A fellow internet radio host recently joined the business mentoring website that I co-own with Alice Seba of InternetBasedMoms.com. Soon after, she sent me an instant message that said, “You and Alice are sure drawing me out of my comfort zone!”
I understood immediately what she meant. In the short period of time since she joined […]
After owning a service business for 22 years and teaching business owners to massively increase profit margins for the last 8 years, you could say I’ve learnt a few things very few people know, especially in a service business.
Let’s look at the facts.
To increase profit margin (not turnover or sales) there are really only 4 […]
It is the attitude that since I now know all there is to know, you could not possibly add to my knowledge and who do you think you are to try? It is not only experience that creates this attitude, it can be money, a badge, a uniform, a title. The whole attitude is one […]
We have been made to believe that an army of generals can’t win a war. We have been all along trained to distance ourselves from the leader within us and to accept the role of followers. Yet, leadership is what it takes for people to advance and change their lives for the better. Leadership is […]
I bet you have some employees, colleagues, family or friends who
are crybabies.
Definition: In our Spontaneous Optimism book, we define a
pessimist as someone who loves to do three things: 1. Complain
2. Blame 3. Moan
They are “Loser Magnets” - because they magnetically attract
other pessimists and crybabies who love to complain, blame, and
moan.
In fact, they are “Emotional Vampires” […]
Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. Psalms 39:4.
The amount of time we have on this planet is brief. The longest life is but a short drama. Man appears on the stage of life, acts out a few scenes, takes his […]
Time management schemes require us to focus on positive discipline throughout the process of planning, acting, and achieving. A positive approach to success is to understand that today’s society is based on responsibility, sharing responsibility, as well as cooperation and the willingness to progress. No solution is precise, but when we find what works for […]