This is a great time of year to reflect and search for wisdom and inspiration as you start thinking about what you’d like to do next.  In the age of twitter and status updates, what better way to do that than to find some powerful quotes and use those as the seeds for growth. Entrepreneurs […]

  There’s a famous sentiment that’s attributed to being an ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” According to wikipedia that’s followed up by the lesser known but equally chilling: “May you come to the attention of those in authority.” and “May you find what you are looking for”.  It’s always been challenging […]

It’s often been said that you should ‘Do what you love…and the money will follow’.  Unfortunately it’s not really true…you still have to have a solid business idea for the money side of things – if you really love underwater basket weaving, that doesn’t mean you are going to be able to make a solid […]

Are you keeping up?  Are you consistently learning new things and being exposed to new ideas?  If not – then your long term business success is definitely at risk! The world, especially the business world, continues to change at a pace that accelerates every single day.  Think about all the stuff that’s now critical to […]

How important is likeability to your business success?  It’s been said before (by me and many others) that all things being equal, people prefer to do business with someone they know, LIKE and trust.  Certainly from a sales perspective it’s important to be likeable, but it also plays into lots of other components of your […]

How important is it to keep a positive perspective?  It’s a popular topic on the self-help and self-development circuit as one of the keys to long-term happiness (or at least contentment).  There have also been a lot of scientific studies – in this article on the benefits of positive thinking from the Mayo Clinic or this […]