Best Practices
How to Avoid Closing the Door on Chance
Inherently, we entrepreneurs are an optimistic bunch. We paint visions of success in our minds and we set exuberant goals to get there. Sometimes things go wrong and we write them off as bad luck. But…
What to Do When Snopes Rejects Everything You Believe!
See if you’ve ever been caught in this personally embarrassing social media scenario: You find something in the news that gets your blood churning because it aligns perfectly with your thoughts and opinions. You post…
3 Easy Ways to Maximize Your Small Business Resources in 2018 and Beyond
They say the devil is in the details, and this is very true when it comes to business—especially small business. Little costs add up. If you want to avoid them, you’re going to need to…
7 Essential Steps to Develop the Art of Leadership
The ability to be a leader is an art, which can be mastered and can be learned and sharpened. Leadership has nothing to do with a title like CEO, Vice President, Manager, General Manager, etc….
How to Make a Small Problem into a Big One
Allowing small problems to escalate into big ones is simple. Just ignore the signs for long enough and the job is done. It takes far more energy to review regularly the key performance indicators you’ve…
8 Steps to Build Winning Self-Confidence in Business
In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. These entrepreneurs find it hard to respect customers or team members, and their…
Small Businesses Run the US Economy
Small Business Saturday took place on this past Saturday, November 25, and similar to previous years, it was a banner day for the 29.6 million small businesses operating in the U.S. Originated in 2010 by American Express,…
3 Books That May Change How You See the World
In a world of instant gratification and get quick rich schemes, the activities that are worth doing are often forgotten or ignored. They are simple things like habits that produce change and results. The reality…
Don’t Miss Out at Events!
Personal development is important no matter what line of business you are in or what position you fill in that business. Going to conferences and networking functions helps to keep you on the cutting edge…
How Negativity Can Overpower Your Good Intentions
Be honest with me now: Do people see you as approachable and easy to talk to? As you considered that question, I bet some of you started to think about friends or family members who…