How do you expect to finish if you never start?
As a college athlete, I won a conference championship & was voted captain. Then, I helped build a multi-million dollar furniture company. Then, I chased a lifelong dream by writing & publishing a book (Believe EG21) about the incredible true story of the '05 CSU football team. I love to learn, teach, & question the status quo.
As I was reading through my emails during the snowpocalypse I stumbled upon a fellow blogger’s post that I fell in love with. I met this person at a Blogger Meetup a few months back and she gave me some awesome tips to improve my site. Since then I’ve followed her blog and subscribed to her posts (which you can… Continue reading What One Word Will Define Your Year?
One of my first jobs, even before the furniture company, was selling vitamins in a one-on-one setting. Then I spent most of much of my previous life with furniture in sales, performing and teaching them. I spent a lot of time observing what my sales people were doing and how the best ones operated. These are the best 3 pieces to… Continue reading 3 Essential Components: How to Close More Sales
Small businesses make up a very large portion of our economy here in America and it’s no secret that I’m a fan of entrepreneurs. There is a pride among the entrepreneurial community about their freedom and about their success (current or eventual) that they can’t help but speak about. Sometimes they even go so far as to say that’s the… Continue reading The Argument For (& Against) Entrepreneurship
In recent weeks I’ve talked about how I try to leave my comfort zone and I’ve encouraged you to do the same. Finding where I’m not comfortable and doing my best to put myself in that realm helps me see things through a new lens. If we’re always doing the same things, we’re never experiencing new tastes or discovering new… Continue reading The 6 Steps I Took to Leave My Comfort Zone Behind
I rented my house out in August 2013. I had never done this before and I wasn’t really sure where to start. I was not ready to sell my home, but at the same time I didn’t like being in that part of town and it was just too much room for me. This is a story about a customer… Continue reading You’ll Never Believe This Customer Retention Technique Worked
The Backstory I wasn’t sure if I had anything to offer, but I wanted to help. I inquired about getting involved with the Alzheimer’s Association of SC last year after I did a walk to raise money. It was a simple walk and we raised around $1,500 as a team (Shout out to Katie, Ross, Trent, & Krystin for joining!)… Continue reading James Bond and The Alzheimer’s Association
I’m a big advocate of goals. I use them, I teach them, and I encourage others to incorporate them. But as of recently, I’ve had some feedback from readers about giving up on your goals. Many of us will start on a journey towards a goal, and for some reason or another we have this urge to quit. At what… Continue reading Giving Up on Your Goals: When Quitting is Good
As I’ve recently been searching for jobs I’ve been contemplating the question, “What makes people want to work at and stay with a company?” Some companies have great pay structures, others great perk packages. The ones that get the most notoriety are those that have both. But I think there’s something else that plays into the equation. I thought about my… Continue reading How Managers Can Decrease Turnover Ratio & Increase Productivity