growth

Entrepreneurs! One Big Step to Get Out of the Grind and Avoid Burnout

 Ok, I get it, now you have a ton of clients (if you’ve implemented The Pumpkin Plan, right?). The right clients. The great clients. The ones. But it’s a...

It’s Not Me, It’s You – Parting Ways With Clients for Business Growth

 We’re business owners! What do we want? To scale or business! When do we want it?  NOW! How do we do it? Crickets…. Been there.  Then there was that...

Strategic Client Assessments

 One common dilemma often plagues business owners: the struggle to maintain authenticity while catering to client demands.  (Or as I like to call it, How to Avoid Selling Your...

A Clockwork 4 Week Vacation – Case Study of Cyndi Thomason of bookskeep

What does this picture remind you of? I think it looks a lot like that still from Gone With the Wind, the one taken just after Scarlett O’Hara says, “As...

The 9 Ways to Grow Profits in Landscape and Lawn Care Businesses

Profit in your landscape or lawn care business is critical to your success.  Planning for it is the key, but so many just wing it.  If you want to take...

10 Strategies to Grow Profits in Yoga and Pilates Studios

Profit in your Yoga or Pilates studio is critical to your success. It takes more than setting up a brick and mortar studio to stay in business and be profitable....

Growth Happens When You Say Ouch

I meet with my mastermind once a month.  We sit down together for five hours to discuss our business (and personal) challenges. This past week, I was the first to...

Grow Your Business Faster By Paying Yourself

When I’m consulting with clients looking to invigorate and grow their businesses, one question I often ask is: “Who’s your most valuable employee?”  They inevitably give me the wrong answer....

It's What You Do With What Happens

I have come to believe that the events we experience as entrepreneurs are the same for us all. The founders of Google and the founder of Spanx, experienced the same...

Stop Doing $10/Hour Work

The success of your company is not determined by what you do, as much as it is by what you don't do. You are the entrepreneur. You have the vision....

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