Your #1 Goal = A Sustainable Business

Your #1 Goal = A Sustainable Business

How do you measure the success of your small business?  Before we go any further, let me point out that I am talking about what I consider to be your ‘average, everyday’ businesses.  In other words, not start-ups funded by VCs that are looking for an exit that occurs...
Never Enough Time On Your Hands

Never Enough Time On Your Hands

“I’m behind before I even show up each morning” “I agree we need to be more active online, but who’s going to do that?” “I spend most of my day putting out fires” “I’m too busy to get involved in an accountability group – maybe next month/quarter/year” We are so busy!...
See the Opportunity in Trends for the Future

See the Opportunity in Trends for the Future

Future Focused Part 4 Welcome to Part 4 of this Four Part Series in How to be a Future-Focused Small Business. Check out Part 1 here – Look Back to Look Forward Part 2 is here – Signals of Change And Part 3 is here – Create Your Successful Future    Are you...
Create Your Successful Future

Create Your Successful Future

Future Focused Part 3 Time Travel  Indulge me for a minute, if you will.  I want you to picture yourself five years from now.  Think of an ordinary day.  You get up in the morning and your holographic image of <insert someone who matters to you> pops up at the...
Signals of Change

Signals of Change

Future Focused Part 2 Change on the Home Front When my oldest child left for his freshman year in college several years ago, I knew things at home would be different.  I felt all the feelings you’d expect – worry, pride, worry, excitement, worry, dread, you know, the...