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	<title>TonyZayas.com</title>
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	<description>On communications, relations &#38; human potential</description>
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		<title>5 Questions That Will Change How You View Your Business</title>
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The &#8220;why&#8221; behind what you do is much more transparent than you may think.
It will make your brand if you have a strong, unique, passionate, admirable or interesting motivation to provide value in the marketplace.
Good news is that so many are sleepwalking through the 5 Questions exercise in this article, which creates opportunity for YOU.
Answer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/5-questions-that-will-change-how-you-view-your-business/</link>
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		<title>YouTube Gets Unlisted (A Step in the Right Direction for Privacy!)</title>
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Nice move by YouTube. Makes them fair game for hosting bonus videos and other stuff meant for a select few. 
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2010/05/youtube-gets-unlisted-a-step-in-the-right-direction-for-privacy.html 
  Posted via email   from Tony Zayas &#8211; Posterous  
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		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/youtube-gets-unlisted-a-step-in-the-right-direction-for-privacy/</link>
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		<title>Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action &#124; Video on TED.com</title>
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Brilliant TED talk by Simon Sinek. The &#8220;Why&#8221; inspires action and gives genuine identity&#8230;if you&#8217;re looking to lead or influence, make sure yours is defined. Love the Golden Circle (which reminded me of Stephen Covey&#8217;s Circle of Influence). 

  Posted via email   from Tony Zayas &#8211; Posterous  
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		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/simon-sinek-how-great-leaders-inspire-action-video-on-ted-com/</link>
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		<title>Best of Times, Worst of Times for Small Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness&#8230;&#8221;
~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
We&#8217;re now living in a time period which may end up being the most challenging economic period of a generation, yet at the same time, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/best-of-times-worst-of-times-for-small-business/</link>
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		<title>Creating a tutorial on using RSS feeds f&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating a tutorial on using RSS feeds for traffic generation, market awareness and creating unique content through content mashups for my CFF members.]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/creating-a-tutorial-on-using-rss-feeds-f/</link>
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		<title>Just gave the blog a face lift, as I hav&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just gave the blog a face lift, as I have a lot to share in 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/just-gave-the-blog-a-face-lift-as-i-hav/</link>
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		<title>Tony Robbins&#8217; stamp of approval</title>
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You know you&#8217;ve done something right when Tony Robbins interviews you on the topics of success, wealth and having breakthroughs, as he recently did with two of my mentors, Frank Kern and John Reese.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Frank and John, they&#8217;re two of the most accomplished and pioneering Internet marketers around.
Two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/tony-robbins-stamp-of-approval/</link>
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		<title>A marketing lesson from a master</title>
		<description><![CDATA[





Photo by azrainman



Truth be told, for years, dating back to waaaaay before he got much media attention, I couldn&#8217;t stand the late, great Billy Mays.  Yes, the ultimately likeable guy who was just in the midst of a surge in popularity due to his hit show, Pitchmen.  Yet, for the longest time, the sight and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/a-marketing-lesson-from-a-master/</link>
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		<title>Mass Control &#8211; The Mass Influence of Frank Kern</title>
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After having a week to reflect on everything I observed at Frank Kern&#8217;s Mass Control 2.0 seminar in San Diego, it&#8217;s pretty easy to see how influential Frank is to his audience &#8212; not a new revelation, but something deeper struck me.
Not only does his following hang onto his every word when he dishes out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/mass-control-the-mass-influence-of-frank-kern/</link>
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		<title>Do-it-yourself Consumer Warning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the mindless talking heads spreading frightful thoughts of swine flu, I thought this picture was both funny and relevant to the times  ]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/do-it-yourself-consumer-warning/</link>
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		<title>The Economy of Fear</title>
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Welcome to the Great Anxiety (not the new Depression). It&#8217;s no secret that were facing a serious economic situation throughout the country, with global repercussions.
A lot of fingers can be pointed in a lot of different places for total and what got us here. But none of that matters, to be honest. What matters is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/the-economy-of-fear/</link>
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		<title>You give salesmanship a bad name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, this post is not nearly as much about Slippery When Wet era Bon Jovi as the above title might almost indicate.
What I do want to focus on is a general world view that&#8217;s held by many in our society, related to business.  See, recently a friend of mine referenced me in his blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/you-give-salesmenship-a-bad-name/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving is for turkeys</title>
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Alright&#8230;before you peg me as some ungrateful fool, I just want to clarify the title of this post, on this day of celebrating thanks in the US.
First off, I love turkeys!  They&#8217;re entertaining when they gobble and taste great!!
