decision

Or Are You Threatened?

There is a difference between uncomfortable and dangerous. Curling free weights until you feel that uncomfortable burn (the trigger to muscle growth) is different then trying to bench press 400lbs right...

Great Business Lessons From 8 Military Leaders

The very first business book I ever read wasn’t written by Dale Carnegie or Donald Trump. It was Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Odd choice? Not really, if you...

Empower Any Employee With 3 Questions

You can’t do it all by yourself.  I don’t care how brilliant you are, at some point, if you want to scale up your business, you’re going to have to...

Bad Decision Makers Have These 8 Tendencies

I’ve been an entrepreneur for a lot of years.  At one point, I’d started, grown, and sold a couple of businesses, and I thought I knew everything there was to...

7 Typical Lies Customers Tell Their Vendors

About two months ago I had coffee with one of my closest friends. He was all hyped up, and it wasn't because of the triple caffeine injected espresso. Well, maybe...

The Most Important Conversation In The World

My son played in an 8th grade lacrosse game this weekend.  I use the term “played” loosely. He saw seventeen seconds of field time. When we got in the car...

6 Tips For Writing A Highly Persuasive Proposal

Whether you’re selling something that costs $1000 or $100,000, putting together a compelling proposal is time consuming and can be intimidating.  Writing that proposal, though, and taking the time to...

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