Most of us treat September 1st like it is just another start of the month. Stop it right now. September 1st should be a wake up call for you and your team. Not only are we 2/3rds of the way through the year, this last third has more holidays, time off and excuses than any other time. Reality check: There are (for most of us) under 80...
No matter whether you are a business owner or an employee, planning for downtime is imperative. Planning for downtime is realistic – but it can also be difficult when you are busy. When you are overwhelmed with work it may feel like it’s never going to slow down so you don’t worry. Then the slow down hits…like a ton of bricks on an unprepared business....
A few weeks ago, we covered strategy questions. Those questions were created to help you determine more about your business in general. But, your business is not just work, phone calls and clients. Your business is you, your good things, your bad things, your personal life and your business life. Learning more about who you are and who you are in your business will help...
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared. – Mary Kay Ash Being the daughter of a Mary Kay senior sales director meant quotes like this were commonly heard in...
We’re sunk. Going down. Headed for disaster. Immediate thoughts when an event, a phone call, a date, an anything, goes completely wrong. We’ve all been there. The feeling of dread, mixed with embarrassment and worry. Even worse if people were counting on you and you are going to have to let them down. But who says that failure is the only option when problems arise? “The...
