How deep do I need to go in cutting costs?
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How deep do I need to go in cutting costs?

Planning for the future right now is extraordinarily difficult.  We know that unemployment is at record high levels. High unemployment is a signal the economy is going to tank. When consumer spending drops significantly (like when lots of folks lose their jobs), the consumer companies get hit first, but pretty soon the whole economy suffers. Worse…

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Are you a Fixer, or are you a Captain ⚓️

We talked on Tuesday about how “doing the thing” holds you back from the changes you need to make to grow your business. If you want to make substantial changes to your business (you know, the kind of changes that scare you), you need to let go of delivering services to clients. Let one of my Mastermind Group member’s stories…

Messy Desk - Clean Desk
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What got you here might not be what you need to get to your NEXT step.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard…

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Making Decisions: Eliminating Risk and Uncertainty

As business leaders, it’s our #1 job to make decisions. We want to make decisions quickly, but also in a way that eliminates risk and gets our team on board with the final decision. In our last message, we talked about how using “gut instinct” worked fine for decisions we have made a million times,…