Do You Pursue and Achieve Excellence?
One of the myths is that we are all a bunch of rugged individualists, but it simply is not true. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the majority, it is not that way. You may imagine yourself as a combination of Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, John Wayne, or...
Increase Sales for Small Business Now-7 Action Items
Having founded and started a few companies myself, I can speak with first hand knowledge to the fundamental issues that will contribute to the success or failure of profitability and building a cash surplus during these on-going tough times. This is not my first rodeo...
A Risk Reward Sketch
Invest In Going Out on That Proverbial Limb In the past, being an entrepreneur was often associated with certain negative implications. Most people thought business owners were crazy. After all, what normal person would invest everything they had to start a business...
The Right Leader
Next In Line Is Not Always the Best Choice All of us really add or detract to our professional and personal lives based on our own thoughts. Thoughts form the rheostat where its programming influences what and how we achieve. Our actions are the result of input from...
Future Skills and Results
While on a plane, I read an article written by a futurist. In the article he claimed that in the near 10 to 15 years, employment opportunities would be about ‘credentials’. I believe he is totally wrong. Most of the time, the more initials I see behind someone’s...
Can You Teach Judgement?
Management guru Peter Drucker observed that laws passed in response to a single instance of bad behavior are bad laws. These laws punish innocent folks in an attempt to prevent a problem caused by one wrongdoer. So, a child can’t even be carried on the mother’s lap...
Motivation, Like a Back, Doesn’t Last
Affirmations Are Not Out Of Style Once on a flight to Chicago my seatmate asked what I did for a living. When I told him I was a consultant, a business motivational speaker and coach he replied, "I don't believe in motivation, it doesn't last." The flight attendant...
Black History Month
"I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is very generally trampled upon and disregarded. The best expression of it, I have found in the Bible. It is in substance..."Righteousness...