Are You Staring at the Water? “You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore What does THAT mean? Well, in its simplest terms, you are going to achieve nothing by standing on the sidelines,…
Are You Staring at the Water? “You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore What does THAT mean? Well, in its simplest terms, you are going to achieve nothing by standing on the sidelines,…
Want Your Business to Grow? You Need a Clear Sales Goal! Recently, I met with a small business owner (SBO) named John. He was telling me all about the projects he had going on in his business. He was going…
Stop Putting a Dress on the Pig There’s kind of a catch-22 when small business owners (SBOs) are put through the conventional business development processes. Do you know what it is? Or, at least what is one of the biggest…
SWOT Analysis Can Help You End the Year with a Bang It’s hard to believe, but the 4th quarter of 2015 is approaching fast. How has the year been so far for your small business? Do you know what you…
Are You Conquered by Divided Attention? Have you ever seen a parent with several children in a grocery store and really observed them? If not, take the time to do it. Notice how the parent’s attention is divided: Monitoring each…
How have you prepared for the coming New Year? Have you written your goals down on paper? Having a plan and executing that plan are two different things. Planning is good but it won’t get you anywhere. Execution is good…
I don’t know about you but I have way too many calendars! I have a calendar for me, for Cath and the kids, one for my business, one to keep track of client appointments, one for Chamber of Commerce events,…
Last week we talked about picking up paw-paw’s… well really we talked about planning for 2013. This week I want to make sure you have some specific steps or how to plan for 2013. First think of the big things……
Have you heard that little song before “Pickin up paw-paws puttin’ ’em in the basket… Pickin up paw-paws puttin’ ’em in the basket… Pickin up paw-paws puttin’ ’em in the basket… Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.” Now you…