Category: Productivity

Just Don’t Die 

Unfortunately, we will all face disappointments, rejections, and outright failures.  Many people will choose self-doubt, sadness, wallowing, and despair.  I have found that the most

Read Now

Take Care of Your Customers 

A recent exchange on social media:  Original Post:   My favorite business-building question:  “What’s the one thing, that if I stopped doing today, would immediately destroy

Read Now

What Must Be Done 

Dwight Eisenhower famously described leadership as, “the art of getting to others to want to do what must be done”.  Here are a few thoughts

Read Now

Over and Over Again 

One of the leader’s greatest responsibilities is to clarify, communicate, and reinforce expectations to team members.  Clarify means the leader herself must understand exactly what

Read Now

Competitor Analysis 

Business owners and leaders have a very important task when setting goals and determining strategies: analyze the internal and external environments.  Internal analysis tends to

Read Now

The Right Rooms 

One of the most important questions business owners and leaders who are looking to grow must ask is: am I in the right rooms?  By

Read Now

Freedom to Abstain 

This quote in Ryan Holliday’s excellent Daily Stoic book jumped out at me recently: “Addiction is the loss of the freedom to abstain.”  Freedom. I

Read Now

Celebrating Success 

Common traits of business owners: ever forward, continuous improvement, never satisfied, nonstop activity toward the vision.  One thing these characteristics do not have in common:

Read Now

Fire Bad Clients 

When I was 23, I became the top executive of a 60-year-old organization.  One of the most powerful lessons I learned in that role is:

Read Now