I was supposed to be writing about little things that matter, but something came up this week I want to share. The little things will have to wait until next week. Here’s what happened: A little over a week ago we were at my in-laws for our family Christmas. My mother-in-law is a fantastic cook… Read more »
Did your Mom and your teachers at school teach you to say please and thank you? Did they teach you to greet people politely and be friendly? Did they teach you if you can’t say anything nice about someone not to say anything? Did they . . . Well believe it or not all of… Read more »
What differentiates the really successful businesses from the mildly successful businesses? From what I can tell, one of the core components of being really successful is consistency. This consistency generates momentum and when these businesses get rolling they’re hard to stop. The secret is to get the boulder rolling. Most of the effort goes in… Read more »
If you want to grow your business profitably in 2019 and avoid the frustration and cost of trying to fix poor results after the fact, this may be the most important article you read all year. I read several blogs a week, attend multiple conferences, listen to podcasts and am a member of 3 mastermind… Read more »
As I’m writing this, I’m working through my yearend review. My planning for the upcoming year can take several hours spread out over several days. It’s not a quick process. Why do I take the time to do this? Well if I don’t spend time evaluating what worked great, what worked kind of OK, and… Read more »