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You’ve probably heard the old saying “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

Well, what can you say about the price of perfection or the price of talent?

Here’s the story.

I was having dinner with my wife in a fancy Italian restaurant in the new Wynn hotel in Las Vegas in preparation for the ShowStoppers Media Reception at the Consumer Electronics Show. When the waiter brought the dessert menu, I noticed the cognacs. No, I don’t go big for after dinner drinks. One beer is fine for me. But here’s what caught my eye.

There were two cognacs, one named Perfection, the other named Talent. I gasped when I saw the price of Perfection was $695. However, my jaw dropped when I saw the price of Talent. $1,090!

I’m not kidding!

I would love to be the bar tender who gets a 20 percent tip for pouring those drinks!

Of course, there’s a message here. Which is more important? Talent or Perfection?

I’ve learned from my PR LEADS expert clients that a main cause of procrastination is the quest for perfection. People just can finish projects! Sometimes they are overwhelmed with the idea of being perfect they can’t even get started. They might be brilliant, but they can’t get the job done.

On the other hand, talent is rare. It takes talent to come up with new ideas, see the boundless possibilities and put a plan in place to bring them to fruition.

My business coach, Mark LeBlanc, has a great saying,”Done is better than perfect.”

Think about this the next time you work on a project and see how it affects your thinking.

Dan Janal
Your Fearless PR LEADER
PR LEADS
http://www.prleads.com

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Trafficology, a prestigious newsletter, interviewed me last year for my best tactic of the year. I’m glad to share it with you.

Teleseminars.

“Teleseminars” are to authors, speakers, experts what “plastics” were to Dustin Hoffman in the movie, “The Graduate.” It is the future.
Here’s why.

Each week, I do a teleseminar and invite all my clients for free. This positions me as an expert in their eyes. It also helps me make great contacts with the experts I interview. For Branding, this is a 10.

If that were all, that would be great, but from each teleseminar, I produce products for sale: transcripts, MP3s and CDs.

Also, I can create articles based on the great information in the teleseminars. I post those articles or ideas in my blog, so I get a lot of mileage out of this. Then every Tuesday, I take my best blog entry and post it to my newsletter, so I get even more mileage out of it.

In short, it is a nice cycle that creates a continual flow of new content and products, each with revenue potential.

I use Great Teleseminars Audio Production Company (http://www.greatteleseminars.com) to do my teleseminars since they are a one-stop shopping center for teleseminar bridge lines, recording, CD duplication and transcripts. As the old saying goes, “I like the company so much, I bought it.” Well, actually, I created it to meet my needs and it turns out my speaker buddies and clients decided they needed these services too, so, the rest is history.

If you’d like to read more about Trafficology’s terrific tips and tactics for improving Internet Marketing, I invite you to get two free issues with my compliments by visiting this site:

http://www.Trafficology.com/giftfromdanjanal/

As for my teleseminars, I’ll announce details about this year’s great topic here in a few days. Here’s a hint: If you are a coach, or want to be a financially successful coach, you’ll love this year’s theme.

By the way, if you want to order my teleseminar recordings and transcripts for the past year (39 great sessions in all) in the How to Sell More Books and Series, I am offering the entire set as MP3s and e-books for just $199. You can read about the titles here:

http://www.prleads.com/club-list.htm

Have a Happy New Year!

Dan Janal
Your Fearless PR LEADER
PR LEADS
http://www.prleads.com
952-380-1554

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