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Book Review – Two Paths: American Divided or United by John Kasich
- May 11, 2017
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Book Reviews
No CommentsAuthor: John Kasich Book Rating: 3.5 out of 5 head tilts I’m not a fan of biographies; I prefer books that teach me things. But I watched an interview with John Kasich on The Daily Show with Trever Noah, and I was so impressed by John’s comments that I felt compelled to explore things further.
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Book Review – Unoffendable by Brant Hansen
- April 29, 2017
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Book Reviews
Author: Brant Hansen Book Rating: 4 out of 5 head tilts I’m probably one of the most unoffendable people I know. I like jokes of all kind, the more inappropriate the better. I feel our society has become so hypersensitive to social issues that if we don’t lighten up a bit we won’t be able to
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Top 10 Books of 2016
- April 24, 2017
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips
In the winter of 2015, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the 8 billionaires that live in Tampa, FL. The meeting was inspiring on many levels. But the one takeaway that most impacted my life was when he shared that he reads nearly 4 hours a day. I thought to myself,
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I’ll NOT Have a Cup of What He’s Having
- May 8, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Despite overwhelming evidence to show that the information age is dead and the collaboration age is in full swing, many business are refusing to look around, and continue to do business the old-fashioned way. During the Information Age, proprietary functions were smart — like Sony having their own memory disks, or Apple with their own
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Can You Feel the Heat?
- April 29, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Life as a Professional Speaker
I speak with entrepreneurs on a daily basis. I see mainly two kinds: Those who embrace pressure and are willing to take risks, stick their necks out, and roll the dice. The others are those who only want to do something if they have assurances in place, it fits within their self-imposed budgets, and doesn’t
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Vision or Strategy – Which is Better?
- April 15, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Steve Case, co-founder of AOL (American OnLine) said, “In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.” What do you call someone who sees things that aren’t there? Well, until they prove what they see is real they are called, DELUSIONAL. Once their vision becomes real they are called,
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Is Your Business Controlled by Your Fear?
- April 13, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Each entrepreneur has their own fears, and for most, it seems implementing their ideas that are in direct opposition to those fears is the most difficult step. If you can accept the possibility of failure knowing that everyone fails at something, then that fear become insignificant. If you can’t, then that fear will control your
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The Most Expensive Blog I’ve Ever Written
- April 10, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
I’ve said many times that every big idea an entrepreneur has for their business is either a million-dollar winner that they will be able to live out the rest of their lives from the rewards, or a total flop that will cost them money until they finally let it go. Either way, it’s your job
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Is it time to put the rules aside?
- April 9, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
It is alway good to remember that all great business ventures are really just ideas that someone turned into companies. But that didn’t happen magically. It happened by them realizing an idea is worthless without action. And when it comes to what type of actions you should take? There are no rules – outside the
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Tampa Riverwalk – Collaboration at it’s Finest
- March 27, 2015
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog
Today is a landmark day for not just Bob Buckhorn, Tampa’s greatest mayor. But it’s a great day for Pam Iorio, Dick Greco, Sandy Freedman and Bob Martinez who were also honored to share the credit and the applause during this evening’s ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the Tampa Riverwalk. This monumental task took