Brian McClellan
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Personal Development, Professional Development Expert
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- Personal Development
- Best Sellers
- The Real Bling: How to Get the Only Thing You Need, Unbreakable: How to Build Self-Confidence That Will Never Fail
- Career Focus
- Author, Professional Speaker
- Affiliation
- BAMSTRONG Presentations
Brian McClellan will make you say BAM! Brian McClellan (aka "BAM") is the CEO of BAMSTRONG Presentations and the author of The Real Bling: How to Get the Only Thing You Need, a powerful guide to personal and professional development. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Brian served as a vice president of sales with then-Fortune 100 Georgia-Pacific Corporation. A graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia Business School, Brian is a powerful motivational speaker, as evidenced by his earning the titles 2007 and 2008 Toastmasters Georgia State Champion of Public Speaking. To learn more about BAM, please visit www.bamstrong.com.
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Born With It
Being the parent of a small child is an education in and of itself. First, I earned an undergraduate degree in spelling. You have to be creative when you don't want your child to know where you hide the C-A-N-D-Y. I also proudly hold advanced degrees in music (who knew Barney the purple ...
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Make Your Haters Your Motivators
Diversity is important in all areas of life. A great financial portfolio has a diverse set of assets so it can profit in any financial environments. A great carpenter carries a diverse set of tools so every construction need can be met. A great business employs a diverse group of people who ...
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Spinach And Kryptonite
I was a huge fan of cartoons when I was young. My favorite cartoons were the ones starring super heroes. What child doesn’t love super heroes? They have super powers! I used to wonder whether I would have super powers when I was all grown up. After years of searching, I discovered that I did ...
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Play Your Position
In our zeal to be a positive force in the lives of those about whom we care, it is tempting for us to try to mold our loved ones into the people we want them to be. Our advice for them sometimes reflects our vision of their success rather than something compatible with their vision. At times ...
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20/20 Vision
Any successful corporation has a well-defined vision, one well-known to all of its employees and even its customers. This vision defines the corporation’s aspirations and serves as the guiding principle for all significant future action. Similarly, every individual needs a personal vision. ...
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The Special Sauce of Leadership
To say that extraordinary effort has been given to defining the characteristics of the ideal leader would be an extraordinary understatement. Researchers have spent literally countless hours trying to define this mythical individual. Any quality bookstore has an aisle or more dedicated to the ...
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Love Your Greatness More Than You Fear Its Price
People who have achieved greatness in their chosen field are confident people. It is no secret that one must believe before he or she can achieve. However, this confidence manifests much differently than you may realize. For the great ones, confidence is not bravado. It is not the appearance ...
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"Ready To Die" Leadership
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man hasn’t discovered something he is willing to die for, he is not fit to live.” Does this sound extreme to you? It does not sound extreme to me at all. Throughout our history, we have revered, followed and aspired to be leaders who were willing ...
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Give the People What They Need
The single most important factor in building and maintaining strong relationships is the frequency with which complements flow between the parties conce ed. In fact, I have heard it said that one must complement someone five times more than he criticizes to build a strong relationship and keep ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Brian McClellan
- Love your greatness more than you fear its price. The perks of greatness far outweigh the work of greatness. The GOAT never trades working less for having less.
- You’ve got to have passion for your game. Sometimes Life will take your best pass, intercept it, run it back for a touchdown, and then dance in your end zone. Your passion for the game will pick you up, dust your shoulders off and say, “Life, I’m not through with you yet!”
- Only a sheep blindly follows his leader to the slaughter. A “ready to die” leader is the only leader worth following. Accepting less makes you no better than the chicken that follows Colonel Sanders.
- All the haters, those that would love to see you fail, love themselves more than they hate you. Knowing this means that any and every rigged game can be un-rigged. Knowing this will set you free.
- It’s silly to LoJack your car or lock up your house, and then leave your most valuable possession, your right mind, exposed for all to walk upon like it says “Welcome to McDonald’s.” Your right mind is the enabler of all things great, your most valuable possession, your house! You must protect this house!
- It’s natural to be out for self. We are all here because one of our kin successfully dodged a dinosaur, the plague, a spear, a bullet or a brick with his name on it. Yet, the greatest among us represent for more than just themselves. The great ones go for theirs by helping you get yours.
- Make something happen! Make something so big it can be seen from the moon. Make something so new that they have to call it by your name. Take something so far into a new place that we forget all about the old ‘hood.” Don’t just show up, but blow up!
- The best of the best don’t bother half-stepping. They live their lives like there “ain’t no maybe.” They’re all “all in” or not at all.
- Right now, there is someone who can ball like LeBron, but he’s afraid to take the court. There is someone who can flow like Biggie if he could just beat his stage fright. Don’t leave us wondering how fierce you might have been. Don’t rob us of your greatness!
- You were not meant to be the extra in someone else’s movie. You were meant to be a star. There’s enough lime here for you to shine here. You were meant to have Deep Impact, to hit the earth and go BAM!