“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington While we all want to succeed, we know success is a process, and not an outcome. If we achieve it once, we know we haven’t found […]
How managing your emails and phone calls can make your day more productive. “The only reason for time is so everything doesn’t happen at once.” – Albert Einstein Half the year is gone and many small business owners I know tell me they don’t know where the time went. They’ve been busier than ever and […]
It’s been a more than couple of decades now, since the world was introduced to a novel concept: ‘do what you love and the money will follow.’ How liberating! Finally, permission to leave your hum drum job, bad company, rotten manager and follow your bliss. Actually strike out on your own, do something you’ve always […]
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay As we start the first week of a new year, the great majority of us have at least one goal that we want to accomplish this year. What’s your’s? Can you visualize it? Do you know what it will […]
Everyone makes mistakes. We know that. So why do some people make the same mistake over and over again, and kick themselves for it, while others are able to let it go, move on, and never make the same mistake again? We know that mindset and emotional intelligence play a major role on how […]
Regardless of whether you were a fan of the Yankees or the Mets, you knew Yogi Berra. We all did. We related to him. As a catcher, batter, coach, go-getter and indelible character, he became a legend in his own time. And he did it with humor, common sense, and more than his fair share […]
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar You have a vision. You know what your world would look like when you achieve it. It’s out there waiting for you. All that good stuff. Maybe some of you have picked […]
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.“ – Zig Ziglar Ready or not, we’re officially into the countdown for yearend. Do you feel it too? We knew it would kick into gear after Labor Day and the kids were back […]
Dreams can become reality but it takes more than wishing. It takes work. We’ve heard the words before: “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” —Farrah Gray “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs “Too […]
Business owners and managers are often blindsided when a good employee quits. Too bad, because a little preventive medicine could go a long way to increase retention, loyalty and good will. A degree of turnover is expected. It’s a given; but good, trusted employees are assets, and their departure hits us where it hurts. We […]