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Nicolas Laverde

A former professional tennis player explains why he would rather recruit athletes, and it has nothing to do with fitness. Nicolas Laverde competed nationally from childhood, and he traces his tolerance for calling somebody twenty times and for being rejected repeatedly back to a sport where losing is most of the week.

That background gives his posts on grit and persistence something most of them lack, which is an actual source. He treats a long effort as a marathon and says plainly which four kinds of people tend to make poor entrepreneurs.

His piece on serving others is the quiet centre. He defines humility as thinking about yourself less rather than thinking less of yourself, and builds outward from there to honesty and trust.

Practical posts cover email complaint rates, when publishing actually helps, and the difference between leading people and merely being in charge of them.

Read the athlete post, then the one on serving. Together they explain the whole blog.

The Art of Serving – 5 Keys!

Oct 18, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
 The Art Of Serving The following are five actions you can begin to master to expand your ability and learn the Art of Serving others: 1. Be Humble: Someone once said, “Humility…
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6 Ways to Help You Create Your Own Economy

Oct 17, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
6 Ways to Help You Create Your Own Economy I´ve got an email from one of my readers asking, Nicolas, how do you create you own economy. You know I love writing…
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Why You Should Hire or Enroll ‘Athletes’ In Your Organization

Oct 15, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Should You Hire or Enroll ‘Athletes’ In Your Organization Hey there my friend, As a ex-professional tennis player, I`d obviously love to hire athleles into my business organization. And here is why!…
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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint

Aug 2, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Hey friend, check this video out. Is failure a permanent condition? Find the answer here with Angela Lee Duckworth. When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in…
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4 Types of People Who Make Poor Entrepreneurs

Jul 28, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Hey there friend, I´m getting ready here to watch the Indianapolis race, but before I wanted to share this with you if you are planning to become an entrepreneur whether you are…
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Famed Hacker Barnaby Jack Dies a Week Before Hacking Convention

Jul 26, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to…
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Is It True That Timing Is Everything When Publishing Your Content?

Jul 21, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Nick Randazzo is a research-savvy intern at AWeber, and he dug up some interesting stats for us, and here they are! Whether or not you’ve considered when you should publish blog posts…
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VIDEO – The True Cause Of Chaos In Egypt Exposed

Jul 9, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Hello Friend, I was about to go to bed and was checking my last email for tonight and this subject line caught my attention. Not because the word “Chaos” but for the…
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Failure Is Not In The Falling Down, But Staying Down

Jul 8, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Of course you know most new business fail in the first couple of years. But you know what, I think we often develop success from our failures.  We learn from them and…
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How To Reprogram Your Mind

Jul 3, 2013 · Nicolas Laverde
Right now you feel your life is out of control.  But frankly, most things in life are not in your control anyway. Except for one thing and one thing only. Your Thoughts…
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