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The Truth About Goals!
One of the most talked about topics in business and personal motivation is goals and goal setting. I want to give you the truth about goals. This is our take on why some succeed in goal setting while...
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How I Learned To Be Confident About My Business
This is for all the people struggling with the inner demons of self-criticism and doubt. We’re not talking about lack of motivation or drive; it’s more than that. It’s something I’ve struggled with...
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Community Service and Small Business
We are big believers in working hard to build a business that will support our families and nurture our entrepreneurial spirit. A substantial investment in time and energy is required to organize and...
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Trade Associations – Strength in Numbers
Not another meeting! I can’t afford the time for all these meetings! We say you can’t afford not to go to all these meetings! We’ve always been passionate about mentoring and networking....
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And How Can You Use It In Your Business? Joel and I are big fans of the DiSC profile. Over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of videos explaining why we believe in it, how you can take one...
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Sell Your Way to Success
What do you consider yourself to be in life or your small business? Are you a manager? Are you a connector? Are you a doer?! No matter what you believe yourself to be, the reality is, you’re a...
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Balancing Act
I was recently having a conversation with a local business owner in my Rotary club. We were both commenting to each other on our ‘weeks from hell.’ I had just returned from week-long church youth...
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The Worst Part of your Better Half
…..in sickness and in health, for better or worse, as long as you both shall live…… I do! Oh crap, what have I done?! You could be one of many who find themselves in one of those ‘worse’ moments when...
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Traveling the Holiday Road
Who doesn’t love a vacation?! As I’m writing this post our family (mostly my wife Karen) is preparing for our first family driving vacation. Much like Clark Griswold and his family we’re preparing for...
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My Vacation is Your Business
What in the world does my vacation have to do with your business? A lot! As all you regular readers know I just got back from a long journey across our great country to South Dakota and back. We (I...
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That Stinking Stress of Your Business!
Stress is often synonymous with business ownership. Let me tell you something, it doesn’t have to be! To be truly effective at running a business you’ll need to learn how to eliminate the stressors you...
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Fire Your Client!
I just had an extremely frustrating and stressful interchange with a client on the final pricing for their master bathroom project. What did I do? I fired them as a client! It wasn’t an ugly situation...
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You’re Special, So Don’t Fake It
Whatever you do, don’t force it! This can be applied to all sorts of stuff. Parts need to fit just right in so many ways. Remember the time when ‘assembly was required’ and two pieces weren’t going...
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Managing Distractions
I’m going to admit something to you….. This post is more of a therapy session for me than informational for you. As you walk through my head during the next five minutes maybe we can find some common...
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Take Control of Yourself
One of the hardest things about business ownership is learning to control yourself! I’m not talking about skipping desert. I’m talking about controlling your thoughts and actions at work. This...
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