Leadership is one of those traits that most people find difficult to quantify. Everybody knows a great leader when they see one, but when you ask people to explain what specific qualities make a person a great leader, that’s when you get the “deer in the headlights” looks. It’s just hard to explain. This article will hopefully make it easier to explain, and help you become a better leader. Conviction Read More...
If you run a business of any size, customer service is a key component of your success. Unfortunately, most businesses are good at paying lip service to customer service, but come up short when it comes to actual delivery. Think about most of the customer service experiences you’ve had yourself, when dealing with other companies. Sometimes you get lucky and have a genuinely good experience, but is that the norm? Read More...
The short answer posed by the question in the title of this piece is a resounding yes! There’s more to it than that though, and we’ll go into the particulars just below. The problem with taking action in the absence of a clearly defined goal is that you’re just staying busy. Sure, that will fill up your day, but your actions won’t have much, if any payoff because they’re not Read More...
The short answer posed by the question in the title of this piece is a resounding yes! There’s more to it than that though, and we’ll go into the particulars just below. The problem with taking action in the absence of a clearly defined goal is that you’re just staying busy. Sure, that will fill up your day, but your actions won’t have much, if any payoff because they’re not Read More...
It seems as though we never have enough time, doesn’t it? No matter how carefully you plan your day, and no matter how hard you try to get everything done, you just always seem to run out of day before you run out of things to be done. Below, you’ll find five tips you can put to use right now, that will help take your productivity to the next level. Read More...
Do you feel stuck? Like you’re trapped on a treadmill and just running in place? Like no matter how hard you try, you just can’t make any real progress toward your goals, and start making your dreams a reality? The problem is a lot more common than you think, but there’s good news. There’s an easy fix for that. If you follow the steps outlined below, you will never again Read More...
Some days, it’s just hard to get moving. Everyone goes through it. Everyone has days that feel as though they’re in a movie playing at regular speed, while they’re stuck on frame advance. It’s just hard to get anything done. Motivation, or more specifically the lack of it, is the missing piece, but how does one get motivated if you aren’t? It’s easier than you might think. Here’s what you Read More...
Do you feel as though you’re just existing? Just floating through life, waiting for something to happen? Have you put all your dreams on hold because you’re so focused on the things that are keeping you awake at night? The dead end job, and the endless parade of bills? That’s a predicament that a lot of people find themselves in, but it doesn’t have to be that way. You can Read More...
Do you even remember the time before the internet? Most people struggle to. It has profoundly changed the way we live and work. Our lives are more intimately interconnected and interdependent now than they ever have been in the history of history itself. Before the rise of the internet, highly centralized “command and control” style leadership worked well, or at least well enough. Orders came down from on high, and Read More...
I just returned from a big hubbub conference for online marketers in Nashville where I met more Internet millionaires there than I can shake a stick at! These newly wealthy people came from every imaginable occupation where they’d earned an average living but had a below average quality of life. One evening I joined a group who were discussing the benefits of their new lives, compared to their old. It Read More...
