Don’t Believe the Hype!
Whenever one door closes, another door opens – ALWAYS. The challenge is, if we are so focused on the closed door, upset that it has now closed, we miss the new door opening. There is no such thing as status quo. In business you are either growing or you are dying. And we are continually bombarded with negative messages about business and the future. So how do you escape the hype and instead tap into the opportunity?
Price as the Last Resort
Many businesses make the mistake of focusing on price. In other words, when selling their products or services, the first thing they promote is the price. If they want to increase sales, they reduce the price. That puts you in a position of competing solely based on price with big chain stores or businesses that […]
The Happiness Advantage
There has been phenomenal scientific research about something called Positive Psychology. Basically we have gotten it all wrong! We think that if we get everything working perfectly then we will be happy. When scientifically over and over again what has been showing up as the Happiness Formula is that if you are happy, then everything […]
How NOT to Deal with a Business Upset
As anyone who flies on a regular basis will tell you, sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and wait it out. Recently I had an experience flying home from Hawaii that was the worst I have experienced in 15 years of regular business travel. Now Hawaii is a wonderful place to visit! […]
Constraint as an Asset
Are You Missing the #1 Driver in Your Business? Do you remember about 7 years ago, everywhere in the news were reports that we we’re going to run out of oil within 10 years. It was on TV, newspapers, magazines, and blog posts. Suddenly there was an emphasis on alternative fuel sources, electric cars, grants […]
A Cautionary Tale
I remember feeling sad when Borders announced they were going out of business. I liked the idea of a bookstore where you could pick up a coffee, stroll the store, sit down in a cozy chair and read away. But in the battle of the bookstores, so far Amazon is ahead by a mile – […]
The Secret to Life is Practice
I listened to an interview once with the great violinist Isaac Stern. He was recounting a story of a fan approaching him and saying “I would give my right arm to play as well as you do” Isaac Stern’s reply was “No you wouldn’t, because that’s exactly what I did” His basic message was – […]
What You Sell is NOT Your Business!
It is Only One of Your Vehicles! Ed Stapleton Jr runs a limousine company and a website called LimoProfits.com. He wrote a recent blog post that really makes the point if you are not clearly communicating the value you provide you are being commoditized: “The Marketplace Is Trying To Beat You Down To A Commodity. Don’t […]
Generating Success by Communicating Results
There is a gap between how we think about our business, and how our customers think about our business. In our business we automatically think from business delivery mode – what we are doing in our business, for our customers. It takes stepping outside of our business to be able to look at it through […]
The Simple Secret to Making Change Pain-Free
“Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life.” Harvey Firestone Ideas are important in a […]
