Category: Robin’s Rant

Make A Damned Decision

Most people do not know how to make decisions and don’t even realize it. They’re in a perpetual state of “think it over” on just about everything in their life and therefore get nowhere fast, living the same life they did yesterday, making no progress. One day they’re going to wake up as an old man or an old woman and think to themselves, “I could have been great,” but they’d never decided to do anything about it, never getting started.

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You Took The Job

Someone at a recent event came up and asked me how I overcome “the feeling of being unmotivated and exhausted all the time.” Well…I think he was projecting his feelings about his company, so let me tell you a story….

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So Much B.S. To Debunk, I Don’t Know Where To Start

Last week, I spent two days with Don Miller, NY Times bestselling author and previous speaker at our annual Boot Camp event, at his home here in Nashville. He built the home to be a place to bring people together – his family, his friends and fellow entrepreneurs. It’s a magical place he calls Goose Hill.

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When You’re So Frustrated You Want To Quit

If you’re an MSP owner and have ever felt like just giving up – whether that’s selling the damned thing off cheap for whatever you can get, handing the keys over to the employees and walking away or just closing it down, this article is for you. 

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Trump’s Mugshot

The path to achieving your goals is NOT paved with shining golden bricks as you skip along through a beautiful countryside smiling and singing with friends. It’s paved with misery, disappointment, rejection and predators.

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Easy Button Porn

A growing number of school districts are banning A.I. tools like ChatGPT in an effort to prevent students from cheating, requiring them to produce original thought and actually do the work. I agree. After all, do you want the doc or the lawyer who got a passing grade thanks to A.I.?

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When Things Just Don’t Work Out

If you’ve been following me on Facebook, you may have seen that I rescued a tiny kitten, roughly 2 to 3 weeks old, that we found on the side of the street, most likely thrown from a car by some SOB that I’d like to have a “talk” with.

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Is This Really The “New” Normal?

“When all else fails, lower your standards” used to be a joke. Today, it’s how most people are running their lives and their businesses. Click below to read more of Robin’s take on the “low standards” crisis in America today.

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From The Complaint Department: How To Use The Haters, Complainers And The Perpetually Offended To Your Advantage

If you’re doing marketing right, you are certain to get complaints. Peers and competitors, of course. But beyond that, other people, many of whom aren’t even paying clients and never will be. If you NEVER get complaints, your marketing is too benign, your sales too timid. Marketing needs to evoke sufficient EMOTION to create action. A prospect needs to be compelled to respond.

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But MY Business Is Different…

It really isn’t a mystery why winners win and losers lose, the rich get richer and the rest stay stuck, small and broke. Winners are curious and  eager to find and try fresh new ideas and figure out HOW to make them work; losers are constantly stuck in finding ways something WON’T work for them, blinders on.

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