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 »
7 Steps to Accelerated Business Growth: Step 1 – Finding Clarity Of Direction
I have yet to meet a business owner who doesn’t say they want to take their business to the next level and make money in the process. To help them achieve their goals, I’ve developed a 7-step method to help business owners visualize and implement the future they want, and it all begins with Step… Read More »
Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About Do you enjoy making recommendations? On my last trip to Shanghai, I went out to dinner with a group of expats to a restaurant called People 7. The person who made the reservation was given a two-digit code: 64. When we approached the restaurant, all we could see was a concrete… Read More »
Winning Like a Formula One Team
WINNING LIKE A FORMULA ONE TEAM In April I was invited to attend the Formula One Races in Shanghai with a group of expats. I had planned to be in China to continue work on a project there, so attending the races came at just the right time. In preparation for the race I watched… Read More »
Do You Want to Make More Money?
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY? When I ask audiences, “Who wants to make more money?” everyone—yes, everyone—raises their hands. Truth be told, they all deserve to make more money. You deserve to make more money too. But what will you do about it? As I discussed in other blog posts recently, Einstein said,… Read More »
Resilience
RISILIENCE Much is made of the need for creativity, innovation, and speed in the quest to build a successful business and stay on top, but lately the concept of resilience has come to… Read More »