Do you delegate well? Or do you instead decide, "I will just do it myself." Many of you probably think, "I have no one to delegate to!" Over the past few years, I have delegated MASSIVE amounts of work - even work that is typically MINE to do. I have found...
Entrepreneurship
Startup With a Large Vision
Ever thought of funding a larger vision with a startup business? At lunch with one of my clients the other day, he shared a vision to do just that. His entrepreneurial venture is not about creating money - but about helping others. He wants to raise enough...
Blind Men Refuse Sight: Claim Vision is Overrated
When a resume and application fails yet another hopeful job seeker when looking for a position, I come in and offer real, tangible, solutions to free them from the darkness. Yet still, people choose blind fumbling as their approach to business rather than grasp on to solid career vision.
No Excuses Accepted
If you’re looking for a job and the only thing holding you back is that the economy is bad and therefore luck isn”t on your side, you are just making excuses. Get up off your keister and make your own luck. Jobs are there. Go get ’em.
Live Your Dream
One of the best entrepreneurs I know shares his advice on job searching and how to MAKE the career YOU want.
Myths and Truths on Starting Your Own Business
Do you want to start your own business? Have you been thinking about it for years? In the next few posts I will try to provide a series of practical hints to move from thinking to action - but smart action. First - let's look at some common myths! Myth: It takes...
Being an Entrepreneur within a Large Company
We are not all the type of people who go around starting companies. But just because you don’t want to start the company, doesn’t mean you aren’t an entrepreneur. In this article we take a look at being an entrepreneur even if you work for someone else.
Is It Time To Quit Your Day Job?
In it the author writes a lot of good thoughts, but based on the feedback the article gets, the article leaves many people asking the question “what if I don’t have a plan B?” It is a fun thing to head off into the sunset and think you might actually reach your dream, but reality says you will need income, so how do you plan for something to fall back on when you’re taking giant risks with your career?
Does an MBA Pay?
I received this email from someone just the other day.... I recently graduated from .... MBA program and have not really found it to be providing any of the opportunities that I had hoped for, even given the current economic and employment conditions. I have a desire...
Keeping a Good Reputation is Better Than Fixing a Bad One
I do some work in the home school market writing DVD courses for home school math. This week we've really been swamped with calls and emails about parents getting ready for the Fall and needing answers to some key questions. In getting all of this done, we missed one...
Pastor or CEO | Marketing is Marketing
At a ministry meeting I discovered that the pastor was using the same marketing tools I employ in my business.
Don’t settle for mediocrity just because it’s responsible
When you look at starting a new venture--a new business, a new move, or really anything "new" and shall we say "adventurous"? --- The temptation is to be reluctant on the grounds of being responsible. And you have to sort of weed between the two. Being responsible and...
Why people’s jobs don’t match their degrees.
Bringing that college freshman enthusiasm to the middle-of-life establishment that is your workplace.
Money Magazine’s Top 10 Best Places to Live: Family Values Still Good Business
Family values are not only hugely popular, but they are also good for business
Harvey Pekar: Remembering an Entrepreneur
Born October 8, 1939, he died early in the morning July 12, 2010 at his home in Cleveland Heights. He is a famous American comic strip writer known best for writing the comic strip "American Splendor" where he chronicles the every day life of the every day man. He...
Want to Make $800 Million? Be a Scrappy Fighter
According to Nick Swinmurn, a 30 year old billionaire the key to success is to "be scrappy". In an interview for the BBC news blog, he talks about how it is the guys who don't give up that succeed the most. It doesn't matter, he says, if you don't know how you're...
Land of Opportunity Not Milk and Honey
Catrina Callahan wrote something on Facebook today and it is just brilliant. So here I have copied it. You need to read it : Someone once asked me “Is there a place left on this earth where I can have a chance to be what I want to be? Because it sure ain’t America.”...
Risky Business: Learning from Tom Cruise (shocking, isn’t it?)
In the movie, “Risky Business”, Tom Cruise may have been taking a different kind of risk than your business is approaching this year, but when it comes to looking at risky business choices, sometimes a little crazy bravado goes a long way towards successful acheivement.