Monthly Archives: October 2014

Apparently, I don’t sleep in my own home every night. At least, that’s what my kids think, because every weekday, I’m gone before they wake up. ‘Are you spending the night tonight Daddy?’, my four year old will ask me at bedtime. The thing is that, if she perceives it to be that way, thenContinue reading “It’s How They Perceive You That Matters”

One way to define a good relationship is that when you don’t agree on something, you still trust the other person enough to support their decision. When you do that, you have to support them all the way, with no regrets. It doesn’t mean that, when you look back in hindsight later on, it willContinue reading “Simply To Be Supportive”

The best thing that I can do for you is to be honest, and tell you that you’re going to be disappointed. You’re not going to like what I have to say, and I understand that. But, if we can work this out together, we might have something even better when it’s all done.

I have competition and I pay attention to them, but, I never follow them. I let them do whatever they have to do. I can only control what I can control. Sometimes that means that I have to let business go their way – and not chase it. I will never be able to serviceContinue reading “Over-Deliver Like Crazy”

When I started my job fifteen years ago, I did not love it. Many things have changed in my life since then. One day I woke up a realized that I actually do love what I do. It wasn’t over a cup of coffee. It was gradual. But I think that the process of learningContinue reading “How To Love What You Do”

People, Process, & Product. Those are the three things that Marcus Lemonis focuses on when he looks at struggling businesses. It sounds simple, and it is. But simple isn’t easy. It isn’t easy to change things for the better, and I think that’s the difference between failure and success. Are you willing to do theContinue reading “The Simple Things You’re Doing Wrong”

I never liked the question, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ How about this instead: What’s the very first thing that you want to do in the morning when you wake up?

I’ve upset many people. I’ve heard the sigh in my clients’ voices when I couldn’t deliver. I’ve felt my vendors’ hearts drop at the news of a bounced check. I’ve agonized over the despair of a man who was completely broke. I had to let him go … because I mismanaged a business. I’ve madeContinue reading “I’ve Upset Many People”

If you were to write down a timeline of everything you do tomorrow, as you do it, at the end of the day, would you be happy to read it? I was, but also, I found room for improvement. Try it and I’m sure you will find some things you can limit to make timeContinue reading “1 Way To Make Time For Something That Matters”