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founder & host of 33voices®.

Alan Fox has degrees in accounting, law, education, and professional writing. He has been employed as a tax supervisor for a national accounting firm, established his own law firm, and founded a commercial real estate company that owns and manages more than seventy major

income-producing properties in eleven states. He sits on the board of directors of several non-profit foundations, focusing on children, wellness, health, and education.

Fox is also the founder, editor, and publisher of Rattle, one of the most respected literary magazines in the United States. He is well known for the publication of his conversations with

noted American poets, including several Pulitzer Prize winners.

Alan C. Fox@AlanCFox

Author of People Tools

Business is personal - as such, you can’t run a successful business unless

you’re living a successful life.

Insight #1

Insight #2

The most admired leaders advertise their mistakes; for they know that it’s vulnerability

that enhances their confidence and displays their humanity.

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Confidence - Do more of what you’re good at, and make it a habit to act ‘as if.’

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Home - Make your physical home an oasis of tranquility and support, any your home

at work supportive.

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Education - Never stop learning.

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Assertiveness - Ask (for yourself), be Authentic when you do, and make yourself

as Attractive as you can.

Insight #3

Those most likely to advance in business take these five stairs to the top — CHEAP:

Passion - Find it, seize it, and follow it.

Insight #4

You can’t run a business without money. Remember these ten rules of business:

Insight #4

You can’t run a business without money. Remember these ten rules of business:

Rule Number One - Don’t run out of cash

Insight #4

You can’t run a business without money. Remember these ten rules of business:

Rule Number Ten - Don’t run out of cash

Insight #4

You can’t run a business without money. Remember these ten rules of business:

(The other eight rules are not as important)

Insight #5

Ready, Set, Improvise. Life is an improv. So, is business. Stay in the moment,

and say, ‘Yes And...?’

Insight #6

Opt not to follow the crowd. Consider being a contrarian, in business and in life — for you’re

never likely to travel in a straight line.

Insight #7

The #1 measure of leadership effectiveness is the success of the enterprise, for her

loyalty has to always be to the task, and not to the credit.

Insight #8

The practice of a lifetime is learning to regulate your emotions. Choose intentionally not let your emotions adversely impact sound

business judgement, and don’t let your intellect prevent your finding joy in your life.

Insight #9

The customer is always the customer. If you could have only one skill in life, learning how to effectively work with your customers,

in business and in life, is the one to have.

Insight #10

People with goals use people without goals.Without a north-star, you have no

advantage in the world.

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