Robby: You're listening to the Brand ED Bullet from the Brand ED Podcast.
Four freaky fast Friday wins to get you going for your weekend.
Let's go.
Win number one, something to try.
Features in your favorite apps or tools are great, but
only if you know about them.
Now you probably already know about Dropbox and it does cloud storage and
file sharing, but there are several killer features tucked under the Dropbox
hood that you may not know about.
Here are a few of my favorites.
Dropbox transfer, lets you send large files to anyone.
You can add a password, an expiration date and you can brand it like you.
I'll put an example of Dropbox transfer with my own branding in the show notes.
Check that out.
Another feature Dropbox offers is a File Request.
This lets you request files from anyone.
They don't even need a Dropbox account.
Collect them right in your Dropbox.
That means no more clients emailing you, documents, pictures,
files, folders, et cetera.
That will all appear in your Dropbox folder.
Dropbox backup allows you to back up your entire computer.
You get everything on Dropbox.
That way, if your laptop fails, you can get to all of your documents.
Everything you need immediately.
from the cloud.
Smart sync from Dropbox.
Let you stop worrying about storage on your laptop, simply right.
Mouse click to make any file or folder online only.
That way it's not hogging up space.
A few other features you may not know about.
You can request an add signatures to documents with Sign from Dropbox.
And there's a new beta feature in Dropbox called Dropbox Dash.
It allows you to search all of your apps, all of your tabs, all in one place.
Which of those features most interests you or which one did you not know
about if you're a Dropbox fan?
Win number two, something a client recently asked.
This question came up in a business coaching group.
I lead called a mastermind.
The question was posed.
Hey, how do I know if I'm headed in the right direction?
Now I shared two paradigms to help my friend self identify
where the challenge was.
I asked, is this a direction problem, or a destination problem?
You see a direction problem is when you have the right steps, but the wrong order.
You don't get where you want to go, and that leaves you
frustrated by the lack of results.
Now a destination problem is where you have the right steps and the right order.
But they're based on the wrong reasons or the wrong motives.
What happens is you get somewhere, but you don't like the destination and
that leaves you filled with regret.
What's your challenge, as you think about your business in the coming year, is it
a direction problem, the right steps in the wrong order or a destination problem--
you know, the steps, but you're not sure that's where you want to wind up.
Win number three, something to think about.
It's easy to think that failing when you try something in your business
is way more dangerous than success.
I'm very aware of my fear of failing when I try something new in my
business, but I give very little thought to, "What happens if this thing
I'm trying is actually successful?"
Sometimes I need to ask the question, "What's going to happen inside of me if
this thing is actually wildly successful?'
So I wrote this down in my journal recently, I've come
back to it several times.
Quote, "It's too easy to fail while succeeding and lose while winning."
Win number four, something personal.
I'm prone to race into advice, giving.
And think, well, that's what my clients are paying me for.
And that's how I justify it.
But I'm making a concerted effort to try to bite my tongue and ask more questions.
And I'll have to admit it is very challenging.
It is so much easier to give someone the answer; to think,
"Well, aren't, they lucky to have run into me and all of my answers.
" The reality is my main job is to help identify the correct problem; to help
them ask the right question, to help guide someone to his or her best next step.
So I'm challenging myself to ask five more questions before I back up my
dump truck of advice and let it rip.
I'll keep you posted how it goes.
What do you do to stay more curious and give less advice on your own
consulting or coaching calls?
I'd love to know.
. Thanks for joining me on this episode of the brand Brand ed bullet.
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