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I keep getting these Linked In invites…

So what is Linked In??? Linked In is a great online networking tool that can generate very tangible offline benefits – if you use it right!  See below or check out www.linkedinKC.com for a great workshop coming to Kansas City on April 25th. Although Linked In has been around for several years now and has […]

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 […]

Do you have enough Time?

Photo by Fdecomite  A lot of people I’ve talked to lately have been feeling like there’s not enough time in the day. Maybe because it’s February (the longest month of the year in my book), maybe because there’s been a lot of gray, drizzly days, or maybe…and I’m just spitballin’ here, it’s because they simply […]

What can TF2 teach you about business?

I got into a conversation this morning with a friend of mine about online multiplayer games – he’s a big fan of Halo 3, we both liked Call of Duty 4, but he had never played Team Fortress 2!  (currently the best 1st person multiplayer game out there in my opinion). So that got me […]

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

photo by Tub Gurnard  I came across three different blog entries today that loosely (alright…very loosely) fell under a convenient category of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD – which according to Wikipedia here was first coined by Gene Amdahl after leaving IBM to describe the Big Blue sales approach.) Anyway, as someone that’s observed a […]

Is your business hiding in a dark alley?

photo by PixelFixer What if you owned a retail operation that depended on foot traffic and visibility for a large part of your business? You’ve got great products, your prices are attractive and you have quality staff people running your store. Now imagine that your store is located in a dark back alley in a […]