But in all seriousness, Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday (and I&#8217;ve found myself telling a bunch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/thanksgiving-is-for-turkeys/</link>
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		<title>Psychological Triggers and Survival</title>
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Is comfort the enemy?&#160; I mean people seem to be getting lazier as we advance further technologically and otherwise.&#160; What else could it be?&#160; I truly believe that comfort can be a hindrance, in many regards, to personal and societal achievement.
Take this political season, for instance.&#160; A bit further out, candidates were focusing on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/psychological-triggers-and-survival/</link>
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		<title>Video Podcasting To Improve Branding, Search Engine Rankings and Traffic Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As YouTube is currently listed as the #3 most visited site on Internet, grabbing just under 20% of global Internet users per day (according to Alexa.com), it should come as no surprise that video has revolutionized the way communication occurs online.  The power of video lies in that it allows video publishers to form powerful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/video-podcasting-to-improve-branding-search-engine-rankings-and-traffic-generation/</link>
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		<title>Getting Onto Page 1 of Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently presented information on social media marketing to a few groups of entrepreneurs.  I was very pleased with how well it was received, so I&#8217;ve decided to share the fundamental concepts in the video below.
It&#8217;s about an hour and twenty minutes, so grab a cold beverage, some snacks, a note pad and enjoy! 
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		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/getting-onto-page-1-of-google/</link>
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		<title>Picking Your Niche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are varying opinions when it comes to niche marketing:  Some say pick a unique niche and become the authority, while others will argue that there&#8217;s a piece of the pie in the huge, competitive markets, for everybody willing to put the work in.
The huge markets are generally considered to be health, wealth and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/picking-your-niche/</link>
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		<title>Leveraging Social Media for your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ads are dead.  Think about it: Few pay much attention to Adwords ads, banner ads induce some type of instant blinder effect where the reader is physically incapable of looking at the ad, pop up ads are more annoying than gnats on a muggy hot summer night, and I don&#8217;t know about you, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/levering-social-media-for-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Two Awesome New Social Utilities from Jack Humphrey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top blog marketing expert, Jack Humphrey, has just released a couple killer apps.  Check out the video below&#8230; These will save you a ton of time and really get your blog out there.
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		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/two-awesome-new-social-utilities-from-jack-humphrey/</link>
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		<title>Surfin&#8217; the Same Old Sites? Discover Cool Sites!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 




I&#8217;ve been working on a few new projects that have kept me busy, and one in particular, that helped gain some perspective on the nature of the Internet, and what and why we do what we do online.
One of my best friends built an AWESOME site&#8230;you can check it out right here &#8211; whostough.com [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/surfin-the-same-old-sites-discover-cool-sites/</link>
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		<title>In an Election Year&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[




With Super Tuesday approaching in just hours, I&#8217;m going to go a little political.
Much is often said about &#8220;an election year,&#8221; for all the reasons that immediately come to mind: The Possibility of Change, Reflection on What Has Been, Ideas of Hope and Fear looking into the Future, and much more.
Though Ron Paul has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/in-an-election-year/</link>
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		<title>Tom Cruise and the Scientologists vs. Gawker.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had a chance to see the strange Tom Cruise / Scientologist Indoctrination video that was up all over the &#8216;net recently, that means you&#8217;ve probably been bored, because it wasn&#8217;t much of anything. However, the mothership ordered sites to remove the video with threats of lawsuits, apparently because the Cruise piece is part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/tom-cruise-and-the-scientologists-vs-gawkercom/</link>
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		<title>Be Heard in a Noisy World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Web 2.0 fundamentally redefines how we use the Internet, the authority and voice has been given back to YOU, the user, who has the ability to create content instantaneously, vote articles and video good or bad, give your feedback to blog posts (such as this very post), share news stories with your friends and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/be-heard-in-a-noisy-world/</link>
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		<title>Give and Learn: The code to NetWeb Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A major flaw in the Old Network Marketing model is that the biz opp piece of it always seemed to be pitched with greed, masked by reviews and &#8220;objective&#8221; research.  The truth is that it&#8217;s hard to put trust into someone who knows nothing about you, when you know they&#8217;re going to benefit financially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/give-and-learn-the-code-to-netweb-success/</link>
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		<title>Is NetWeb Marketing just hype, or is Network Marketing 2.0 for real?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to sources around the &#8216;net (such as MLMBlog.net) that have been suggesting that Mike Filsaime and Ellie Drake&#8217;s NetWebMarketing program is just hype, that Network Marketing is NOT dead, I&#8217;d like to opine that times are a changin&#8217;!The idea here is that Network Marketing has been marketed in a fundamentally flawed fashion (not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/is-netweb-marketing-just-hype-or-is-network-marketing-20-for-real/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Business Resolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[




To bring in 2008 I thought I&#8217;d commit to some resolutions.
