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The complete list of small business challenges…

  photo by Paul Kehrer Running a business is a uphill climb, even in the best of times (although the views from the top make it worthwhile).  Regardless of the kind of business you have and how far along you are in that business – there’s some kind of challenge facing you.  It could be […]

Have you been thinking about your Why?

   photo by Brian Hillegas It’s cool when you get to learn new things! I sent out a challenge the other day for one of the Peer Group Advisory Boards that I run.  I’m looking for the members of the group to go a bit deeper and get into an issue that they’re struggling with […]

What does it take to start up a business?

Every parent wants their kids to do well in school.  Even with a lot of the great schools we have in the Kansas City area (with some obvious exceptions) there are a lot of kids that would benefit from an opportunity to learn more…to learn new ways to learn, especially when it comes to math! […]

Meet the Dark Lord of Productivity Issues

   photo by kennymatic At times everyone feels overwhelmed with too much to do and not enough time to do.  A lot of people feel like that all the time – it’s as if the evil dark lord has you in his control and he’s causing you to suffer day after day.  You’re tired at […]

Getting organized in the Google Era

We are drowning in information. The Library of Congress is huge (see picture above).  Did you know it took over 200 years to accumulate all the written material to fill the Library of Congress? The information material created in just the last 10 years on the internet dwarfs that amount…there’s a lot of material coming […]

What can business owners learn from their dentist?

So I had the ‘opportunity’ to go to the dentist this week.  It’s not my favorite thing to do, although luckily there were no issues! On this trip I distracted myself from the scraping and polishing by observing how they ran their operation.  Maybe  a lot of dentists are this way these days (I’ve been […]