Growth Strategies

They Don’t Have A Silver Platter

If you want something, you’ve gotta make it happen yourself. No one is going to hand it to you on a silver platter after all. So go make it happen....

Great Is Just A Little Bit More Than Good

The greatest Olympic athletes are just milliseconds faster than the good ones. A great day is just a few degrees warmer and a little bit less cloudier than a good...

If It Bothers You, It Bothers Others

I was talking with a budding entrepreneur last month about a car accident she was in. She experienced whiplash and injured her neck. Ever since the accident she has had...

How To Make Your Product More Desirable To Customers

You are likely familiar with the scarcity theory - the concept that the less available something is, the more desirous it becomes. But few people realize that products became even...

You Can’t Always Block Out A Block Of Time (And That’s OK)

I am calling bullshit on the productivity experts (and myself) for saying you need to block out time to get certain things done. For example, to write my book, I...

Don’t Be Well-Rounded

I think every teacher I had growing up encouraged me to be well-rounded.  You better know your history, write well (or is it “good?”), excel at math, drive perfectly, be...

Consumers And Contributors

It’s a consumer economy.  If consumer confidence goes down and people buy less, the economy slips.  If consumer confidence improves and people buy more, the economy improves.  That’s what they...

Would You Give Me Your Life, Please?

Do you have a spare minute? Would you please give me a little bit of your time? Our lives are simply an allotment of time. We have been granted a...

The 5 Rules Of Successful Entrepreneurs

No matter what the gurus say, entrepreneurship is not for everyone. Being an entrepreneur is not “so easy anyone can do it” nor is it a ticket to “get rich...

How To Do Everything (Hint: You Can’t)

Want to do everything? You can’t! What? Were you expecting a quick primer that would affirm your belief that you can do it all, AND teach you how to stay...

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