This week my wife assigned her nieces and nephews some homework. She asked them to write two letters to the Coronavirus. In one, she wanted them to start, “I hate you coronavirus…” and then write down all the crummy things that happened since the shutdown. In the second letter, she asked them to start with,…
“It’s lonely at the top” is a common expression for good reason — for CEOs, it’s especially true. Sure, you’re surrounded by people and if you’re fortunate — good people. But who do you talk to when you need someone with a similar perspective as you? Family is unlikely to fully understand the intricacies of…
“Hey boss, could I ask you something? You know we just had a baby last year, and we bought a new house too. I’m just wondering, how’s the company doing?” It’s reasonable for your team to be asking you questions like this right now. Truthfully, if they aren’t asking you, it’s because they are too…
It’s 3 AM; you’re wide awake, unable to go back to sleep. What’s on your mind? When I’m awake at 3 AM unable to go back to sleep, my fears are running away with me. I’ve done something terribly wrong, I’ve miscalculated my expenses, my clients are never going to pay me again, I’m defaulting…
When you own a business you get to be the top dog, things run “your way,” and you get to decide what you want to do, when you want to work, everything about your business is yours to decide. It also means that when things go wrong, it’s your fault. When your team members drop…
When I as in Jr High, I started buying bikes at garage sales. I had a paper route, so I had a little money, but not too much. So most of the bikes I bought were non-functional. I started cannibalizing parts from one bike to make another bike work. I could generally make one “franken-bike”…
There’s a lot of stress and fear right now. I feel the anxiety in every call! Where have all the clients gone? How long will this last like this? What’s next? No matter how successful your business was eight weeks ago, you’re going to have to make changes this year. You can do it out…
I’ll be honest with you; for about a year, I told myself that I was going to do video. I think we’re at the point where we all realize video is something that you need to have as part of your marketing mix. It’s not optional anymore. It’s not that I wasn’t committed to it….
“When are you going to stop treating your body like a rental car?” When my coach said that to me a few years ago, it stopped me dead in my tracks. “What do you mean, treat my body like a rental car?” “You only have one body, Brad. You can’t just turn it in at…
For the last three weeks, I’ve been working with business owners grappling with the impact of the coronavirus shutdown on their business. We’ve been thinking not just about the immediate impacts Sending people to work-at-home Securing existing business as clients start to wavier Adjusting your sales and marketing strategy But also thinking about what it’s…