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Here is an idea for a game show. It’s called “Who Wants to Be a Entrepreneur?“. We get to take a snapshot of the contestant’s lives and who ever makes the most sacrifices, wins! Woo-whoo! And what do you win? A life of more sacrifice, commitment, discipline and hard work with the slight possibility of making it big.

Don’t we all want to live the good life? Obviously, behind great success, lies greater sacrifices. I can say confidently, that many young entrepreneurs are not prepared for the journey that lies ahead. Either was I. While starting my first business, I thought all the money would just flow my way and I would be out playing while all my friends were working. Boy, was I in for a rude awakening.  ...Continue Reading

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While feeling like I am moving at the speed of light, I wanted to slow down for a second and take some time today to reflect.  There are days these past few weeks where I have been working so hard at points that I feel delusional.  Maybe that is from the 18-19 hour work days (I will tell you why at the end of this post).  I have grown tremendously as a person and in business, yet sometimes feel like the guy to the right with all the mistakes I have made.  I have come to understand that my failures are part of the process so I wanted to share with you what I found.

So far, this year I have learned…  ...Continue Reading

• Eating a bunch of bananas in one day is too many bananas.
• Spend a few extra minutes developing a well thought out plan.

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Over the past few weeks, I have been churning out a high velocity of content.  I am developing a sexy new social media training course with my friend and business partner Russell Yermal.  While creating some of the videos for the free part of our course, I uploaded one video to YouTube and forgot to change the privacy settings to private.  This video published and then auto published to my Facebook account and fortunately, was well received.  So I said, “the hell with it” and decided to post it here for you all to enjoy too.

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My last blog post here talked about why you can and should leverage LinkedIn and that there is an opportunity cost for you NOT joining LinkedIn.  So you’ve taken our advice and created an account or are starting to think seriously about doing something with your membership. Cool. What’s next?

First of all, you need to remind yourself what your objective is for being on LinkedIn. As a young entrepreneur, you want to avoid the trap of looking at LinkedIn as merely a market for which you will sell in. People buy from people they like, not companies. And since LinkedIn is all about finding people that could be of value to you as well as being found by others, you need to start by creating a profile that will best represent you to the world.

1. Brand Your Profile
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We all know the routine well. We all are OR we all were young at one point. A hellacious work week leads to a weekend of “letting loose”.  It usually involves the excessive consumption of various cocktails, maybe a little dancing, some good music, sexy people and several more cocktails.  That was the routine for me practically every weekend from 17-22.  Don’t ask me how I got into the bar or why I was even drinking before I was 21.  Wait, you can just call it COLLEGE.  I was not as innocent as I look.   It was fun from what I can remember. I would not trade it for the world.  Would you?  ...Continue Reading

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The photographer caught me showcasing my best “Thriller” moves in this action shot.  Lol.  Yesterday, I had the privilege to speak at the Social Media Bootcamp in Rockford, IL.  It is a two and a half day social media marathon for professionals and business owners.  In the morning, I kicked off the event with my presentation “Purpose Driven Social Media” and later in the afternoon, I gave a talk on “How to Build a Tremendous Blog and Why.”  I had a wonderful engaging audience that I was exceptionally grateful for.

There is a great lineup of speakers for this event including @PRSarahEvans, @LizStrauss, @WillEnglishIV, @InteractiveAmy, @AveryCohen, @PhilipNowak, @JenChicago, @JeffreyAStewart, my good buddy @Williger, and about 10 others.   I also have to give a big shout out to Ray Smith and Jen Parness for all the support.  ...Continue Reading

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“It is worthless to have lots and lots of friends…”  Seth Godin talks about how many people are now seeing social networking as a scoreboard.  Social networking is valuable when real, but a huge distraction when it is fake.  Would these people ever go out of their way for you and let you sleep on their couch?  Because, that is what real friends do.

What are your thoughts?  Are you connecting by real things?  Are most people just fake networkers?

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The last poll conducted on my blog, asked young entrepreneurs “What is the biggest challenge in your business?”  After wrapping up and reviewing the results, I found some interesting data.

23% of readers saw their biggest challenge in business as finding like minded people to mastermind.  Similarly, 22% find themselves having trouble staying motivated. I will come back to this.

An almost equal percentage of people feel their biggest challenges are finding a mentor, battling negative influences, time management and finding their passion.

Survey respondents: 118

Now, I included masterminding in here because it is a big part of my business.  I am at an accelerated growth rate because of the people I surround myself with.  In relation, I stay motivated because the passion for what I do is strong, but more also from group collaboration.  I find it so inspiring to partner up with like minded people to help each other profit, grow and complement the others weaknesses.  ...Continue Reading

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For many, it is the ultimate dream to do what we love and what we are good at and get paid handsomely for it.  Does one have to search their whole life to achieve this result?  It may seem as if young professionals have to pay their dues, but that is not the case.

After reading the book Good to Great by Jim Collins, I gained ultimate clarity in my business and you can absolutely do the same.  Collins refers to something called the Hedgehog Concept, which is basically the intersection of our passion, talent and compensation.  I like to refer to this as our “sweet spot.”  When everything aligns in our businesses, we can feeling so much more productive and it is like we are batting 1.000 and hitting our sweet spot in everything we do.  ...Continue Reading

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I started BradleyWill.com at the end of 2008. The vision for a blog just to share some experiences has turned into so much more. Check out my first post. Boy how things have changed. Anyways, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, anyone who has read, commented or shared my information. Traffic has doubled every month for the past 4 months. I am honored. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I open a surprise unexpected package I got in the mail for you right as I recorded this video. Guess what its is…

Read about my BEEF with Sanyo. Here is more about the event I am speaking at.

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