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One Simple Life Hack to Help You Create Good Habits

I don't pretend to have all the answers. But lately I've been implementing a little trick that has helped me. I think it can help you too. My agency is growing. We have amazing clients. We also produce a world class conference. The conference and the clients are synergistic events on paper. In execution they are at odds. One takes from the other in time, energy and sweat equity. I needed to clone myself, or find a solution.

How to Destroy All Negativity Destroying Your Life Right Now

I don't have all the answers, and I don't have any secrets to tell you. What I do have are anchors that have guided me through rough patches. I had a suspicion that they were helping me before this fever dream of a year. Now I'm sure of it.
Chris Dessi

How to Kill The Guilt of Your Unlived life

When you need help, help another. When you need compassion, be compassionate. When you need love, give it freely. When you crave connection, reach out. When you can't go on any longer, encourage someone. When you need understanding, listen. When you're angry, try to understand.
Chris Dessi on Meerkat

Here's How to Tell When It's Time to Quit

How to determine when you should pivot your start-up according to a Stanford University Professor
Chris Dessi on Meerkat

Why You Need To Find Your Tribe

Why finding like-minded supportive people in your life can become your super power
Chris Dessi

How to Be Motivated When Life is Insanely Difficult

It's been a remarkably awful year. A global pandemic, unscrupulous politicians, biased media pundits. You can be comfortable with being uncomfortable, but 2020 has been insanely difficult to motivate even the most resilient among us.
Chris Dessi

10 Daily Habits of The Most Confident People

I'm here to tell you there are proven ways to improve your self-confidence that will drive real, long lasting change in your life.
Chris Dessi Success

10 Unusual Ways to Manifest Success In Your Life

Too many think that if it doesn't feel good - you're not following your passion. Bull. If you have a vision and you know that you have to climb a mountain to get to the top, you're taking the steps to land on your passion.
Chris Dessi on unemployment

The No. 1 Thing You Need to Do Right Now If You're Unemployed

I have lots of experience being out of work. It happened to me three times in a two-year span. Five times total throughout my career. I'm only 40, so that's a pretty impressive streak. Also - I split up a business partnership. I didn't read the fine print of our contract. I battled my partner for almost a year. I made almost no money.
15 Tips for Introverts Networking That Will Blow Your Mind
Three years ago I launched the first Westchester Digital Summit. Last month Forbes magazine called us one of the "Conferences That Will Keep You Ahead of Marketing Trends This Year." We've hosted over 1000 executives in that time. I'm an extrovert, and I understand the power of networking. What hurts me is to see introverts not capitalize on the opportunity of an event like the summit. So here are 15 practical tips you can use the next time you're at an event. I hope you join us at this year's summit and test them out.
Silverback at Fortina
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What a Year for Silverback Social

What a Year. A look back at 2014 for the Silverback Social team - Westchester Digital Summit, Baltimore Digital Summit, & clients like Legendary Pictures.
What No One Tells You About Being an Entrepreneur
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What No One Tells You About Being an Entrepreneur

I've been an entrepreneur for 5 years. After being an entrepreneur for 2 years, I was broke. I had spent those first 2 years as an entrepreneur making less money than I had made when I was in my first job out of graduate school. Much less.
Jane West
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This Female Marijuana Entrepreneur Is Sparking a Movement and Building an Empire

Three years ago Jane West was a mid-level corporate manager, housewife and mother of two. Today West is sparking a movement and building an empire. Named one of the "Most Influential People in Cannabis" by the International Business Times. West has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Newsweek, and Fast Company. She's a savvy businesswoman for sure.
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5 Ways to Create Big Things On A Shoestring Budget

While I admire those who do big things with big budgets, I worship those unicorns that do big things with small budgets. It's no secret that money makes most things easier, but when budgets are tight creativity thrives.
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The Most Powerful Secret to Being More Efficient When Blogging

I use their CoSchedule Headline Analyzer to ensure every headline on my blog is compelling. I use their Wordpress plugin on this blog. CoSchedule has a Drag-And-Drop Marketing Calendar. It's so beautiful and simple.
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Top 10 Book Recommendations

I'm a voracious reader. I'm also an entrepreneur. These books have recently helped me with everything I do. I hope they can help you too.
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You Need to Know These 9 Absolutely Awesome Things That Attract Wealth

I've been interviewing the most successful people I know. I'm also pulling together their wisdom, and including it all in my next book. Stay tuned. Here are 9 Powerful lessons they've taught me.
Chris Dessi Writing
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2 Powerful Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer Immediately

Yesterday James Altucher wrote a great post, titled "The One Score That Can Improve Your Writing with a Single Click" In the post James notes one important fact. The F-K Score of your writing sometimes dictates it's success. He notes: "The Flesch-Kincaid Score was calculated to determine at what grade level you are writing for. If your score is 10, you are writing for a 10th grade level. If your score is 12 you are writing at a 12th grade level. And so on." James also notes that great works of literature, score low on the F-K Score. "Heart of Darkness" scored 6th grade reading level. Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" scored a 4th grade reading level. Shocking.
Chris Dessi on Meerkat
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What Happens When Meerkat and Live Television Collide?

Yesterday I walked onto the set at Fox, logged into my Twitter account, and launched the hottest new APP launch since Twitter. It’s called Meerkat. It’s a pretty simple concept: Log into Meerkat via your Twitter account and stream live video to your followers.But, simple is hard. Simple is game-changing.