Success in Your Business
Get That Side Hustle
The advantage of 2020 over the rest of history is this: the internet. You could go start a business tonight, for free, just on your phone. And, if it doesn’t work, you can change it next week. That doesn’t work either? Change it the week after. You can start a blog today. You could go…
Read MoreSetting Business Goals & Making Them Work
With the year approaching its end, you need to make sure you have a plan for next year’s business goals. A good place to start is by evaluating this year’s goals. Then, set a plan in place to help you reach next year’s goals. The trick to truly being able to look back at the end…
Read MoreCorporations — Friend or Foe?
I recently read a post on Facebook about how horrible corporations are and that they are stealing from society. That corporations are only about profits and that it’s not right that they should be taking so much from society. Those who commented also went on about the evil of companies. No one mentioned where they…
Read MoreHow to Create the Business and Life You Want While “Living Every Minute”
I’m going to keep hammering the idea that you MUST create the life you want. You must decide and then create. If you just let it happen, then you’ll get a “just happened to me” life. But, if you go out and create one, you’ll have the life of your dreams. You can try to…
Read MoreGenerosity vs Fairness
I recently read the book Principles by Ray Dalio, and one of the principles he discusses struck me as something we deal with almost every month in our lives. Here are the principle and my thoughts on it. Ray Dalio’s Principle 2.2B: Make sure people understand the difference between Fairness and Generosity. This principle has…
Read MoreThe Power of People: Creating Group Relationships
Our ability or inability to forge relationships with groups of people creates the juice in our life. Think about how much time you spend in one sort of group or another. Whether it is your family, church, department, company, or social club, we all spend a large amount of time being a part of and…
Read MoreWhat Are You Committed to?
“Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Here’s a little secret: The results we achieve in our business are a direct result of what we are committed to. Crazy, right? One of the people…
Read MoreSetting Your Business Goals and Making Them Work
With the year almost over, you need to make sure you have a plan for next year’s business goals. A good place to start is by evaluating this year’s goals. Use them to set a plan in place to help you reach the milestones you set for next year. The trick to truly being able…
Read MoreAccepting Feedback
“Am I flexible enough to change my mind and accept feedback?” This was a question in my The Daily Stoic Journal that’s had me thinking. It couldn’t have come at a more crucial time in our business. We are in the middle of making considerable changes and needing to re-think where we are and where…
Read More3 Keys to Revenue Success
Tim Ferris wrote an interesting book called the Four-Hour Work Week. The premise was, if you streamlined things enough, you could reduce your work week to four hours and still make the same – or more – money. While this is a great title for selling books, the reality is your chances of being successful in…
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