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5 Ways to Be Smart Enough to Achieve Success

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In this eighth show of our 10-part series on lifelong learning, we tackle the question: How smart do you have to be to reach BIGG success?

Latent intelligence is useless by definition.

Theoretical intelligence may help you frame an issue, but it doesn’t go far enough.

Applied intelligence drives results.

Let’s go to The Professor’s Whiteboard for: 5 ways to be smart enough to achieve success…
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Get More Out of Reading in 3 Easy Steps

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With back to school upon us, we are beginning a 10-part series on lifelong learning on The BIGG Success podcast by focusing reading. The summary is below.

Summer is about over. For the kids, that means it’s time to crack the books again. But they shouldn’t have all the fun!

So we’re going to focus on lifelong learning in a 10 episode series, which we’ll kick off with the basics – the 3 R’s we learned in school – Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. In this episode, we’ll look at how to get more out of reading.

Today’s podcast episode is made possible by KindleUnlimited. Unlimited Reading. Unlimited Listening. Any Device.

Do you suppose that we are reading more today than we’ve ever read before? It sure seems like it as much as many of us read online – constantly. But how much are we retaining?

Let’s go to The Professor’s Whiteboard for 3 easy ways to get more out of reading…

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The Boy Who Found the Recipe for Success

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How do watermelons and donuts create a recipe for BIGG Success? Find out on this week’s BIGG Success podcast. Click the player to listen. Find the show notes below.

Bill Rosenberg was nine-years old. He often tagged along to work with his dad, who owned a grocery store in Boston.

One hot summer day, Bill’s dad made the boy responsible for selling watermelons. If the nine-year old didn’t sell them, they would go bad.

Bill set up a stand in front of the store.

And he stood there. And stood there. And stood there.

People weren’t buying!

The young man wasn’t about to give up. His dad was counting on him.

But he realized that he needed to get creative. He thought about it. He looked around. He got an idea. Maybe this would work.

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9 Steps to Find Your Business Idea

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Sometimes good ideas are born bad. Today, we’ll share steps from a renowned consultant, that you can use to find your business idea.

Click the player to listen to this episode of The BIGG Success Show Podcast. Below is a summary of our discussion.

Cavas Gobhai has consulted with some of the world’s largest companies. He helps them implement ideas. Over the years, he has noticed something about business ideas that succeed BIGG. Here’s a quote from The Wall Street Journal:

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A Mental Laxative for Bloggers

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Listen to this post! Click a player to hear George & Mary-Lynn on The BIGG Success Show Podcast (Duration 4:33)

Here I sit all broken-hearted; tried to write, but can’t get started.

If you’re a blogger, do you ever feel that way?

You sit down to write. You feel ready. You know you have stuff in your brain that wants to come out. But it just won’t.

We’ve felt that way too many times to count. How do you rid yourself of the mental constipation we all occasionally experience as bloggers?

We’ll start with prevention. That’s the best cure after all! Here are four areas to check.

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