Leadership

Ever wonder why you don’t feel the high happy feeling of joy as often as you may have felt as a child?  I did and set out this summer to find out why.  I though maybe I wasn’t getting enough physical exercise or maybe being inside in front of the computer so often was robbing

As has been a tradition in our home we give the new Year a theme….for us 2012  is “The Year to Celebrate”.  In past years we have had “The Year of the Family” where we focused on “fun family Friday’s”  and other kid/parent participation activities and purposely had more extended family dinners.  We had “The

Have a close look at this picture….it in every way describes what happens when a small business owner does not have a crystal clear vision for the future that they can live and work towards today.  Future visioning may seem “fluffy” and “new age” and not as relevant as collecting your 120 day overdue receivable

STEVE JOBS 1955-2011 Steve Jobs was the Thomas Edison of our time. Just as the light bulb changed the way we looked at things so did the innovations that Steve imagined and produced. He was of the world’s greatest marketers. We will miss him. In his own words he expresses his philosophy of death elegantly:

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nan Have you ever considered how courage or lack thereof plays out in our ability to really get what we want in this life or from our business?  Most of us are not afraid of much except for what others might “think” of us.  Just

Do you desire a better work-life balance? Are you sacrificing personal time, finances, family time, fitness time, quiet time, just to keep your business going? Why are you in business? Do you ask yourself that question sometimes?  Does your business serve you or are you a servant to your business? Do your clients get a