How do you expect to finish if you never start?
The Community We all know someone with a handy-man business, someone who sells real estate, and someone that has a landscaping service. We “got a guy for that” in most cases. There is no doubt that we can help others through our businesses as well. Nobody wants to be caught paying retail prices so we use our connections. This is how… Continue reading Why I’d Rather be Paying Retail Prices
The entire purpose of social media is to connect with others, plain and simple. Connection (outside of social media) happens when we talk with others and share experiences. Connection is a meaningful thing, it’s the 2nd and 3rd most important in Maslow’s Hierarchy after our basic survival needs. Translated, this means connection isn’t just being someone’s friend on Facebook or… Continue reading Why talk if nobody cares? (no shouting, please) (3/4)
We have interactions every day with various businesses from coffee shops to hardware stores to beauty salons and everything in between. Many of these experiences are exactly what we expected, and some of the special ones are even memorable for a period. But what we don’t encounter every day are unforgettable experiences. Experiences that make us tell friends and family… Continue reading Memorable is Bad
We’ve all heard the expression, “Know when to cut your losses,” but that’s much easier said than recognized. Sunk costs are the monies invested on projects, ideas, people, or plans that never pan out. A half written blog post is an example of a sunk cost. We start and can’t finish the idea through so it’s left as a ‘draft’… Continue reading Sunk Cost – Knowing when to walk away
Most sales people have quotas and goals that must be met. A quota for X amount of sales and a goal of X + Y amount of sales. The quotas are often requirement, meaning if that particular sales person doesn’t make their mark for a succession of two or three periods their job is in jeopardy. However, at the opposite… Continue reading Leave it all on the field
When faced with choices, there are the safe ones and there are the best ones and they are rarely the same thing. In sports we have a popular saying: “You play to win. You don’t play NOT to lose.” When we play “not to lose” we are making timid choices. We coach scared, we play scared, we don’t take risks with… Continue reading Play to Win
We have all met extreme people in our time. Each individual brings their own extreme to the table in a different area, and for good reason. When someone is extreme in their convictions they are typically far away from our stance on the same subject, but they have a true passion for what they believe in. This can refer to… Continue reading Extreme View