Mindset

The Lessons My Dog Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

I’m a bit of a business lit junkie: I love reading stories and advice from fellow authors and entrepreneurs. I dig tales of overcoming adversity, and I enjoy getting fresh...

The Downward Spiral – Bigger Plates = Bigger Cabinets

I was having coffee with Brittany Lanzone, Founder of kitchen design company Rae Design, when she shared a fascinating fact with me. The kitchen cabinet standard recently increased from the...

How You Know If You Are Really Wowing Customers

e of my colleagues showed me an email that she sent to a new prospect with the intent of scheduling an appointment.  In fact, this prospect reached out to her...

The Dirty Truth About Success

I’m tired of people who say success isn’t about money. Success is absolutely about money. You do need to be rich to be successful. The truth may be dirty, it...

How to Get A Difficult Client To Schedule Meeting

I received this note, in the mail last year. It did its job - she got the meeting with me immediately. While I was always willing to meet with her,...

5 Ways To Help Manage Someone You Hate

Hate your co-worker or employee? Congratulations!  You have completed the first step in making things work.  Acknowledging you have a problem, after all, is the first step. Ironically, teams where...

The Biggest Determinant Of Success

The biggest determinant of success is the level of commitment you have to being successful.

Be Able To Sell By Changing Your Body Language In 7 Ways

Sales are the backbone of any business. As an entrepreneur, you already know this. But you may not realize just how important how you deliver your sales message matters, especially...

How To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

If you were to study some of the most creative people throughout history, you would find that each of them had little rituals. There were things that each of them...

Great Business Lessons From 8 Military Leaders

The very first business book I ever read wasn’t written by Dale Carnegie or Donald Trump. It was Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Odd choice? Not really, if you...

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