How To Improve Your Focus For Small Biz Success
Start With The Basics
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As I watch our athletes compete on the world stage I’m astounded by the level of dedication they needed to …

How To Use Fifteen Minutes a Day to Create a Culture of Accountability
To keep commitment high you need to install a systematic approach to meetings
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It’s great to have a plan. Even better to charge out and begin to execute the plan. But, to keep …

How To Make Better Decisions
And massively more progress!
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Today’s post is about how to make better decisions and how to improve your decision making process. Decision making can not …

How To Give Your Employees More Productivity
Harvard Business School publishes study on how to keep coworkers motivated
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Do you ever feel that there is not enough time in the day, week, or month? If you do, then …

Are You Listening to Your Customers?
What are they saying?

Can you hear what your customers are saying? If so, that’s great. But for everyone else, are you not hearing …

How You Could Save This Tax Season
Reasons why this tax season might not be so bad
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With the clock ticking away, tax time will be here before we know it. It’s usually a stressful time, since …

How to Build Relationships through Communities
Tips for both online and offline communities
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Unless you’re a really lucky person, you’ve probably come to the realization that relationships are vital to your business. Relationships …

How to Obtain Luck in Business
Without a four-leaf clover, rabbit's foot, or Karma
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Do you depend on a four-leaf clover, a rabbit’s foot, or Karma for your luck? While these "lucky charms" are …

How Large and Small Businesses Differ
Why being a small business isn't so bad after all
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Have you ever worked in a corporate environment? To say it’s different from working in a small business is almost …

How to Barter Effectively (and Legally)
Understanding what you can and can't do

Remember back in the olden days when people would make deals like painting a house in exchange for 2 month’s …

5 Tips for Encouraging Innovation
How to spur innovation in your business
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How is your business doing with innovation? Is it slow, or is your business pumping out innovations like Apple and …

Money Tips: Mistakes to Avoid
How to Use Your Money Wisely
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Money is a common cause of problems. In fact, it is often labeled as the reason for many divorces. That …

Does Your Website Need a Makeover?
How to know when it does
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How do you respond to change? Is it a like or dislike? With change, there isn’t usually a middle ground, …

Getting the Most out of Your Analytics
What you should be looking for
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Analytics can be very confusing and overwhelming. Most business owners recognize the importance of them but easily get bogged down …

9 Apps to Help Your Business Needs
Improving efficiency, time, and more
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Most businesses do not realize how many tools are available to meet their needs. In Google Apps alone, there are …

How You Can Become a Successful Leader
6 steps to make it happen
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How would you define a leader? Political figures, teachers, actors, and many other people may come to mind, but it’s …

How References Could Lead to Business Growth
Getting references that count
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Does your business have good references? No matter what your answer is, it is a humbling thought. When most people …

3 Stages of the Business Cycle
How to successfully get through them
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Every business goes through phases and emotions. Although some vary from businesses to business, there are 3 distinct stages that …

5 Steps for Preventing Employee Fraud
What you can do to avoid it
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Did you realize that a typical organization loses up to 5 percent of its annual income to fraud? This information …

Understanding Why Customers Are Always Right
How the Fundamental Attribution Error applies to business
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We’ve all heard the saying thousands of times that the customer is always right. In all fairness, we know that …

Taking Intelligent Risks in Business
Reasons it could pay off
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Do you consider yourself a risk-taker? Let’s take it one step further and ask: do you consider yourself a risk-taker …

Dealing with Negative Feedback
7 ways to address negativity effectively

No one likes to hear negative feedback, but unfortunately, it is a natural part of the communication process. But how …