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

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…

Don’t Become An Expense – Become Invaluable

I just read an article about how companies are laying people off and they feel betrayed. They attracted people with a fun family atmosphere, and then laid them off like the expenses that they always were. I luckily learned a lesson back in the 1980s when I worked at AT&T. During a performance review, I…

Well Would You Look At That? Lessons Learned from Lifelong Learning

You have undoubtedly heard the saying, “You can’t teach an old dog, new tricks.” It is true that younger minds are more open to new concepts and more pliable. But that does not mean that older minds have to be ridged. As a matter of fact, minds are amazing things. The more you stimulate them,…

This Is Not Normal… It’s Okay

I hope you’re staying healthy and safe at this crazy time that we’re living through. I know it can be overwhelming. I don’t know if you’ve ever been on a plane where the oxygen mask drops, but it’s quite startling. Normally attendants will do their preflight safety checklist while the plane is moving out of…

I Almost Died… And How Social Media Helped Me Make It Better!

Two Brands If you are somebody who’s running a business, owns a business, or working in business – chances are you have two different brands on social media. You have a personal brand and you have a business brand. People will form opinions based on what you post in both, but sometimes they merge. A…

Shift Happens… Start Finding New Ways To Maximize It

Today I’m kind of sad. I lost a really good long term customer, somebody I’ve been doing monthly maintenance on multiple websites and a whole bunch of other things for years. I got an email yesterday that said, “We’re here to inform you that we’re terminating your agreement as of the end of the month.”…