First and foremost, I&#8217;ll be focusing on just one of my new business models at a time (then moving to the next, only as the first is properly nutured).
Seondly, I&#8217;ll be blogging more, and with greater focus. I plan on giving away a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/new-years-business-resolutions/</link>
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		<title>Social Powerlinking for NetWeb Marketers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Network Marketing 2.0 is here and Mike Filsaime and Ellie Drake are leading the charge through their new site http://www.NetWebMarketing.com
The focus is on using Web 2.0 tactics to build your Network Marketing business&#8230;quicker and more effectively than through traditional methods.
If you&#8217;d like to tap into the hundreds of millions of potential prospects you have access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/social-powerlinking-for-netweb-marketers/</link>
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		<title>A Little Work Never Scared the NetWeb Marketer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many &#8220;easy&#8221;, &#8220;autopilot profit&#8221; opportunities out there, you&#8217;d think that the Internet is where complete lazy-asses turn to make an extra buck.
The truth is that most people aren&#8217;t afraid of hard work, they just want it to pay off. In fact, most people would bust it up if given a solid opportunity, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/a-little-work-never-scared-the-netweb-marketer/</link>
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		<title>Replication is all the Rage, but Modeling leads to Mastery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Replicated websites, systems and processes may be all the rage in today&#8217;s Network NetWeb Marketing, but true mastery comes from modeling, not replication or duplication.
Model the masters and become one yourself.
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		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/replication-is-all-the-rage-but-modeling-leads-to-mastery/</link>
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		<title>Network Marketing is Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Network Marketing&#8217;s fundamental flaws have lead to a slow death.  Mike Filsaime and Ellie Drake have even released a brand new, shocking report about it (click here to get it).
In place, relationship building and automation has allowed NetWebMarketers to create successful businesses from home by following the simple strategies of Internet Relationship Marketing .&#8230;See [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/network-marketing-is-dead/</link>
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		<title>Gratitude: The Attitude of Thanksgiving and Law of Attraction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This posting will be a little different, as I&#8217;m not going to focus much on online business, network marketing, iBizTraining.com, etc.  Today, the Thanksgiving holiday takes precedence.
Since my mid-teens, Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday.  The reason is for the positive and hopeful nature of this very special holiday, and all that it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/gratitude-the-attitude-of-thanksgiving-and-law-of-attraction/</link>
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		<title>Mission Critical Success Attributes for Online Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the podcast&#8230;
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In Seth Godin’s insightful book “Free Prize Inside / Purple Cow”, I’ve once again arrived at a conclusion I’ve come to many times before regarding success.  This conclusion can perhaps be marketed to be a “success secret” of some sort, eBooks and reports can be written about it, video and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/mission-critical-success-attributes-for-online-business/</link>
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		<title>Behaviors or Outcomes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common mistakes made by online business seekers is that of focusing on Outcomes rather than Behaviors&#8230;think about this for a moment.
If you&#8217;ve ever done any searches for an online biz, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re well aware of how marketers like to throw out big, enticing numbers, theoretical of what you could make, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/behaviors-or-outcomes/</link>
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		<title>The Total Package &#8211; Make it simple for the user</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Filsaime, whom I consider a friend and most definitely a mentor, was once telling me about creating &#8220;buttons.&#8221;  What he meant by this is similar to Staple&#8217;s Easy Button &#8212; The idea that as business owners and entrepreneurs, we should provide our consumers with solutions that are push button simple.
For instance, don&#8217;t just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/the-total-package-make-it-simple-for-the-user/</link>
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		<title>Bridging the Technology Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the launch of iBizTraining.com rapidly approaching, I&#8217;m excited to see how it impacts the lives of people who pretend to be totally inept in dealing with technology.  I can&#8217;t wait to hear how family members and friends are blown away by a Baby Boomer who only uses his computer to check email (and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/bridging-the-technology-gap/</link>
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		<title>Attract What You Are</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The way you treat others is a direct reflection of how you feel about yourself.&#8221; To be honest, I don&#8217;t know who originally said it, but I quote this saying quite often.  It is, in a roundabout kinda way, the law of attraction at work.  Actually, it&#8217;s the result of the law of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/attract-what-you-are/</link>
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		<title>Back to Basics in Online Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In any sport, discipline or art, fundamentals are always stressed, even at the highest levels.  Why is it then, that we don&#8217;t hold the same regard for fundamentals in the world of online business?
