In this country, in these times, we have access to everything we need to be healthy, wealthy and wise. So…what’s getting in the way? Maybe you are. The stumbling blocks on the road to success are of your own creation. I’ve listed the most common ones below. Recognize any of them? Wishing and wanting. Do [...]
I’ve had about 100 jobs. Yet I can count on one hand the number of times I have shown up on my first day of work and known who my boss was and what my position in the company was. The Organizational Chart is a graphic description of those [...]
What I know for sure? That my purpose in life is to help people find freedom – financial freedom, lifestyle freedom – in a business of their own. So, I said YES when Wells Fargo (@WellsFargo) asked me to participate in the Wells Fargo Works Project, to help James and Deundra Hundun of U.A. Academy. Together, [...]
Dear Ellen, My friend has a business plan that "passed muster" with her bank and she got a loan. How about if I just take her plan and customize it for my business? Sounds like a good short cut. What do you think? Sincerely, Vera Dear Vera, I like and don't like that idea. While [...]
I love April, John and the Watermark Plumbing Team! I especially love April’s and John’s four daughters. They are smart and hilarious and their parents totally appreciate them. (Become April’s FB friend and you’ll see what I mean.) I appreciate what it takes to manage 4 young girls, and [...]
I recently did a google hangout with Ashlei Williams of PHC News. She is young and smart and really savvy when it comes to social media. Relatively speaking, I am old when it comes to e-marketing. (You, too?) We chatted it up and shared ideas for embracing new technology. Here are a few tips... [...]
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Budgeting. UGH. I call it the "B Word" because so many people are resistant to the word BUDGETING. Nobody wants to Budget, right? Budgeting is all about deprivation and doing without. It's like...gulp...dieting. Budgeting doesn't have to be a soul-sucking, frustrating experience. The way I teach it is fun, easy and powerful. From Main Street [...]
“What’s the point of setting financial goals? I have no idea what will happen each day for sales. Unexpected expenses crop up all the time, too. If it’s just a ‘guess,’ then why bother?” That’s what one of my clients just shared with me. I appreciate his candor and [...]
Makeover? Yes, please. We are well into 2014 already! The Business Makeover 2014 Summit was intended to help you (and me!) make this a seminal year. A year in which we can breakthrough and breakout and makeover our lives and businesses. Hurray…off to a great start. As Business Makeover 2014 wraps up, here’s what I’ve [...]
