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When I first spotted the title of this post by copywriter Michael Fortin, I knew it was an important topic for the small business community. No doubt Michael knew the title of his post alone would be provocative. But no matter how many people might find the question itself a bit offensive, remember that if such ideas are out there in the public at Read More

Creativity is often made out to be a nebulous, messy, complicated, difficult thing, and it can be. But it doesn't have to be. The judicious application of simplicity can help someone to create, whether that's writing, creating art, designing, teaching, starting a small business, or in some other way making ideas take shape into reality. Read More

Take a minute to consider the importance of active listening by thinking about how you can be a good active listener in terms of body language--or what you do during communication, voice--how you respond to the speaker, and content --what you say when you respond to the speaker. Active listening is an effective tool to reduce the emotionality of a Read More

This list of small business tips for dealing with tough times is something every entrepreneur during the current tough economy (or any economy) might want to keep handy. Remember above all, that in addition to following some of these suggestions, you'll want to find things that work for you too. So create your own survival guide for these tough e Read More

Entrepreneur and blogger Tim Berry has this great post on small business and job security. Tim, in turn, is referring to a series of posts at the Small Business Labs blog one of which we linked to earlier here at bizSugar. In the end, Tim concludes that small business owners do have more job security than their employed counterparts...if they make Read More

What's your real passion? What's that thing that you could do all day long, without even thinking of being tired, with deep focus and endless joy? Finding your true passion is one of the most important breakthroughs you can hit in your life. Read More

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. It is not magnetic personality, that can just as well be a glib tongue. Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to ac Read More

Every sales leader needs to consider their market value. Read More

Overcoming adversity is part of everyone's personal and business life. The stress of our jobs, various family issues, personal relationships, and of course, today's economy, are all critical issues that makes it difficult in overcoming adversity that so many of us are fighting with to resolve our life's battles. Read More