1. Your life purpose is bigger than any solvable problem or circumstance. Your life purpose cannot be solving a particular problem or based on some circumstance that could potentially no longer exist. Otherwise, your purpose could end while you are alive and then your life will no longer have a purpose or meaning. For example,... Continue Reading →
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE WORLD CLASS?
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life…and that’s why I succeed.” Michael Jordan Malcolm Gladwell coined the 10,000 hour rule in his book Outliers.... Continue Reading →
B2B Sales is HYBRID
Well, she’s out of the bottle and no one wants to put her back in! Our expectations as consumers are now OPTIONS…that’s right we want options to suit our needs at the moment which means convenience. We have settled into a mix of channels on how we want to interact. This means that we need... Continue Reading →
Interested but Not Committed
Yep, that’s what we’re seeing in the world today. In politics it’s the Hyper-Involved vs The Disengaged or the great attention divide in America. No matter where you look people just don't seem to care ... if it's outside of their bubble. What’s going on? MONEY - money gives people options. There is a growing... Continue Reading →
The Donut Effect
And what it means for your business Nope this article isn’t about gaining wait from visiting the donut shop too often. It’s a real term that describes what is happening to businesses in the post-pandemic culture. So, what is it? The “Donut Effect” is the hollowing out of American cities. Thanks to the increase in... Continue Reading →
The Good Ol’Days
Once upon a time managers were uneducated skilled laborers. They were laborers who supervised other wage-earning working-class people who performed a labor for money. Their “service” was to sell their labor power in order to live. Today, however; a manager serves a much bigger role than just another skilled laborer who's in charge of making... Continue Reading →
Inflation
– a concern for most companies around the world. Inflation is a decline in the purchasing power of currency. As long as there has been currency there has been inflation. It has always been a good practice to match your pricing to the Producer Price Index (PPI – 2.4%). This ensures that you continue to receive... Continue Reading →
Who is Your Biggest Enemy?
His name is Poverty. Not only is this the biggest fear a human can have it is the most difficult to overcome if you are afflicted with this fear. Let’s start with the definition of fear. This is one that is simple and I like it: False Evidence Appearing Real Fear, like all other emotions, is basically information.... Continue Reading →
Employee Development – It’s Not a “Once and Done”
Growing your business is not a one-and-done deal, neither is growing your people. Unused employee development training is like the unused Peloton your clothes are draped over. You aren’t going to ride it one time and consider your fitness is all good for the year. You have to keep exercising to keep your fitness. It’s... Continue Reading →
Do You Want to be a Hula-Hoop Champion?
Do you ever find yourself wasting energy trying to meet the needs of others? Have you overcommitted to tasks you really didn’t have time for? Do you have too many “hoops spinning at a time? Lastly, do you find yourself getting in a hoop that doesn't belong to you? Stay inside your own hula-hoop (also... Continue Reading →
