How NOT to Start Your Entrepreneurial Day
Probably the worst way for an entrepreneur to begin his or her day is to read the newspaper.Or watch the news.Or, for that matter, to surf the net or even check in on the latest and greatest on...
View ArticleThe Non-Urgent and Extremely Important
A great best practice for all companies of ambition is to establish and hold regular meetings - in person - of a well-qualified and experienced board of strategic advisors.Let’s set aside for now some...
View ArticleShould You Play a New Game or Just Keep on Keeping On?
Dave Allen, author of the great productivity best seller "Getting Things Done," has developed an almost cult-like following for his ideas, structures, and best practices around to-do list management,...
View ArticleThis Happens in Just 56 Days
2013 is just 56 days away.And if you want to make 2013 your best year ever, you need to start planning now. To help you succeed, I’m hosting a complimentary webinar next Wednesday, November 14th at 8pm...
View Article49 Days and Counting
If you haven’t yet registered for my Wednesday webinar, this is your last chance.Webinar: “How to Make 2013 Your Best Business Year Ever!”Date: Wednesday, November 14thTime: 8 pm EST / 5 pm...
View ArticleIs Your Business Giving You the Results You Want?
Take this short quiz to find out:Are your revenues growing month after month without fail?Are your profits rising, and allowing you to pay yourself enough money to spend freely on the things you...
View ArticleWho are the Good and the Lucky?
The saddest lament of entrepreneurs and owners of private companies seeking to sell and exit their companies is that they want their businesses to be valued on their future potential, and not its...
View ArticleWhat Do Jeff Bezos and Alesandro Giuliani Have in Common?
Last night, I read this fantastic article in Fortune Magazine about one of my business heroes - Jeff Bezos - who was named this year's Fortune's Businessman of the Year. It is full of awesome...
View ArticleThe Power of Full Engagement
I had the great good fortune this past weekend to co-host Growthink's third and final Business Blueprint Live event of the year.This is a conference where entrepreneurs and business owners gather for...
View Article2013 Words To Live By
The ending of one year and the beginning of another is a natural time to take stock of all that was accomplished in the past 12 months, and usually more excitedly, to dream and to plan on the great...
View ArticleConcentrated Production, Diversified Consumption
Watching the disaster of a process that was the D.C. fiscal cliff drama this past week, I found myself with a curious reaction.And maybe even a little bit of a selfish one.It was, by golly, how happy...
View ArticleRay Lewis and Nick Saban: Effort is Eternal
I usually hesitate to analogize from the world of sports that of business.In contrary to many motivational videos, these are two very different realms of human endeavor and there is not a clear line...
View ArticleMy "Aha" Moment in San Francisco
This weekend I had the very good fortune to attend Ryan Deis and Perry Belcher's Traffic and Conversion Summit in downtown San Francisco.Headlined by speakers including Guy Kawasaki and William...
View ArticleWhat Do Sam Walton, Ray Croc, and Howard Schultz Have in Common?
Wal-Mart. McDonalds. Starbucks.What do they have in common? Well, for one, they are businesses that were not started and grown from scratch by their original founders.No, they were businesses started...
View ArticleStocks Approach All-Time High (Who Cares)
The muted reaction to the major U.S. indices approaching all-times highs this past week felt a bit off for those that remember a time when folks that made their living recommending stocks were held in...
View ArticleEquity Investing in 2013
Last week, my column received quite a reaction as I pointed out how much of a disaster the public equity markets have been these past 14 years.I shared some key statistics, especially that while from...
View ArticleWhat Would Abe Lincoln Do?
The greatness of Napoleon, Caesar or Washington is only moonlight by the sun of Lincoln. His example is universal and will last thousands of years…He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the...
View ArticleCollective vs. Individual Action
So much of the challenge that both entrepreneurs and investors face in earning return on time and capital is driven by the low growth rate of the economy as a whole.U.S. GNP growth, after averaging...
View ArticleThere is No Substitute for Personal Contact
This past weekend, I had the privilege of moderating a planning session for the leaders of some of the world's best known and most successful collections agencies, collectively responsible for billions...
View ArticleEducation from the Inside Out
When it comes to education, this 21st century of ours is truly both the best and the worst of times. It is the best of times as never before in human history has more information, more ways of...
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