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Why Entrepreneurs Need to Be Scramblers

Mar 23, 2020 By Fran Tarkenton

The things I did to become a better quarterback in the NFL have also had a major impact on my life in business. The principles from one directly applied to the other–and nowadays, more than ever.As a quarterback, I was known as a scrambler. When a play starts to break down, there’s nobody open and […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Focus, Fran Tarkenton

Is Your Monkey Mind Running Your Life?

Dec 5, 2019 By Jeff Bullas

Conversations. We all have them.  We enjoy the banter and insights. We laugh, we joke and discuss what matters. We are social creatures. But there is another side to our conversations that is not often discussed. Not talked about. The other conversations And I am not talking about the ones with other people. They are the quiet private chats […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Focus, Mindset

5 Great Ways to Avoid Small Business Burnout

Oct 16, 2019 By 1800Accountant

Many entrepreneurs have a similar story. A dream that they just couldn’t shake. The idea that they could succeed and create a business, to build something based on your talents and experiences. To know what you can do, and that you can succeed. But the dream and reality collide when you’re working 12+ hour days, […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Focus, Health, Productivity

Are Leaders Responsible for Employee Burnout?

Oct 14, 2019 By Annie Button

Think you are setting the right example by working all hours and rewarding your employees when they do the same? Perhaps this isn’t you at all, but you can’t understand why your employees seem burnt out? The Guardian reports that burnout has become a sinister and insidious epidemic. Last year CNBC reported that nearly 40 […]

Filed Under: Open Culture Tagged With: Employees, Focus, Leadership, Productivity

Hire for Your Core, Partner for the Rest

Aug 22, 2019 By Dave Berkus

A trend for businesses large and small There is a major trend shaping up that is worldwide, already identified by hundreds of thousands of startup and small business CEO’s. By carefully recognizing and focusing upon the very core of the business, these CEO’s are allocating their scarce cash resources to hire the best talent they […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Focus, Hiring, Partners

6 Habits That Kill Your Productivity and What You Should Be Doing Instead

Aug 19, 2019 By Gary Wilkinson

With countless distractions in our modern, overly digitalized world, productivity can be a difficult skill to master. Whether you find yourself browsing social media when you should be typing, or texting during important discussions, you’re killing your productivity. Here are six habits that kill your productivity and what you should be doing instead to stay […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Focus, Productivity, Time Management

The One Thing Holding You Back from Making It to the C-Suite

Aug 8, 2019 By Jeff Bullas

According to a survey on leadership development conducted by the Brandon Hall Group, 77% of organizations are currently experiencing a leadership skills gap. But you’re smart, qualified, and technically brilliant at what you do… So what’s holding you back from the C-Suite? It’s not a lack of ambition. After all, you’re ready, willing, and able to […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Focus, Leadership, Skills

Changing the Questions

May 17, 2019 By Dave Brock

We know questions are critical to our success as sales people. Sadly, we ask too few, choosing instead to pitch our products and solutions, hoping the customer has some interest in considering them, though we often don’t know why. Most modern selling programs talk about the importance of questions, but too often they focus on […]

Filed Under: Sales Activities, Sales and Marketing Tagged With: Focus, Overcoming Obstacles, Sales, Sales Process

The “Voices in Our Ears”

Apr 5, 2019 By Dave Brock

I have to confess a weakness to spy/thriller movies. They are great Saturday evening fun. On “date night,” I try to encourage my wife we should see one, she usually finds something else. The cool/high tech spies, often, have an earpiece. There is always someone at “control,” telling them what’s happening, advising there is a […]

Filed Under: Sales Activities, Sales and Marketing Tagged With: Focus, Productivity, Sales

Mantras, with Dana Wilde

Dec 20, 2018 By Deb Bixler

Dana Wilde shared her many Facebook quotes and mantras on this Cash Flow Show Radio broadcast. As you are building your business, focus only on your successes. Focus only on what is going right with your business. If you do this, your brain will help you to see even more successes and you will gain momentum, which makes building a business […]

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