of the entrepreneur’s time and energy.  Unproductive tasks and obligations are those activities that are necessary to the maintenance and stability of the endeavor.  Necessary…yes…but not productive.  Productive activities are those required…day-to-day…critically important actions that must be taken today…to insure tomorrow’s success…or nothing else matters.  NOTHING ELSE matters…absolutely NOTHING!  These productive...

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REEthink…REEdirect your entrepreneurial energy

By markwehner - 6th March 2012

Energy means everything to the entrepreneur!  Creating…connecting…and channeling entrepreneurial energy is just one of the keys to long term, sustainable success. Like a river or a mountain stream…the energy generated from their respective movements can create a force that can reduce mountains to nothing…or power the world.  Like an entrepreneur…flowing water is relentless.  It rumbles and tumbles over and around obstacles with ease…and in doing so it’s inherent force can move boulders…or even smooth them into oblivion.  By observation…the flowing...

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REEthink…entrepreneurial REEtaliation

By markwehner - 27th February 2012

Ever heard the words “sweet revenge”?  Well, to an entrepreneur “sweet revenge” can be one of the most fulfilling “I told you so” ever! I have had several entrepreneurs that I coach come back to me to say “thanks” for what I will share in this segment. One of the problems with entrepreneurship is that it takes a unique set of skills…wrapped in imagination…fueled by courage…and never ending energy channeled for accomplishment…all instantly applied on a minute-by-minute “critically important” basis....

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REEthink…REEwrite history

By markwehner - 6th February 2012

History is ALWAYS written by the winners! Over the centuries…the history we learn in school was the information the historians wanted us to have. Historians are typically the survivors.  Those hardy few that weathered the elements…the wars…the plagues and famines…and lived to tell the story.   Historians are appointed by the winners.  Those leaders and rulers of kingdoms wanted their legacy to be in a favorable…and mostly a dominant frame of reference.  Likewise…the losers…of the battles, wars, and elections fell...

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REEthink…REEdealing

By markwehner - 4th January 2012

Over the years I have heard entrepreneurial failures use the old gamblers complaint…”I’m just playing the hand I was dealt”.  Typically it is from those that blame their set of circumstances on something that was or is out of  their control.  True…to an extent…but true or not… everyone has the opportunity to REEdeal! REEdealing to an entrepreneur means there is a chance to start over…to change the outcome by changing the environment.  There is a chance to create a new...

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REEthink…Entrepreneurial REEsolutionship

By markwehner - 3rd January 2012

REEsolutionship.  How’s that for a new word?!!! To the entrepreneur…REEsolutionship is the connection between “hope and happening”!  I have preached for some time that “hope is not a strategy”.  It has been the very foundation of what I believe is the cornerstone for everything entrepreneurial. So…every 365 days in the western world we celebrate a holiday where everyone gets a “do over.”  Every one has the opportunity to right a wrong…set a new course…learn from the past but focus on...

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REEthink…REEadjust to beat the competition

By markwehner - 22nd December 2011

Too many times entrepreneurs find the key to success in any given endeavor.  Then…why do over 86% of small businesses fail every year (USSBA)? The answer is two fold.  First…they run their business like a business…not an entrepreneurial venture!  This fact is usually most disturbing to the business school graduates and professors that have been teaching this dogma since the 1920′s.  Second…they think that what works today will work forever.  Times change.  Markets change.  People change.   So…when things change…and...

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REEthink…an entrepreneurial REEvival

By markwehner - 21st December 2011

Give an entrepreneur the tent…music…the atmosphere…the message…and the entrepreneur can have the audience standing…clapping…and believing in something better! If you have ever experienced a “Revival”…whether in person…or through some form of media…you get it.  A road show pulls into town…typically a town that has a need.  The need usually ranges from a down economy or a feeling of helplessness to change their lot in life.   The tent goes up in front of the onlooking towns people.  The stage is...

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REEthink…Entrepreneurial REEsolve

By markwehner - 13th December 2011

According to Webster…”resolve” means to make one’s mind up…to decide.  For entrepreneurs…”resolve” turns into REEsolve.  REEsolve is the entrepreneurial mindset…and DNA trait…that makes the entrepreneur unstoppable. Across the globe…the REEsolve of entrepreneurs has changed history…from the battlefields to the boardrooms…from the garage projects to Wall Street.  It is not just having the vision…or creating a plan…or even taking action.  It is the definitive action of “deciding to do it!”  The very first decisive thought brings about “The Butterfly Effect” globally....

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