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Our thoughts are powerful. Directing yours toward positive outcomes can enhance your business bottom line. Andy Bailey,  an  Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)  member in Nashville, is an  author, CEO and head coach of business coaching firm  Petra Coach  who serves in an advisory role on the Gazelles Council, leaders of the Scale Up movement. We asked Andy how the law of attraction can impact business owners and their trajectory toward success. Here's what he shared: The Law of Attraction--the belief that positive thoughts attract positive outcomes while negativity begets negative outcomes--has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Some people don't believe it exists, while others swear by its effectiveness. Whichever camp you're in, there are lessons business leaders can learn from its core message. And, these lessons can help you in both your personal and professional life. As a business coach, I often see leaders ...

Facilitating a retreat for a group of fifteen men, all in their late 30’s and 40’s, all high level executives and all high achievers, an interesting topic arose. One of the men asked for help dealing with his wife who was complaining he worked too much. He wanted help in getting her to understand that she was being unreasonable since the reason he was always working was to provide for his family. He got sympathy from several but fortunately for him there were a couple of mentally balanced leaders in  the group who challenged him. They pointed out that his family needed more from him than to take care of them – that this family needed him to BE with them. They told him quite frankly that his marriage was in trouble… and it wasn’t up to his wife to change. That was 20 years ago. Technology has made this an even bigger challenge today. With the advances in technology, you can always be connected to work, anytime, anywhere – and because you  can  be...

Memorize these words, and work their meaning into your life. Then, watch the results. There is no single secret to success. If there were, and if it were straightforward or easy, everybody would do it. But everybody doesn't do it. That said, there are certainly habits and strategies that can make success more likely. I've learned many of them. Then, I've forgotten many of them and had to learn them again. But I do keep coming back. Here are some of the habits and strategies that have served me best, written in pithy, easy-to-remember formats.  (By the way, No. 17 is the most mind-blowing and interesting on the list. I put it last because if you don't know it, and you haven't read the others, I think it's less likely you'll be in a place to truly believe it.) 1. Remember: "Tragedy plus time equals comedy." Mark Twain gets the credit for this one. There are very few hardships that can't justify a ...