How To Start A Business Destined To Fail
How To Start A Business Destined To Fail No one in his or her right mind sets out with the intention to start a business…
Ideas Without Initiative – The Entrepreneur’s Biggest Mistake
Ideas Without Initiative – The Entrepreneur’s Biggest Mistake Do you have a lot of ideas “sitting on the shelf”? Big ideas. Small ideas. Million dollar…
You Are Not Your Past
You Are Not Your Past This may be good news for some and bad news for others: You are not your past. If you’ve had…
Avoid Analysis Paralysis – Don’t Overthink Everything
Avoid Analysis Paralysis – Don’t Overthink Everything I like analysis as much as the next left-brain MBA type person, but over time, I have learned…
Forget The Critics. Thank Teddy Roosevelt.
Forget The Critics. Thank Teddy Roosevelt. I learned to forget the critics a long time ago. It seems that no matter what you are trying…
Stagnation Is The Most Dangerous Challenge You Face
Stagnation Is The Most Dangerous Challenge You Face I’ve worked with entrepreneurs and been an entrepreneur almost my entire career. Although it can be a…
Want To Improve? Choose Tougher Opponents.
Want To Improve? Choose Tougher Opponents. Do you want to improve at some aspect of your business, in a sport you do, or in some…
Rethinking Small Business Failure
Rethinking Small Business Failure Over several decades working in, on, and around small business and entrepreneurship, I’ve heard a lot of small business failure statistics…
Don’t Fear Making Mistakes
Don’t Fear Making Mistakes Don’t fear making mistakes; fear not making enough of them. Let’s consider two scenarios: 1.) The person who hardly ever makes…
Punished by Praise – The Early Achievers’ Curse When Seeking Greatness and Peak Performance
Punished by Praise The Early Achievers’ Curse When Seeking Greatness and Peak Performance Be careful when receiving praise or when heaping it on yourself (self-talk)…