I read a lot! During one of my moves, the movers counted 56 boxes of books. The last time I moved, I had paired that down to 23. Still… a lot of books (and that doesn’t count the ones on my Kindle). And, in case you’re wondering… I’ve read about 90% of those books. Some…
There’s always a lot going on in the world it seems… and it’s always interesting what we choose to focus on. The Oscars were Sunday… the Men’s and Women’s March Madness brackets were finalized… and then there was the whole Silicon Valley Bank collapse… until the US government stepped in. Were you focused on any…
Have you seen the movie “Moneyball”? It was on over the weekend, and I decided to watch it again. Several years ago, the coach I was working with sent this movie to two members of her coaching program to watch. It seemed like an odd choice at the time. A movie about baseball. A very…
We all use tools, in our lives and in our businesses. Have you noticed there are some “new” tools available to our businesses right now and it seems to be all everyone’s talking about? Yes, I’m talking about AI. Chat GPT. Jasper. And I’m sure there are more I haven’t listed. One thing is for…
Life, like business, can throw you some unexpected curveballs on occasion. No big story… I just wanted to share a few of the things I’ve learned overcoming some challenges in the last few weeks. Mine have been more of the personal nature than business lately but it seems to me the same lessons apply. A…
Everybody’s talking about the late hit out of bounds with just a few seconds left in the Cincinnati vs. Kansas City game during the game last weekend. The penalty allowed KC to kick the game winning field goal as time ran out. I’m not naming names here for a reason – it doesn’t matter (and…
“If I could make $5,000 a month and get out of debt”… That’s what she said to me when we started working together seven years ago… It didn’t take us long to completely revamp her business. She went from traveling all the time, making very little money to staying at home and making over $250,000.00…
The first time I talked to somebody about strategic growth in their business, they looked at me like I had three heads and said, “What is that?”. That was probably 20 years ago now. I’m still talking about strategic growth with my clients and to people who attend my events or who hear me speak….
I can remember driving down the road as a kid, with mom looking at a map, giving dad directions. I don’t think he ever fully trusted the directions she gave him. And I recall a fight or two over it. I must have gotten my map reading abilities, or lack thereof, from my mom. For…
Do you have a MAP for your business? MAP stands for Marketing Action Plan. Your MAP should lead to your Growth Profit System (or Strategy)… your GPS! I’ll never forget hosting my first fall event and after leading a room full of very successful business owners through the first part of this process, I asked…
