Survey Says? (Why your business should be asking) Family Feud is one of the longest running games shows in history.  From its start in 1976 with Richard Dawson as the emcee to current funny man Steve Harvey, fans of the show are entertained (and sometimes shocked!) by what comes out of contestant’s mouths when they are asked to give & match answers to […]
Ready, Aim, Fire, or Ready, Fire, Aim?
Photo from the Library of Congress  I don’t know how many people have a tendency to over think and analyze things too much. I have a hunch that it could apply (or has sometime in the past) to a lot of people.  There’s an element of human nature to avoid risk and to take the […]
The Power of Positive Thinking?
So I saw in interesting article in the Men’s Journal (May 2007 – I’m not doing a good job of keeping up with the backlog…). Anyway, the article was titled “Think Yourself Stronger (how sports hypnosis boosts performance)”.  The essence of the article was that the author was trying sports hypnosis as a way to […]
The biggest mistake most business owners make
Small businesses are a tricky thing – there are lots of mistakes that business owners can make.  Not paying attention to their customers, not keeping up with technology, constantly trying to be a hero, not understanding cash flow!  All of these will eventually kill or cripple your business, but the biggest impact, the mistake that […]
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