Here we are at the beginning of August in the home stretch of 2010. I’m sure you started out the year with some goals. Are you on track to achieve them? Perhaps you’re more than 7/12’s of the way to your goals. If so, congratulations. Maybe you’ve surpassed your goals. You’re having a great year. [...]
Have you ever watch somebody dancing on the stage or on TV? If it’s done well, the movements flow easily into each other. Each movement is performed with maximum energy, maximum stretch, maximum power, maximum concentration. Each segment leads to another which builds on the one before. There’s economy of movement meaning that there are [...]
Are you waiting for a stimulus package that will really have an effect on your small business? Maybe it will come and maybe it will touch you. Maybe you’ll be out of business by then. You can’t control a lot of what happens in the macro-economic world, but you can control what happens in your [...]
I’m looking forward to achieving new goals with fresh energy. This is a time for new beginnings and creative thinking. When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. –Chinese proverb. The picture above is an acroyoga (acrobatics and yoga) pose and was taken by Tyler Blank, a good friend [...]
People have been saying this for a couple of months and I was at a business holiday party this week where this was the theme. Some people say it’s silly, but is it really? So what does it actually mean? Sure we recognize that The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has confirmed that the nation has [...]
On May 20 I had the extreme pleasure of having lunch with Michael Gerber. I also attended his evening presentation and a pre-event phone conference call. He said many things and here is a summary for those of you who missed him. Much of what he spoke about is covered in his new book. Enjoy [...]
One of my clients has built a dashboard that measures the important indicators in his business and will help him manage growth and cash flow, his pipeline, lead sources, accounts receivable and work in progress. One has mastered the goal achieving process so well in his business that he has transferred it to his personal [...]
We’re getting to the time of the year when businesses are starting to think about their business plans and budgets for next year. It’s a good time to establish the difference between ‘strategy’ and ‘next year’s budget’. Strategic thinking is all about how to change your business to take advantage of changes in the marketplace [...]
So your company is doing OK (or maybe not so OK). But you’d really like it to take off.You have your eye set on 500% growth in the next year or two, maybe a little more, maybe a little less. That’s an aggressive goal but highly doable if you really want it. You have to be [...]
1. Determine Your Goals – are you there to find prospects (how many, be specific), partners, centers of influence, resources or suppliers, check out the organization, etc. 2. Network for Life – everyone you meet now has the potential to be a great contact in your next career and for others in your growing sphere [...]
