Motivation

7 Steps To Get Your Company Acquired For Big Bucks

I’ve sold two companies, and the sales were vastly different experiences, with wildly different results.  When I was approached about the sale of my first company, I wasn’t looking to...

Improve Your Leadership Skills in 10 Unexpected Ways

John F. Kennedy once said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” And, as an entrepreneur, it is important to remember that! Running your own business takes being a...

Turn Your Biggest Weakness Into Your Biggest Strength

You know the standard approach - first, identify your company’s weakness and then do everything you can to fix it. Practice at it relentlessly, feed you team (and yourself) with...

Revitalize Your Meetings: 3 Steps To Get People More Engaged

e of the challenges that all business owners face is how to share information and ideas efficiently among your staff. I had to learn this lesson the hard way. One...

The Best Marketing Platform: Blogs?

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Reddit. There’s no end to the number of places a business can promote, engage and entertain their customers and potential customers. There’s heated debate over which...

First To The Field, Last To Leave

e of the most famed football players of all time is wide receiver Jerry Rice. Famous for his work ethic, Rice was practicing running routes the day after his team...

Productivity Vs. Punctuality

How do you get your employees to show up on time, work longer hours and skip lunch breaks? Wrong question. If you, like many managers and CEOS, are looking for...

Life Lessons From My Mom

My mother turns 80 this year. Throughout the years, I have learned many lessons from her. Here are some of my favorites that she shared: A gentlemen covers his mouth...

Six Advantages that Women Entrepreneurs Have (Over Men)

Look out, here comes the female entrepreneur! Women entrepreneurs are making their way in the business world in a big way. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 7.8...

Perseverance

As I study all the ‘overnight successes’ in the world, I see one consistent theme: perseverance. Most of them had to persevere for years or even decades before the world...

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