Nov 23, 2008 Posted by Brian Monahan

Game On, Expert in the Rough Joins Cincinnati Battle of the Bloggers

Shameless Promotion is the cornerstone of most successful blogs.  Expert in the Rough is no exception.  If you disagree about the shameless promotion bit, just humor me and read on. I figured I could do some good for those less fortunate and promote my blog Expert in the Rough in the process.  Hey, a win/win proposition or desperate proposition.  Either way you call it, somebody who is hungry is going... read more

Nov 22, 2008 Posted by Brian Monahan

Long Haul or Quick Fix

Have you asked yourself if you are willing to take the Long Haul? Truth is most of experience success via the Long Haul approach. Truth is most of us get distracted by the allure of the Quick Fix. Ask yourself what you love, try it out, if you truly love it the Long Haul actually is the preferred route. It’s like a never ending pint of Ice Cream. If you don’t want it to end you are probably on... read more

Nov 20, 2008 Posted by Brian Monahan

Jedi Mind Tricks, Practicing Life

One of my favorite writers/bloggers is Scott Ginsberg of “Hello, My Name is Blog,” his writing technique is what I call Jedi Mind Tricks. Scott’s approach to writing and life is re-framing the obvious. Today Scott discussed the idea of “What if You Practiced Everything.” Essentially, Scott’s point is if you re-frame your life as practice it takes the edge off and allows... read more

Nov 19, 2008 Posted by Brian Monahan

Be The One

Success is pretty easy. Be the one! Be the one: who picks up the trash who starts the company blog who organizes the team calls the CEO of your top prospect company who starts a non-profit helping somebody in need who identifies an under served market who polishes their public speaking at Toastmasters who takes additional writing classes who hires a personal coach to guide their career who updates their... read more

Nov 18, 2008 Posted by Brian Monahan

We Should Say I More Often, Change Your Life Now

We should find somebody to organize the warehouse. We should find somebody to update our marketing materials. We should find somebody to speak at our next fundraiser. We should find somebody to head up that committee. We should find somebody to streamline our processes. We should find somebody who can organize our files. We should find somebody to get our blog off the ground. We should find someone to... read more