The one word that will help you achieve your goals
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The one word that will help you achieve your goals

Did you start this year off with big goals? Did you set aggressive growth targets for your sales? Are you thinking about writing a book, working on some speaking topics, or taking a big trip with your family? Well? It’s February. How are you doing on those goals? Have you made significant progress? Enough so…

The One Thing Every Business Owner Should Do Each Day
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The One Thing Every Business Owner Should Do Each Day

It only takes a minute each morning. Before I open my email, before I get started with my work, I stop and write down three (or more) things I’m thankful for. It’s a simple thing. Just a brief pause in an other wise hectic day, but there’s some kind of magic in practicing gratitude. As business…

Business Owner is a Title, Not a Job Description
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Business Owner is a Title, Not a Job Description

Tips for building a job description for business owners A well-defined job description is critical for maximizing performance, yet very few CEOs have a business owner job description for their own job! Most of us have taken the time to develop a solid and well thought-through job description for our employees, but not for ourselves!…

Why business owners need to practice silence
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Why business owners need to practice silence

I’ve always respected those folks we describe as “the strong, silent type”. You know, the “wise and mature leader” who commands a room with a glance, or communicates it all with a subtle facial expression. These folks have an economy with words that suggests deep thinking. The fact that they use words so sparingly makes…

Does listening to music at work improve productivity? Here’s 8 compelling reasons why it does
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Does listening to music at work improve productivity? Here’s 8 compelling reasons why it does

Brad and I wrote a little while back about wearing headphones at the office.  He noticed I was wearing them more often and we had some issues when he would try to get my attention. So we shared about it on LinkedIn, and it generated a storm of comments from people with polar opposite views — either they…

3 ways to take advantage of opportunity (even when you are uncertain)
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3 ways to take advantage of opportunity (even when you are uncertain)

The headlines are dramatic, and appear to swing from one end of the pendulum to the other: Stock market has best day of the year; Dow up 188, US jobless rate falls to 5-year low of 6.6 percent. Are we actually seeing the beginnings of the much promised recovery, or are we experiencing a minor…