Drifters, Surfers, Drowners, and Sailors
There are four kinds of people you meet when you're sailing the water of life. Only one finds success.
The Simple Formula for Getting Everyone to Use a New Strategy
Every choice, big or small, either reinforces your brand’s identity or confuses it.
Stallone’s Rocky Ride From Selling His Dog to Owning Hollywood
When building your dream, staying power is everything.
Always Replace Yourself
If something dies the moment you stop touching it, you have a micro-management hell-hole.
Time Management for Sales Success: Feed the Ducks Wisely
There are days when you're not going to want to do work. And that's okay.
Investing effort vs. spending time
How does your business serve? Customers pay you to do. Clients hire you to be. They look alike. But they don’t act alike.
Ideas are Living Things
When an idea pops into your head, if it’s truly valuable, you can guarantee you aren’t the only one that it appeared to.
Your Greatest Power: 5 Keys for Winning in Business and in Life
The capacity to "choose" is your most valuable resource.
Leader, Manager, Coach – What’s the Difference?
What separates the three roles and skills? Is one the best? How do you identify them?
My Spock Meets Don Quixote
To be a successful entrepreneur you have to be one part Don Quixote and one part Mr. Spock.
Our Simple, 6-Step Sequence for Cementing Your Success
Your business needs a real plan to build a cohesive brand and attract your best customers.
Beware The Flying Monkeys
Even a Technicolor scarecrow could follow these 5 lessons for small business owners.
Drumming Up Passion and Commitment
You ask one guy what he’s doing, he says, “Laying bricks.” You ask the next guy, “I’m building a cathedral.”
Three steps to advertising clarity
Instead of starting with the meat of a marketing strategy, businesses jump to the “dessert” of media selection.
Is Retail Service Really Dead? A Lesson in Patience and Understanding
How to model understanding so your team feels better and delivers for your customers.