Articles on: Inspire

Ready for a fresh start in 2012? Try this!

If you’re like a lot of business owners and entrepreneurs that I’ve talked to recently…you’re feeling pretty tired.  One guy described it as feeling stretched thin.  Worn out, dragging, physically and mentally drained…and all for good reasons!  Let’s face it, for most of us the last 2…maybe even 3 years have been challenging in many […]

Great Habit – Build on Thanksgiving!

It’s hard to believe that next week is Thanksgiving – for me at least, 2011 has gone by in a blur (…time flies when you’re having fun?)!  Thanksgiving is always a great reminder to take a little time for yourself and think about what you’re grateful for.  Even better – use the time for reflection […]

A great way to keep from getting stuck…

I was digging through some stuff the other day and I ran across this quote and it’s been running through my mind ever since: “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt I don’t know the context Mrs. Roosevelt was using when she said this, but I’d like to think she was […]

What is your level of Performance?

Imagine your business as an elite athlete…how would it compete against others in your field doing the same thing? I mean really compete head-to head; take the gloves off and the best person wins. This past weekend the World Team Wrestling Trials were held in Oklahoma City. These are not characters of the WWE, Smackdown, […]

Devastation of Joplin Missouri

  photo by el clinto Tornados are scary…you may go years without being anywhere near one…but if you do happen to get caught in one I can only imagine how helpless you’d feel.  The devastation caused by the tornado in Joplin is hard to imagine…I’m sure you’ve seen many of the pictures. My thoughts and […]

Want to get ahead? Remember this!

photo by Simon Peckham I had a great discussion the other day at one of my Peer Group Advisory Boards – we were talking about rolling out a new marketing initiative and that it would be a real challenge. At that point, one of the members used a phrase that summarizes one of the primary […]