Achieving Your Goals - Keeping Things On Track

Apparently when riding the underground people look up at the map and check their progress on average every 40 seconds. Most of these people know exactly where they are going and when they will get there, so why do they do it? I suspect the answer has a lot to do with the need to track advancement and ensure that they are indeed reaching their destination, which is a bit strange considering they are on a rail and the likelihood of them not getting there is pretty much zero.

Creating A Business Plan

Knowing the Right Questions to Ask will help you create a good Business Plan. If you want to start a business of your own, it will help you to start out by doing some planning. Whether you will seek outside funding or not, you will want to think through your business idea. The best way to do that is to write a simple business plan.

The Customer Isn't Always Right

How often do we see companies who live by the noble creed - the customer is always right? Is it possible that this approach could be self-defeating by ultimately damaging the commitment of the very customer service people who they hope to inspire?

Strategic Planning Transports Business Owners From Sea Level to See Level to See the Bigger Picture

What keeps business owners from achieving their goals? Maybe it is their elevation. One of my key strategies as a business coach in assisting small business owners and executives to build their businesses faster than they ever imagined is to tell stories. Stories allow us to hear the message without defining it.

The Get CLEAR Process for Business Success

Have you been struggling to reach your goals and achieve the level of success you desire and deserve? Then use my Get CLEAR Process to get the results you want.

Business Growth - Looking At Darwin And The Demon

As commercial processes commoditize in a developed economy, they are outsourced or transferred offshore or both, leaving onshore companies with unrelenting pressure to come up with the next wave of innovation. Failure to innovate equals failure to differentiate equals failure to garner the profits and revenues needed to attract capital investment. It behooves us all to use our brains to get out in front of this Darwinian process.

Open a Dollar Store - Be Sure to Establish A Hierarchy of Needs!

What is a hierarchy of needs? Why is it important when you open a dollar store? What can it do for my business? All of these are great questions. Let's get to some answers.

Business Plan - The Executive Summary

The executive summary is one of the most important parts of a business plan, especially when you want to attract potential investors.

Opening A Dollar Store - Tip on Steps to Take Before You Open!

One of the most challenging events that occur prior to opening a dollar store is the preparation. It is all about making sure that everything is done and that everything is done properly. If all of the pre-work is completed correctly, the grand opening is sure to come much more successfully.

How To Set Up an Existing Business for Website Marketing - Useful Business Strategy (PT1)

A simple yet straight forward article on advising the existing business owner on how to ensure your decision of taking their business online pays off

Developing Your Vision

This article talks about how to create a vision for your business and your life. Learn what you need to do to create a concise and clear vision.

Exit Strategies - You Have to Change Your Way of Thinking

When you are getting ready to sell your business, you may have to change your way of thinking 180 degrees. Keep this mindset for getting more money.

Business Growth - When To Ally And When To Acquire

At he core of your company's strategy lies a dilemma, wrapped in a problem, inside a challenge. As companies find it increasingly tougher to achieve and sustain growth, they have placed their faith in acquisitions and alliances to boost sales, profits, and, importantly, stock prices. That's most evident in developed countries.