By over-hyping opportunities, placing too much emphasis on automated processes and making everything seem so incredibly fool-proof, as marketers we&#8217;re not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/back-to-basics/</link>
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		<title>So Much Time, So Little To Do&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the immortal words of Willy Wonka, as portrayed by Gene Wilder, &#8220;Wait, strike that, reverse it!&#8221;
With the pre-launch of my newest (and most exciting) service looming this weekend &#8212; iBizTraining.com/October 20, 2007, and subsequent launch on November 6, 20007 &#8212; I&#8217;m looking for ways to maximize my time and check, double check, test, retest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/so-much-time-so-little-to-do/</link>
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		<title>Magnetism &amp; Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to give Mike Dillard a lot of credit for giving me ideas to think beyond what was already being done online, the way of building trust and relationships.  My Internet Relationship Marketing system and philosophy owes a great deal to Mike&#8217;s Magnetic Sponsoring system.
While his focus is strictly on Network Marketing &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/magnetism-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Video Relationship Building &amp; Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I received another email from my new favorite hype-marketer, Juan.  At the end of his over-the-top message, he said, &#8220;So call me!&#8221;  I intend on doing that to pick his brain a little, see how he&#8217;s been doing with his biz opp and also find out how he got my email address. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/video-relationship-building-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Appeal to Easy Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason online business has the word &#8220;business&#8221; at the end of it.  &#8220;Business&#8221; implies work, and that is a fairly accurate depiction in my experience.   Why then, do I get bombarded with junk email that invites me to all of these wonderful sounding &#8220;easy money&#8221; biz opps?
The latest came from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/appeal-to-easy-money/</link>
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		<title>Eben Pagan&#8217;s Keys to Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been actively involved in Internet Marketing over the past year or so, you&#8217;ve undoubtedly heard of, seen, or read about Eben Pagan in one way or another.  During this time, he and his company, Get Altitude, LLC. have been all over the place, with some of the best entrepreneurial training and advice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/eben-pagans-keys-to-success/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs: Jump right in, it&#8217;s hot in here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always maintained that persistence is one of the most evasive keys to success for most, because many do not have the wherewithal to persist through adversity, through challenge, through fatigue and all else that comes with the entrepreneurial lifestyle.  The read I&#8217;m linking to below just solidifies my belief in this.
On top of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/entrepreneurs-jump-right-in-its-hot-in-here/</link>
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		<title>Mo&#8217; Money, (No Integrity,) Mo&#8217; Problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I got this article forwarded on by a good friend and former colleague, as we both used to work for one of the third-party companies that dealt with GoInternet.net.  This is truly sweet justice, as their cheif, Neal Saferstein, was an absolute scam artist that apparently swindled HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS into paying MILLIONS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/mo-money-no-integrity-mo-problems/</link>
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		<title>Chicago6 &#8211; Masterminding Their Way into History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first gathering of my personal mastermind group. I anticipate great things from having a group of intelligent, fun, professional and just plain good people to bounce ideas off of. In preparation for this meeting I did some research on mastermind groups. Listed below is one that I found to be captivating. Enjoy!
During [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/chicago6-masterminding-their-way-into-history/</link>
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		<title>Your Knowledge is Valuable!</title>
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Have you ever been in a situation in a social setting with friends of friends who didn’t really know you?  Sometimes this can be a great place to make new friends and engage in interesting conversation, but have you ever experienced this type setting where you wanted to contribute to a conversation, but you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/your-knowledge-is-valuable/</link>
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		<title>You Can Always Go Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I feel refreshed, as I returned from a needed short break from the chaos of day-to-day routine. My wife, Monica, and I were in Ohio to attend a friend&#8217;s wedding and visit with Monica&#8217;s family. Being there, surrounded by a tremendous group of people, I realized how easy it is to lose focus on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/you-can-always-go-home/</link>
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		<title>Growing into e-business</title>
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I have a good friend, Lenny, who owns a very successful sports memorabilia company.  He operates out of his beautiful Pasadena home with his awesome wife’s assistance.  They have an incredible life filled with family, friends, travel and all the finer things that come with a level of affluence.
Recently I had a conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/growing-into-e-business/</link>
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		<title>All too busy OR all too lazy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to reflect on something that I believe many of us are, quite unfortunately, guilty of.  What I’m referring to is using the old, “I’m busy” excuse&#8230;for anything.
Now think about it, time is our most valuable resource.  Time is so powerful that we’re either seemingly imprisoned by it, or liberated by free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/growing-into-e-business-2/</link>
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		<title>Get your own&#8230;</title>
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Remember that old Frito Lay ad campaign, “Get your own bag”?  It got me thinking.  The importance of what is “ours.”  We are more compelled, protective, and take greater strides in regards to something that is ours, as opposed to something shared or something borrowed…probably why we don’t like neighbors to borrow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyzayas.com/get-your-own/</link>
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