When you first decided to create your business, did you view it as a venture or adventure? I’ve always thought “venture” was a very business-like, objective term. Dollars or pounds or yen. Pros and cons. Details. Boring facts & figures. Dry, stale, stodgy people evaluating minutiae. As it turns out…. venture isn’t such a stale, […]
I saw this quote today & felt compelled to share with you: Dream whatever you desire to dream. Go wherever you wish. Seek whatever you desire Because life is unique by how you shape it. What are you dreaming, seeking, and going towards? How are you shaping your life?
Sometimes when I talk with other business owners, I use the dating analogy to explain basic business relationship concepts. If you wouldn’t expect someone to have sex with you on the basis of a phone call, you shouldn’t expect someone to purchase your services because you had a great phone call (or even multiple great […]
This morning I read Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Caffeine Issue 334 and he answered someone’s question about motivation by saying “People who can’t stay motivated have to look at where their lack of motivation comes from. If you love your job, and you love your product, and you love your company, and even love your boss, […]
Earlier this week I read an inspiring story about some disabled veterans skiing. That story led me to visit Daryn Kagan’s website. Daryn Kagan provides daily news about what’s possible. After a 12-year career at CNN, CNN chose not to renew her contract. For some people, that decision would have caused a paralyzing agony. Daryn […]