If there’s one common malady that most business owners and entrepreneurs fall prey to it would probably be “shiny-object syndrome.” It affects virtually all of us. Why? Because of how we’re wired. Normal people don’t start businesses, crazy people do. People like you...
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How to Eliminate Most Conflict Before It Begins
Few things hinder day-to-day progress more than conflict. Any time you put two or more people together, conflict is rarely far away. Sometimes that conflict is with business partners. Sometimes it’s with employees. Sometimes it’s with customers. And...
read more5 Tactics for Eliminating Distractions So You Can Focus On Growing Your Business
How often do you catch yourself thinking, “I just don’t have enough time to work on my business!”? Or how often do you say to yourself, “I could get a whole lot more work done if people would just stop interrupting me all day long!”? Probably more times that you care...
read more4 Keys to Making Better Decisions Every Day
Since you make hundreds of decisions every day, chances are few things seem more obvious and innate than decision-making. Think about it. Over the past several decades, you’ve probably made hundreds of thousands of decisions about virtually everything. You should be a...
read moreShould Your Business Take a Political Stance Or Not
As you know, we live in a pretty divided time in our country (for those of us who live in the US). Note: since most Americans don’t think about and/or know much about our history (or for that matter, the rest of the world), many tend to think that we’re now...
read moreThe Secret to Changing Virtually Anything You Want to Change In Your Life (or Others)
Is there anything in your life that you wish were different right now? How about in the life of any of your employees? My guess is that the answer to both of those questions is, “Of course!” (or possibly, “Duh! 🙂 ) The challenge of course is, “How do you make that...
read more5 Huge Mistakes Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Make When Scaling Their Businesses
The good news is that you want to scale your business. The bad news is that you’re going to make some mistakes along the way. If you’d like to make the same mistakes that most business owners and/or entrepreneurs make don’t watch the following video....
read more4 Keys to Building a Great Management Team That Actually Produces Results
Have you ever dreamed of taking a two-week vacation (or being able to attend a conference) without having to check in on your business at all? Or have you ever longed for the day when you didn’t feel like the whole weight of your business was only on your shoulders...
read more5 Lessons Your Small Business Can Learn From United’s Big Mess-up
Everyone messes-up some time. It’s not a question of if your business is going to mess-up, it’s only a question of when and then how you’re going to respond. Note: If you’re reading this post later (or somehow missed this story), this is the week that a 69 year-old...
read moreHow To “Demand” Excellence Without Being a Jerk
You want your employees to perform at an “excellence” level. You want them to deliver excellent work—both externally to your customers as well as internally with any work product produced for you or anyone else inside your company. The question is,...
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