I received a gardening magazine and a chef magazine in the mail the other day. I have no idea why. I grew up on a farm so I pulled weeds and did yard work more than the average person. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a beautiful yard, flowers, and all that – as…
No, it wasn’t that the credit card declined. No, it the card wasn’t expired. Yes, it had my signature on the back of the card. This frame shop didn’t take the type of credit card I was trying to use. Ok, no big deal, I’ll use the standard MasterCard or Visa that every business takes…
If you use social media you might be under the misunderstanding that you can’t really do much “business” on Facebook. That just means you haven’t been exposed to the now famous fan page. You are correct in thinking that Facebook has rules about not selling on your main profile page, but all the rules change…
How many times have you gone to a seminar and listened to a speaker and thought, or said to yourself, or out loud, what did that have to do with the seminar topic I came here to learn about? If you have asked that question, it is a result of the event promoter not spending…
Having grown up on a 75 acre farm, nobody ever talked about working right. Everybody talked about working hard. As you can imagine, we worked hard on the farm. We got up early, and with 75 acres there are a lot of things that have to be done – most if it having to do…
What do a checkbook and a mentor have in common? When you invest in yourself, you’re investing in your ultimate success. All successful people invest in mentors and coaches to help them along the way. Whether you can write out the check for the full amount, you pay by the month, or even a few…
At times, we all feel a little lost, a little down, a little bored by life, business and our day-to-day, and maybe we even wonder what it’s all about and that sets us on a path of looking for our passion or our purpose.
Without giving away the whole story and the message (you have to read the book yourself for that) in this little 120 page book, we are reminded that nothing about our business or being of service is really about us – it’s about the people we serve.
“Switch” is a book whose principals are applicable to you whether you’re a parent, a student, an business owner, and employee, or anybody in between. Some parts of the book were logical enough but brought to my attention things I don’t often think about.
Decisiveness and implementation go hand-in-hand. The more decisive you are in your decisions, the quicker you pull the trigger to try something new or to get something done. It’s amazing to watch people struggle with making a commitment to even what many of us would consider the most basic decisions.
