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.
Entrepreneurship
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.
Real Business Help. Marketing vs. Smoke and Mirrors
When you honestly invest yourself in your customers, caring for what they need, and doing your best to provide answers and assistance without expectations of reimbursement, customers will thank you with their business
The Serial Entrepreneur
Sounds like a criminal title, doesn't it? Serial Entrepreneurs are a special breed of human. Instead of starting a company just once--they love the thrill of starting a business, selling it off, and moving on to the next big thing. They take raw materials and build...
That Sausage Guy: Make Sure Your Business Title Looks Good on a Tombstone
When Jimmy Dean passed away this month, I started thinking about my own demise. Once I”m gone, I want my efforts today to be remembered in a way that makes sense for me. I want people to remember me for doing something I loved everyday and not just for what I accomplished in a mundane 9-5.