David Finkel

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David Finkel is the CEO of Maui Mastermind®, one of the world’s premier business coaching companies with thousands of clients worldwide. He is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eleven books, including SCALE (co-authored with Priceline.com Co-founder Jeff Hoffman) and the soon to be released, The Freedom Formula: How to Succeed in Business Without Sacrificing Your Family, Health, or Life. David’s syndicated business articles can be seen on Inc.com, Fastcompany.com, and Forbes.com and have garnered millions of readers and his work has been featured in several prestigious media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fox Business, MSNBC, and Inc. Magazine. He has helped hundreds of thousands of business lea ...more

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David Finkel I just sit my butt down and do the work. I write -- junk if that's all that comes -- then I edit later.

Steve Pressfield's "The War of Art" was a great…more
I just sit my butt down and do the work. I write -- junk if that's all that comes -- then I edit later.

Steve Pressfield's "The War of Art" was a great inspiration to me on this. He nailed it in words what i had been doing for years when i write -- I make the decision to write, even when I'm stuck or don't "feel" like it.

I may later have to toss what I wrote in a tough day at my keyboard, but i get my 1,500 words done on my writing days.(less)
David Finkel Three suggestions:

1. Read "The War of Art" (Pressfield) and make the decision to "turn pro". This means you write when you've set a time to write -- n…more
Three suggestions:

1. Read "The War of Art" (Pressfield) and make the decision to "turn pro". This means you write when you've set a time to write -- no matter what. (When i'm working on a new book i set 2 days a week to do 1,500 words each day, no matter what. Then i edit like crazy later.)

2. Don't worry if your first book isn't "perfect"; don't fear what other people will say or how they'll judge... just get that first one done. The rest come much easier when you FINISH that first one. I cringe at times with how poorly written my first book (self published back in 1998) was. But I'm proud that i got myself to do it. Here i am, 11 books later, and i'm getting better and better with each book i write.

3. If you're doing non-fiction, consider working through your ideas through teaching or blogging. I always teach on a subject of a new book for a year or more, write numerous articles on the subject matter, and use that as a starting point for the book. I get to see audience reaction to my ideas and struggle with the language for a bit first to find my final version.(less)
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The Real Reason You Struggle to Delegate

As a business coach, I am in a unique position to not only help struggling business owners but also recognize and identify unproductive patterns of behaviors across all industries and business models. This in turn allows me to help others dodge a similar fate. So today I wanted to address the real reason that you are struggling...

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“No one showed us the distinction of building not for control, but to establish intelligent business controls to empower the business, not just Jack and me as owners.”
David Finkel, Build a Business, Not a Job: Grow Your Business & Get Your Life Back

“You don't get paid for hours or effort; you get paid for value created. To create value you need time, but you need a special kind of time -- you need interruption-free blocks of your best time.”
David Finkel

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“You don't get paid for hours or effort; you get paid for value created. To create value you need time, but you need a special kind of time -- you need interruption-free blocks of your best time.”
David Finkel

“Live in alignment with your value, not your vanity.”
David Finkel

“In the Value Economy, you succeed by creating value for your company. You need time to create value, but a very different kind of time. You need blocks of your best, uninterrupted time to strategically focus on those things that you do for your company that create the most value. Low-value email and third-party requests? You’ll get to them, but only after you’ve invested the best hours of your week into your highest-value creation activities. The low-value stuff gets your remnant time, not your best time.”
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