Category: getting it right

For owners and entrepreneurs; easy-to-implement ideas to keep away from common traps.

Teams and Choices… Part 2

As you know, I love sports analogies. Especially at the Olympic and professional levels where the physical attributes of the athletes are often remarkably close, the slight edge often goes…
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Teams and Choices… Part 1

Over the years I've had the opportunity to witness countless new salespeople as they launch into what is, for all practical purposes, the highest paying potential career that they will…
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Too Big To Fail…

Over the past year or so, there's been much talk (and an overwhelming amount of economic pain) brought to bear by a philosophy known simply enough as, "Too Big To…
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Eat Your Veggies…

I think that one of the greatest benefits of having a camera that also doubles as a mobile phone is that, on a regular basis, I experience things that no…
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If You Had The Choice…

Okay, so let me start by acknowledging that in terms of a scientific study... this would fail miserably. That is, of course, unless scientific studies involved grabbing a handful of…
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I Am Thankful…

Within the last hour or so, a handful of people around the world received an e-mail from me expressing the following sentiments... which I will now share with you. As…
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Got An Hour…?

I think yesterday was one of my favorite days of 2009. No, it wasn't my birthday... nor a holiday or anniversary. It wasn't that a sudden warm front had passed…
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Beat The Rush…

Okay, so here's the question of the day... We're about half-way through August... what percentage of the population is now formulating goals and plans for 2010? Answer... the same percentage…
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Who You Gonna Call…?

"I've got a guy I'd like you to meet... " a friend told me.  "The two of you have got to get together... you think so much alike... you have so…
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Tribute To My Dad… And (I Hope) Yours…

It is no secret to anyone who knows me well, or to anyone who frequents this space, how I feel about my mom and dad.  It's always been that way. Are they…
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