Once upon a time, I tried to help everyone. It was a brief time, but a time nonetheless! I quickly understood I couldn’t help someone who doesn’t recognize they need help! Realizing the need for assistance is the initial behavior I look for when interviewing potential clients for my consulting and coaching business, as it …
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!” “Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s change during the pandemic!” Everything is changing! No one questions that. So, with this rapid speed of change, some small business owners are asking …
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Customers are the lifeblood of any small business! But, of course, every owner knows that. Don’t be so sure. My consulting experience reveals a percentage of small businesses treat the customer as a bother. Their motto is “Business would be awesome if it weren’t for the customer.” A business with this culture is easily spotted …
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People who fail to build margins in their schedules, cannot be counted on. I refuse to work with people who have toxic or hateful demeanors. Under pricing your work is a huge mistake. As much as I wish this weren’t true. I can’t do everything. There is only one strategy for a startup. To get …
Today is officially the last day of summer, but you can’t tell it by the weekly forecasted temperatures — afternoon highs in the mid-nineties with no rain in sight. Still, there are other clues pointing toward fall’s arrival, the local children have returned to school, THE Ohio State Buckeye’s football team are dominating their opponent …
I spend the majority of my days looking forward, but Sunday morning is different, this is the time I reflect on the past week sifting through my consulting meetings and my advising conversations. I reread quotes I jotted down in my journal and lines from the books I’ve been reading to ask myself; “What lessons …
Last week is benched, and another one is stepping up to the plate-like Christian Yelich. The highlight of my week was reading Simpler Living, Compassionate Life by Michael Schut, the book is a series of essays on topics including commerce and consumerism, ecology, and personal responsibility. It has been a week of intense learning and …
I purposely live a slower paced life than most and still so much happens in the seven days we call a week. I never realize the volume of “stuff” I deal with until I look back at my week in preparation for my “Lessons I Learned” posts. Here’s my list for this week. 1. Poor …
Like the waves of the Atlantic repeatedly hitting the shoreline, so the message to be patient was continually confronting me this week. I am wired to play the long game, slow and steady is my motto, but lately, outside pressures have gotten me out of my rhythm. I’ve been sporadic, restless, and irritable. So, I …
Another week has passed, and I had a few victories and even more defeats. But through the ups and downs, wins and losses I learned. Here are a few things I learned this week. Personal branding is more important than advertising. Stretching needs to become a daily routine. The best way to build a larger …
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