The First Quarter of 2019 We are almost through the first quarter of 2019. Are you planning to have your best year ever? If so, it will only happen if you are more intentional about it than you were in 2018. Best years do not just happen. You make them happen by backing up your… Read More »
Map Your Course
It is not sufficient to just have a clear vision of where your business will be in the future. You need a plan of action to bridge the gap between your current state and your desired future to help guide you along the path and prevent getting lost….Read more »
Choose Your Direction
As a business owner it is important to know where you want your business to be in the future. Begin with the end in mind, where do you want your business and personal life to be moving forward?…Read more »
Strategy Counts
Strategy is critical to your success. Good strategy is based in finding your customer’s need and meeting the need in an effective and efficent manner ….Read more »
Mindset Matters
Your mindset is the foundation of your success.You may have great skills, but it your mindset is not right success will be elusive….Read more »
Accelerate Your Business Growth
Simple steps make all the difference in business growth. Understand the steps and follow them to accelerate your business growth and increase your odds of success….Read more »
Business Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard
Business is really very simple. Business owners make it difficult by pouring hard work into repeating the same business models, expecting new results. That doesn’t work….Read more »
Management, El Chapo Style
If you watch Netflix, you may have watched one (or more!) of the series on the drug lords south of our American border. Narcos follows the life and capture of Pablo Escobar, and the series El Chapo looks at the life of one of the biggest drug kingpins in history, the one who is currently standing… Read More »
Discover What NO Can Do for You
As you begin 2019 with the end in mind—the goal of creating your best year ever—some things will probably need to change. One big thing is learning to say no to time wasters and “busyness.” These are traps that keep you from achieving the results you desire. Many business owners think that because they are… Read More »
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
At the start of this new year, I am thinking again about beginning with the end in mind, a concept brought to my attention in 1989 by Stephen Covey. This is habit two in Covey’s pivotal book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which I have read five times. I required the management staff… Read More »