Process
Are You Setting Too Many Goals?
Setting too many goals, like setting unrealistic goals, or setting really broad goals can prevent us from actually accomplishing them. This doesn’t mean don’t set big goals, it just means you need to choose your goals properly. Before setti…
Define Your Success
Everybody says they want to succeed. Whether it is their home life, their job, or their business, people want to be successful. Most of them never feel that are successful for one simple reason. They have not defined what success is. Success means diff…
Get Comfortable With Uncertainty
You hear it as an excuse all the time. People can be talking about the stock market, an election, their business or their family, they are worried about uncertainty. What most people won’t acknowledge is that everything is uncertain. Unless you h…
You Manage Your Work, Do The Same WIth Your Life
The word economics sends many people into a panic. Complex equations pop into their heads and they shudder. The word economics literally means household rules. While you may not want to learn the ins and outs of Econ 101, you should apply the same rule…
Don’t Let Amazon Ruin Your Business
Amazon has grown into more than a retailer. It is a marketplace for companies to sell their products. As a marketplace it has allowed companies to reach a larger market for their products and smaller retailers to expand their businesses online. However…
How Much Do You Know About Your Prospects
It’s a rare day when a business owner doesn’t get a sales call or solicitation email. The vast majority of these are generic cold calls or cold emails. Some may have your name in them but most don’t even have that. Some make it abunda…
The People In The Process
To get the most out of your business, you need to have processes in place. Manuals that explain how to do each part of your business so that whoever does the job can deliver high quality results to your clients. The problem with that is that all people…
3 Work Skills That Are Useful At Home
Is your home life more chaotic than your work life? If so, you’re not alone, and some of the skills you use in your job can help. Planning and scheduling. Do you struggle to finish your personal to-do list? Block out time in your calendar for the …
At Your Next Meeting, Use a Shot Clock
Tired of being in meetings that drag on and on? It may sound unusual, but the answer is a shot clock, much like the ones used in professional basketball. Here’s how it works: Before a meeting, explain that you want to devote a certain amount of time to…
Putting Things In The Right Order Matters
In school there are courses that have prerequisites. The reason is that the courses build on each other. To get the most out of the second course, you must have completed the first. To get the most done you have to consider the order in which you are d…