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Category Archives: Goals/Purpose

One 3-Letter Word You May Want to Rethink

January 24, 2011 2 Comments
Posted in: Goals/Purpose, Motivation, Organizational Excellence, Personal Improvement

Let’s talk about a word we probably all use frequently—it’s a very powerful word, but not in the way you might think.   It’s the word TRY.  How often do we use that word in the context of something we are doing, a goal we are setting, an objective we are reaching for?  It’s hard to [...]

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DON’T Use Business Metrics…At Your Own Peril

December 22, 2010 0 Comments
Posted in: Goals/Purpose, Leadership, Motivation, Organizational Excellence, Sales/Business Development

They say what you don’t know won’t hurt you, but nothing could be further from the truth when you run a small business. If you operate based on “gut instinct,” or you make assumptions on how your business is performing without knowing the facts, you can run into problems quickly. Fortunately, there is a simple [...]

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The Biggest Killer of Business Growth

December 20, 2010 0 Comments
Posted in: Goals/Purpose, Motivation, Organizational Excellence, Personal Improvement

Last week I asked a friend of mine about his business. He told me that he’d had a pretty good year so far but felt frustrated. For the third year in a row, he’s falling short of his annual goals but feels complacent since he’s still doing okay financially.  That complacency has lead to him [...]

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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

September 1, 2010 0 Comments
Posted in: Goals/Purpose, Motivation

In Jack Canfield’s book, The Success Principles, he tells the story of a seminar where he held a $100 bill in the air and asked the audience, “Who wants this $100 bill?” Almost everyone raised their hands, dozens of people shouted “I’ll take it!” and many more stood up and cheered. This went on for [...]

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Sometimes You’ve Got to Look Down

July 28, 2010 0 Comments
Posted in: Goals/Purpose

Now that we’re more than half way through the year, how are you doing with the goals you set back in January?   For many of you, I know some of those goals now seem out of reach. But it’s not too late.    I’ve just made a short video that will change your perpective and change [...]

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