What Makes a Good Manager?
Do you define a manager only by the tasks for which they are responsible? Steve explains that HOW a great manager accomplishes tasks with their team is far more important than the tasks themselves. A good manager employs servant leadership to encourage and orchestrate the tasks completed by the team.
Focus on Your Strengths to Maximize Productivity
Understand and focus on your Strengths to maximize your productivity and satisfaction. Don't waste time working on tasks and projects that frustrate you and bring you no enjoyment. Instead, learn more about your own strengths and focus your efforts in those areas.
Are You an Entrepreneur or a Small Business Owner?
Discover the core differences between an entrepreneur and small business owner.
Think Like an Entrepreneur!
I talk a lot about the nuts and bolts of starting or buying and running a small business.
You MUST Have Seen This...
I like the concept of bucking the trend of college being the end all. As we discussed earlier, there are alternatives to college…
Do Something - Even If It's Wrong!
Entrepreneurs differ from wannabe entrepreneurs in one significant way: they take action. Inertia is the first cousin of fear.
Is Your Stuff Robbing You of Your Dreams?
So you want to own a small business and funding is in the way. We've looked at reducing auto expenses, higher education costs and learned all about paying…
Some Thoughts on Higher Education
Higher education is coming under fire these days and I'm one of its many skeptics. I've written here about apprenticeships versus higher education and will continue to explore alternatives…
Big Bold Goals Take You Further
Successful entrepreneurs and small business owners set big bold goals. Gary Vaynerchuk will…
Inspiring Confidence
Inspiring confidence is a key attribute of a successful small business owner or entrepreneur. Confidence from whom?
Small Business-What's Your Purpose
Of course, I'm talking about your small business purpose. But life and business are intertwined.
Beating Frustration in Your Small Business
Last time I told you about the 80/20 principle and recommended you read The 80/20 Principle. Take a minute to review that post on Pareto's Law.
Pareto's Law - more time, more profits, less headaches!
Want to change your life? I did when I "met" Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. Actually he passed away in 1923 but I was introduced…
Lifestyle Design: Do You Know What You Want?
Lifestyle design is a new catch-all term for building a life and business/career, free from traditional constraints…
In Your Small Business, It's All About Sales
When you are in business for yourself, either with a brick and mortar store, e-commerce or as a solo proprietor…
The Key to Success - Being Relentless
A question I always ask myself is "am I willing to do whatever it takes?" Being relentless in discovering what I need to do to succeed and then doing…
Mindmapping for Small Business Ideas
I'll be honest with you. Thinking for thinking's sake can be tiring. It doesn't get the respect it deserves. I do a lot of it and it can be exhausting.
Small Business Lessons from Ford Motor Company
A recent news program focused on Ford Motor Company and how it managed a more solid performance in the midst…
Should You Go the Franchise Route?
Perhaps you've been laid off recently or you've always had a burning desire to own and manage your own business.
How Do You Identify Your Ideal Customer?
We all understand the concept of a niche market-you need to satisfy a specific need or desire for a customer and the more specific that customer is, the more likely you are to succeed in small business or as an entrepreneur.