Articles by Rebel Brown
My Own Worst Enemy -
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Rebel Brown
Yesterday we talked about getting stuck in the Gravity of "I Can't." I woke up to smell the petunias of Financial Gravity. I caught myself pushing my dreams to the future because I can't have them today. That Gravity belief snuck up on me over...
Lost in Space -
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Rebel Brown
We get so hung up on being busy in today's Information Age. For many, busy-ness in and of itself becomes success. As we do more and more, faster and faster - we increase the risk of leaving others behind. Often I find business leaders moving...
The Gravity of Doing -
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Rebel Brown
It's the holiday season and we're all getting ready to go into overdrive. As if we weren't already in overdrive. This is the time of year when life becomes a frenzy - we stuff more living of life, more time with family and friends, more...
Set Us Free -
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Rebel Brown
Last week I shared a post with you concerning an Internet scam artist named Colin Lewis . Many of us had known about his scams since the July timeframe, yet we all stayed silent, mostly. Why? Because there was an innocent woman and small children involved...
Ready. Set. Check! -
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Rebel Brown
Have you done a Value Check on your business lately? I recommend my clients do a check every quarter and a minimum. I prefer they do it every time they talk to one of their customers or prospects. It is not difficult to check our Value. ...
Will you Stand up for the Truth? -
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Rebel Brown
We've all been talking about the new challenges social media brings into our lives. With all the great, there is still some bad - specifically the con artists and image folks who appear to be so much bigger than life on social media, but who...
The Gravity of Greed -
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Rebel Brown
I work with a number of independent contractors. They help me with my website, graphics and design, administrative functions and some research. I've been blessed overall with great people - talented, skilled, honest and hard-working. Yet recently I've experienced a blip. One of the contractors...
Lessons From My Wallet -
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Rebel Brown
I want to share a funny story today about my own Gravity. I find Gravity in my life so often I just have to giggle. Last week I headed to Atlanta for a speaking event and meetings. I went to San Jose on Sunday night...
Time For A New Pump -
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Rebel Brown
Last week I read a great article in the Huffington Post about our current economy in all its, um, glory. The article* compares our economy to a pump - and government intervention as "priming the pump." It discusses why the approach of priming the pump...
The Dangers of HindSight -
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Rebel Brown
Hindsight can be a problem when it redirects our course... Suppose there's a markets that was interesting at some point in the past, but you've traveled forward on a different path. And now - that market is skyrocketing. It's only natural to be attracted to that...
Beginner's Mind -
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Rebel Brown
Suzuki writes about Beginner's Mind in meditation. It's one of my favorite books and I practice his lessons whenever I can in my personal life. Last weekend - I practiced it for my professional self. It worked!! I attended their Champ Camp - an intensive...
Sweating the Wrong Stuff -
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Rebel Brown
So as most of you know, my new book Defy Gravity launches this week. It's been a crazy time, to say the least. I was chatting with a friend the other night, describing my house as a result of this launch push. It went something...
Boring to Bravo - Presentations that Sing! -
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Rebel Brown
Today I want to share a new book that came my way from my friend, Kristin Arnold . Kristin is the president of the National Speakers Association and an all around fabulous woman. I had the opportunity to spend time with her at the recent...
How to Step Out and Soar Amidst the Noise of Social Networking Today: Finding Your Wings In the Middle of the Big Flap! -
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Rebel Brown
My guest today is Melissa Galt, recently featured in FORBES Top 20 Women of Influence on Twitter. Melissa is a champion of entrepreneurs and creative professionals with marketing, mindset, and motivation. She speaks worldwide on these M Factors, mentors business success, and provides innovative solutions...
Another One Bites the Dust -
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Rebel Brown
Speaking of Dinosaurs.... For the past years publishers have been looking the other way when it came to eBooks. Before Amazon introduced the Kindle it was easy for these dinos to duck the popularity of ebooks. There were all kinds of excuses; people want to...
What is Gravity? -
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Rebel Brown
I talk about Gravity a lot. Especially these days, since my new book, Defy Gravity, is coming out soon. So people are asking me..."What the heck is Gravity?" So here we go. For the next couple of days I'm sharing a bit about Gravity. First...
We Need Consequences -
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Rebel Brown
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely Tiger is only the latest in the line of 'Great, All American Nice Guys' to fall short of our God-like standards. We have Michael Vick and his dogs. There's Sanford, Edwards and Ensign to name just a few government leaders who've...
Absolute Power -
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Rebel Brown
Power is an ugly drug, a drug that many of us crave, some of us capture and we all believe we can manage oh-so-well. We point to those who slip and fall on the slippery slope of power, ridicule them and make jokes, knowing that...
Smashing Pedestals -
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Rebel Brown
We've all looked the other way when an admired associate or loved one told a tiny little fib. Maybe we glossed over the discrepancy when an explanation didn't jive with the facts. It's what we do - we trust those we admire. That's one of...
Power Chicks Do It Bigger -
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Rebel Brown
Somebody commented that I was really taking it out on the Power Dudes. So, just for the record, Power Chicks are worse than Power Dudes. Power Chicks swagger over other women like no man I've ever met, while they're sucking up to the guys, just...
