Business Keys To Success For The Self-Employed: Make It Happen

Looking for the business keys to success? Learn how education and procrastination may team together to make you too late for business success. Read More

Successful Business Owner? You Must Overcome Fear

You are now a business owner and are taking on the world.  It sounds good and feels good when you tell others, “I self-employed and own my own business.”  The Reality As A Business Owner As a business coach here’s a little secret that you probably already know.  The easiest part, although it can take Read More

Keys To Success In Small Business: Recognizing Failure

 One of the most important keys to success is understanding that failure’s most dangerous attribute is subtlety.  Recognizing failure and taking action to get on the right course is one of the critical keys to success in business and life.  Many people see it as one grand event such a business failing.  Yet, there were many Read More

Small Business Success: Motivation Alone Is Not Enough

Small business success encompasses many things.  Most importantly, your foundation for small business success is based on your motivation.  Your motivation directs you to do whatever you think is valuable.  But to have the small business success you desire, motivation alone is not enough.   Read More

Small Business Success: Raising Your Standards

To move forward and have the small business success you desire it is important that you get out of your comfort zone. The comfort zone can be the zone of mediocrity. Raising your standards will get you out of the comfort zone and move you forward to small business success. Read More

Small Business Success: Are You Trying To Flying Solo?

Are you trying to fly solo? Too often I have heard smart business people say that the secret to small business success is if you want things done right then you have to do it yourself.  If you think about it that is a no growth formula.    In fact, it is the formula for small Read More

Attitude And Small Business Success: Input, Output, Reward

Attitude!  Keeping your attitude in the right place is critical to running a successful small business.  Owning your own business is like going to school.  There is always something you can learn.  Before we start learning lessons in business, very often the best lessons we learn are as children.  I have had many things from my Read More

Attitude and Small Business Success: The Connection

I was at a small business seminar several years ago when the speaker in talking about attitude stated that “attitude is everything.”  Whether we agree with that statement or not, I believe we would agree that attitude is extremely important in terms of the success, happiness and fulfillment you will receive in life.   Have you Read More

Small Business Success: Is It Important Or Is It Critical?

One component of small business success is to know the difference between what is important and what is critical.  If I asked you which you should do first what would be your answer? Without any context your answer would be to do what is critical because it has a greater sense of urgency.  What is Read More

Toy Story 3:Are You Running Your Business And Living Your Life In PLAY Mode?

Too often I have seen the initial joy that comes from running your business turn into a slog in the mud.  It’s not fun because you are no longer in PLAY mode.   When you start feeling this way, your business and life are in DEMO mode.  If you haven’t seen the movie, Toy Story 3, Read More