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I just attended the single best business conference I've ever been to… and it has nothing to do with my being one of the speakers!

Today, I share my notes from this week's Platform Conference. By the time you listen to today's podcast, you will have discovered:

• The real secret to stress-free productivity
• How to get your business cards imported into your smart phone for free
• Why you procrastinate and how to stop doing that
• A simple formula that allows you to WOW your customers
• The secret that allowed Jeff Goins to build 100,000 readers for his blog
• The simple method for building an intimate connection with your tribe that will surprise you
• The altar you are probably worshiping at that will eventually kill you, and what to do about it
• Why it's important for you to make as much money as possible
• And much, much more!

• The Return of the Lifestyle Business Segment, and listener questions.
• Our first ever annual readers poll is coming tomorrow.
• Next week I'll be offering a free video training series on writing powerful persuasive copy. Be looking for it.
• A new listener comment contest.

Conferences where I will be attending and/or speaking:

• Private Client Meeting, Dec 2-4
• NMX, Jan 4-6, 2014, Las Vegas, NV
• Strategic Influence Jan 14-16, 2014, Phoenix, AZ
• NAMS 11 February 7-9, 2014, Atlanta, GA
• Social Media Marketing World, March 26-28, 2014, San Diego, CA
• "Permission to Prosper" April 8-10, 2014, Spokane, WA

Cardmunch is a free iPhone app that turns business cards into contacts.

We accomplish the most from a place of rest.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30

Rest does not equal in activity. It means that we are able to be active without fear, doubt, or emotional striving. We become peace inside chaos, we are the call my at the center of the storm.

Feature Segment: What I Learned From The Platform Conference

Nearly every significant turning point in my life has been marked by attending a conference. which is not to say that every conference I have attended was a life changer; but even at the "poorly produced" conferences, I always learn something of value.

This week, I had a life-changing experience at the single best business conference I have ever had the privilege of attending, the Platform Conference in Dallas, Texas.

How does this affect you? As always, I seek to learn everything I can and then bring it back here to share with you. While not every one of the ideas I'm going to share is necessarily be applicable to you, I believe many of them will. Here are some (not all) of the most valuable things I learned at this year's platform conference.

The absolute imperative of building your own platform. "Platform" is a metaphor for the stage you construct from which you share your ideas, insights, and advice. As Michael Hyatt says in his book Platform, build