Productivity

The Climb Is Your Biggest Ally

So this is utterly embarrassing. . . I like The Climb by Miley Cyrus. I get it. I get it. It’s a cliche, manufactured pop song. Yet, the song contains...

Would You Give Me Your Life, Please?

Do you have a spare minute? Would you please give me a little bit of your time? Our lives are simply an allotment of time. We have been granted a...

The One Asset We All Have: Time

Every entrepreneur has been granted the same amount of time.  It is, in fact, our biggest asset and it is granted to all of us equally. I have 24 hours...

How To Stop Worrying

How many times have you worried about something today? Five? Ten? Too many times to count? You may not even be conscious of it, and it doesn’t have to involve...

How To Do Everything (Hint: You Can’t)

Want to do everything? You can’t! What? Were you expecting a quick primer that would affirm your belief that you can do it all, AND teach you how to stay...

The Eternal Quest For Work-Life Balance

I was just talking with Alan Fawcett about life, and work, and more life and more work. During our conversation Alan said something that hit me like a ton of...

Leaderboards

We all get satisfaction from being on top. If you have the newer car, I’ll get solace in the fact that my child has better grades than yours. If I...

Budgets And Stick To Them

Just because you have a budget and planned your financials, doesn’t mean you’ll stick with it. In fact, entrepreneurs rarely do. What I have found to be effective though, is...

Fix The Slowest Part Of The Chain

Every business, be it a service provider or a manufacturer, or a restaurant or insurance company, goes through a chain of activities to deliver its offering. To be in the...

The Million Dollar Question (With A Twist)

Most people know how they would answer the question, “What would you do with a million dollars?” The replies are usually about stuff – new house, new car, bigger this,...

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