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For weeks now, I have been struggling trying to get ahead of my business, trying to pull it forward with all my might. The problem is that once I got in front of my business, it started trying to run me over. I found myself being chased by my own business. Read More

Ever notice how people love to point out problems but very seldom have any solutions? Even worse, if you have an original idea, well-meaning friends, family, and even colleagues and coworkers are quick to jump to the conclusion that it will never work, as supported by the 13 negative possibilities Read More

You would think that that the signs of a failing business would be obvious: lack of customers, dropping sales, cash flow issues…but these are all symptoms caused by a business that has already been failing for a very long time. What if there was a way to know if your business is failing long before Read More

As a small business marketing consultant and an executive coach, I sit down with a lot of different people and businesses. It is fascinating for me to listen to others tell me about all their hopes and dreams along with stories of how they have spent their whole life working towards their goals. It Read More

You have 1.5 seconds to capture your customers attention…Ready Set…Too Late!

In today’s fast paced world we are all under constant bombardment from people trying to get our attention. 90% of the information in front of us passes by without our notice. Now imagine trying to build new relationship Read More

I have observed that the closer a business is to collapsing, the more frantic the owners become about looking to perfect things that don’t matter. I think that it is a natural failsafe. It allows us to fight for what we can control. Unfortunately, the answers to turn around a struggling or stagnate Read More

I can’t help but wonder why stress is so important to us? Why do we believe that running around stressed all the time is proof of our devotion to success and achieving our goals? Should stress really be a positive measure of productivity? The amusing this is that I most likely just stressed many o Read More

If your business is managing you, you will miss opportunities to grow and you will miss the best part of business ownership. Remember the core reason why you started your own business. You wanted flexibility; you wanted to create your own destiny. Well, somewhere along the road your business becam Read More

I think that many of us as small business owners make this mistake: we forget that in order for us to be successful we can’t be a jack of all trades. We have to be experts of our own business. Whether that is a trade, business service, retail store, or restaurant, our time needs to be spent doing w Read More

As a small business consultant, I have a real heart and passion for helping small businesses succeed. Unfortunately, this often gets me in trouble. I find myself wanting to help the business in front of me succeed more than I want my own success. This may seem like a weird problem to have at first Read More