Your CPA Wants to Know Your CPA

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Mistakes… They are only bad if you don’t learn from them. Now, there are different levels of bad. You can put the wrong creamer in your coffee bad, or the Three Mile Island, nuke the east coast of the United States bad. But if you live to tell about it, you can always learn something…

The Power of Awareness & The Awareness of Power

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I got hacked. Well, my credit card did. I was balancing my books when I noticed two charges from GoDaddy India on a credit card with a $25,000 limit. I use GoDaddy for domain names, but not in India so that was a BIG RED FLAG! Immediately, I called the credit card company and they…

Is Your Content a Tapas or Family Style Meal?

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Family Style I grew up in New York in a very Italian family. Holidays revolved around food. I remember plates and bowls of soup, salad, meat, pasta, and side dishes were placed around the table and then passed around. Some of those plates and bowls were the sizes of small European countries. This allowed you…

Influence vs. Inspiration… It Takes Emotional Intelligence

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It’s been years since I have been a conference attendee. Normally, I am at a conference to speak or support the organization. At a conference, you meet and interact with so many interesting people, from so many places, with so many agendas, and so many different levels of experience, knowledge, and stature. The latest conference…

Stick a Pin in Your Vision Board… So What’s the Point?

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Let’s face it. If you are in business, your main point is to make sales. Another point is to make a sale while making a profit. And one more is, if it costs you less to run the business you get to keep more money. If business was that simple (which it really is) everyone…

Show Us Your Why

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I am sure you probably had a conversation with a toddler at one point in your life. It probably was something like this… Get ready, we’re going to the store Why? Because we need food. Why? Because we are out of milk. I DON’T LIKE MILK ANYMORE! Why? Because it hurts cows. Why? (You get…

Resolutions Vs. Reinventions

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It’s Almost New Year’s Eve We have all seen the crowds at Time Square or downtown (insert your city here). They are generally partyers wearing hats, blowing horns, and ingesting copious amounts of alcohol. But most of us (85%) prefer to stay home or local with a small gathering of friends. Some of us can…

It’s Not What They Say… It’s What They Do… CONSISTENTLY

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One of the keys to success is consistency. That is true with business, sports, and so much more. I can tell you that shooting a 39 on nine holes of golf is a great score. Then when you shoot a 50 on the back nine (11 more and 14 over par) turns an excellent 9…

If You Want Change, Results or Success, You Have To Take Your Own Pulse and Own It!

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“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon Own It Believe me… moving a family home, and a business to a new state is a process that takes lots of time, planning, and patience. I could not even imagine doing it just a few short years ago. I was a…

Innovation Is More Than Just A String (Theory)

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I love my morning walks with my dog, Layla. Especially here in North Carolina. In Chicago, you would often contend with wild weather swings. It could be 80˚ one morning and 40˚ the next. It could be cold and raining one morning, sunny the next. Here in Raleigh, each morning for the past month has…