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Jim Blasingame
The Small Business Advocate
Leading Small Business expert, Jim Blasingame is the creator and award-winning host of the Small Business Advocate Show, the world's only weekday tal show dedicated to small business. He conducts over 1,000 interviews annually with business experts, policy makers, and entrepreneurs. Fortune Small Business magazine says he's one of the 30 most influential people in America representing small business interests.
Jim has a brilliant mind. Even if you aren't a small business entrepreneur, you will find many gems in this podcast.
Click the tabs above to listen to the separate episodes corresponding to the four catalysts of Personal Brilliance - Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative or listen to the complete interview if you prefer.
I'm a regular guest on Jim B's internationally syndicated radio show. Here's my most recent appearance:
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews leading small business expert Jim Blasingame, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Awareness in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Awareness for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- A view on the economy for small business
- Self-determination as a success measurement
- The discipline of self-awareness and dealing with what you find
- Why ego is the enemy of self-awareness
- The benefits of a healthy appreciation for failure
- The benefit of making a lot of decisions
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews leading small business expert Jim Blasingame, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Curiosity in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Curiosity for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Why you can't be an entrepreneur without curiosity
- The difference between entrepreneurs and small business owners
- A question for every manager to ask regularly
- The most empowering question you can ask someone
- The lie that small business owners tell themselves
- How to overcome any lack of knowledge
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews leading small business expert Jim Blasingame, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Focus in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Focus for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Focus like an airplane pilot
- The concept of 'scan' as a focus technique for small business owners
- Avoiding crisis management
- Why it sometimes makes sense to take on more water when there is a leak in the boat
- How focus can improve with business growth
- Techniques for dealing with interruptions
- When interruptions can be a good thing
- The types of decisions in which sleeping on it can be an incredible tool
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews leading small business expert Jim Blasingame, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Initiative in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Initiative for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The thing that holds most small businesses back
- The key to having employees take initiative
- Why learning takes the risk out of initiative
- The role of courage for an entrepreneur
- Why an entrepreneur can't be a loner
- The partner model vs. the dominator model
- Why it's important to use the four Personal Brilliance catalysts - awareness, curiosity, focus, and initiative, to develop people
- How to give people initiative without having them go off the reservation
- An argument for business mistakes to be allocated to the training budget
- Keys to knowing what to do when you're in an environment that is not conducive to innovation
This is the complete Jim Blasingame Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical interview with Jim Canterucci.
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