Category Archives: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

See Yourself in Your Best Light

POSTED: 01-31-2014 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

We’re so quick to acknowledge other people’s success. We honor our friends when they receive awards, we celebrate a promotion of a colleague, and we pat family members on the back when they achieve something big. For some reason, it’s less likely to see yourself in that same light. Why are you your own worst […]

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Overcoming Fear

POSTED: 01-24-2014 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

Fear is the main force in our way. Fear has a way of disguising itself as stories or experiences that block us. It can look so justified and so real that we never see it for what it is. We see it as an excuse, an alibi, and a reason why we can’t do this […]

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Always Be Learning

POSTED: 01-18-2014 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

People always talk about constant action – you should always be moving forward, you should always be focused on your goals or intentions, or even that you should always be focused on a specific game plan. My version of this is simple: always be learning. There’s an opportunity to learn  in every moment, but to […]

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Prove it and watch it roll in

POSTED: 01-03-2014 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

People come to me about starting a business and try to figure out fundraising first. I tell them they’re thinking about it backward. It would be the same as trying to start with the kill in your hunt, without first figuring out where to put your tree stand. Start with the basics, test the waters, […]

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Be Willing To Pivot

POSTED: 12-13-2013 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

We all set goals. For you, this could be becoming the leader in your industry. It could be becoming the most involved mom at your child’s school. It could be becoming a foremost expert in your field. No matter what your goal is, it represents a target. You do everything to achieve it – the […]

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