There appear to be insider similarities between certain puppeteers and really good entrepreneurs.  These five tips were discovered recently and we offer them to you, for your Apt Success:

Be able to speak with more than one voice.

• Communicate effectively with lots of people
• So they feel your attention is specifically on them, and
• Help them feel you understand and care for each one.

Get caught doing something that makes you happy.

• Communicating your satisfaction and happiness
• Makes you a source of positive motivation
• And encourages interest and audience participation.

Be willing to share the spotlight.

• No one likes a mega-limelight hog.
• Collaboration can make competing even more effective
• And send you to stardom with less ego bruising.

Use your talents and skills for good causes.

• Give back to the community
• It’s good business —
• And it’s the right thing to do.

Leave your audience wanting more.

• Athletes call it leaving at the top of their game
• Great singers say their voice will tell them when to retire
• The most effective marketers put out a clear call to action
  and then let the buyer make the decision to act

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Veritably all successful entrepreneurs (or other performers) know these rules.  Comedians use common experiences to establish feelings of connection among their audiences.  Listeners feel they are a part of the process because they catch glimpses of themselves in the act.  Sometimes both figuratively and literally!

Laughing is contagious.  So is happiness.  Broadcast your positive image and be a presence everyone will want to associate with.  Invite participation both directly and indirectly.  Model the attitude you hope to foster in others.

How engaging would a ventriloquist be all alone on the stage?  Much of her best material could not be communicated in it’s usually effective way.  The same is true of entrepreneurs who need others to help them achieve goals and dreams.  Going Big means getting support, sharing tasks, collaborating on projects, and sharing the spotlight. Be appreciative of your helpers, mentors, and cohorts.  Find good ones.

Giving and giving generously are standard markers of success.  Whether referring to moral character, community image, networking acumen, or business strategy, giving is good.  For all the right reasons.

This is the hardest one for most folks.  Saying your piece and exiting, leaving your audience wanting more, is a learned skill.  Getting to the place where you have confidence can be a lengthy journey.  Shorter, much shorter if you have good teachers.

Find The Five Hidden Tips Here:

Find The Five Hidden Tips and More Here:
Eben’s Fabulous Free 47-minute Business Training Video

(Way more than Five Tips)  Enjoy Taking Action!

For the last month, we’ve been talking about how learning new skills and habits can lead to success.  We’ve explored some existential questions and pondered the value of using great teaching resources to move us forward.  Sounds serious.

Whether you get to ‘follow your bliss,’ as they say, is huge.  And yet, we can all think of someone who is so serious about it all, they couldn’t find bliss in a bowl full of bliss.

This post wants nothing from you but this:  Mix it up!

Yes, yes, improve your mood and increase your energy with more and more of what helps you succeed.  Great teaching can be unspeakably helpful.  Follow the good ones.

Then go forget about everyone else for awhile and be.  Try actually being with yourself!  As noted in the Attention Age report, that’s not so easy.  Way too many pieces of information vying for top-dog in our brains.

Employing your imagination is born out of giving it room to wander.

Find your next resource and begin learning — AFTER you make joy.  Sustainable entrepreneurship covers more time-distance than the sprint.  Joy helps maintain the stamina and resilience you’ll need on that challenging road to success.

P.S.  Anyone know this little fellow?  Source is lost, but can’t resist using this.  Please let us know!