Improve Your Odds of Success When things don’t go as we like, it’s easy to blame bad luck—it spares us from blaming ourselves! But a recent Wall Street Journal article* calls that idea into question. The writers, Janice Kaplan and Barnaby Marsh, assert that luck is a combination of random chance, talent, and hard work…. Read More »
Developing a Gratitude Framework
Developing an Attitude of Gratitude “Gratitude can be cultivated at any age,” said Jennifer Breheny Wallace in a recent Wall Street Journal article.* The author cited a 2012 national online poll of 2000 adults, which found that 59 percent of those surveyed thought that most people today are less likely to have an attitude of… Read More »
Gary Furr Consulting—The Most Helpful Family Business Professional
Gary Furr Consulting—The Most Helpful Family Business Professional At the November 2017 Excellence in Family Business Awards presented at the Austin Family Business Program, a part of Oregon State University, our client The Higher Taste, a vegan and vegetarian food processor, was awarded the Generational Development Award. In… Read More »
Make 2018 Your Best Year Ever
Make 2018 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER! As you approach a New Year, it is a good time to reflect on 2017 and ask yourself some serious questions in order to make 2018 your best year ever. This will lay… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 7 – Motivation
One of the benefits of following these steps is that it motivates us to repeat the process. What is more motivating than results? It’s like going to the gym. When I exercise and start losing weight (and see those results on the scale), then I’m motivated to continue going back….Read more »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 6 – Results
Amazing results are what you get when you’ve taken the time to clarify the direction you want to go, communicated that clearly to those around you, created a plan of action to bridge the gap between your current state and your desired future, and then used focus and discipline to stay at it every day…. Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 5 – Discipline
We tend to think of discipline as something negative, but discipline is really nothing more than commitment. To achieve the success we’re looking for, we have to be committed to coming in each day with the focus to accomplish what that day requires. Successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not willing… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 4 – Develop Intense Focus
One thing that successful businesses have in common with great athletes is focus. You have to develop intense, unapologetic focus on your plan of action in order to achieve the results you are looking for. Focus means eliminating the distractions that pull you off the path to your desired future. Most people underestimate the power… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 3 – Have a Plan
Imagine you’re going on a hike in the woods. Would you bring a map or would you wait until you were in the woods before wishing you had thought to do so? Business isn’t much different. If you want to bridge the gap between your current state and your desire future, you’re going to need… Read More »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 2 – Communication
I have discovered that in many organizations, the leadership knows where they’re going, but the employees do not. When direction and vision are not communicated effectively, employees tend to figure it out themselves, and they may start pulling in directions that leadership or ownership doesn’t want to go….Read more »