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Competition Is Not Healthy

Guest post by: Grant Cardone

Article Overview: Don't compete, DOMINATE!

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Competition Is Not Healthy

Competition is not health for you or your company and I know you’ve been told the exact opposite your whole life. But if you look at the most successful of companies and people you will find they have moved beyond the concept of competition and into the realm of domination. They seek to be first in the minds of their customer and their markets.

If competition is healthy, domination is like being completely immune. Take Apple do they compete, no they dominate! How about Intel, Starbucks, Exxon, Goldman Sacks, Google, and other behemoths? While competition may be healthy for the customer and even stimulate creation the reality is, anyone that is trying to be competitive is actually chasing some other idea or concept. Domination is an entirely different level of thinking and action. The giants literally don’t play the game but make the rules to the game.

Benefits of Domination Thinking and Actions:

1) You are not chasing someone or something else.

2) You aren’t a player in the game you are the game.

3) You are what others measure against.

4) You are thought of first.

Getting yourself and your organization to think in terms of domination and being first is covered in my recent book and NY Times Best Seller, If You’re Not First, You’re Last. Let’s face it who doesn’t want to be placed first and how can it not be the best position to be in when times are tough.

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GRANT CARDONE is an International Sales Training Expert,  and Motivational Speaker whose programs have positively affected hundreds of thousands of people, and organizations worldwide. Grant is also a NY Times and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author. He is a regular contributor on FOX News and an established writer for Business Week and The Huffington Post. Mr. Cardone has appeared on CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC.

His most recent project is a virtual training site that is revolutionizing how organizations train, called www.salestrainingvt.com

Grant currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Elena Lyons and their daughter Sabrina.

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Re: How does an entrepreneur stay energized? Re: How does an entrepreneur stay energized? - Hi there, This subject is not only for entrepreneurs. Everybody can benefit from this, that is the reason why 'Healthy Living and Eating' is a multi billion Dollar business. Often I smile, because so much is written about it. So many different business are blooming and doing well. Whilst there is so much knowledge and opportunity to be healthy and well, the need is still growing. There is so much that could be said. The cheapest form of energy is gained by a good sleep.
Re: Congratultations to GT! Re: Congratultations to GT! - Hi GT, Competition is great and i know I wouldn't be here without it, but it is not the main reason for posting and participating. But I admit, it is the trigger I need to get some work done. If there is none, i create one for myself and try to make it. First prize is ice cream.
Re: Is Google Search getting better or worse? Re: Is Google Search getting better or worse? - Competition and that too stiff is something I have always loved and being a true web user I hate spammers the same way and so I am very happy with the recent changes that Google has made and so I must say that it is getting better. I am happy because now we could be able to get and read fresh and unique content instead of the repetitive ones. Now the value of actual SEO will be seen as results now will be completely depend on the hard work SEO and strategies an internet marketing company will apply to get on top of search giant's ranking. surfing the web daily as addiction I have seen most of the webmasters asking several questions related to real time search and how they should commence now to get better and faster results, found lots of useful information and learned new strategies too.
Re: What Keyword research methods do you use? Re: What Keyword research methods do you use? - Hi GT, Good post, I also typically use the Google Adwords keyword tool for no other reason than I have always used it. If other members have a better one they can recommend then please join the post. I have also found the Stealth Keyword Competition Analyzer extremely useful for selecting the most effective keywords to use. Back to Google, if they are main website keywords then I am looking for fairly large monthly global ‘exact’ searches but if it is just for extra weekly content then I am quite happy to run an article optimised with a long tail keyword phrase that may only have a monthly search of 200-300 because I know I have a better chance of ranking highly for that keyword phrase. regards, Mal.
Re: Help needed! Re: Help needed! - [quote="jeema":1rpkpkod]Hi, I’m a newly single mother who stays at home looking after my son. I have been writing for a long-long time but never thought to do something serious with it. I would like to try freelance copywriting, but don't know the first thing about it. How can I get started? Can anyone help me? I love writing and I could really-really use the extra cash- raising a young child alone really hits the wallet pocket. I appreciate any replies, and hope that I may be able to help in return sometime soon. Thank you very much.[/quote:1rpkpkod] Hi, Jeema It's easier than ever for writers (non-fiction writers, anyway!) to get work these days, via such sites as elance.com (they are who I do work for.) There are plenty of freelance sites on the web, where prospective customers post what they need, and prospective workers "bid" on the jobs, and then the customer chooses which writer he wants to do the work. There's lots of competition, but the wheat soon separates from the chaff and if you can write well, you can usually find steady employment. Competition drives down the price that you're able to charge, however, unless you have niche expertise such as technical or legal writing. PM me for some free advice, if you'd like!


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