There’s always plenty of holiday advice for retailers, including our 5 Retail Holiday Tips for 2014. We even talked about how service businesses can make themselves into holiday gifts. But what about the rest of us? Consultants, writers, manufacturers, engineers, farmers, and more all have businesses, but we aren’t necessarily retailers. What can non-retail […]
Focus everything you’ve got on just 1 thing: Implementation
I’ve been thinking about how we have all we need. We don’t need to learn more, read more, acquire more. That’s why what John C. Shepard, planner from Wyoming, USA, said caught my attention: “Implementation is my watch-word for 2014.” That deceptively simple sentence could change everything. What if you made implementation your watch word? […]
Running a Side Business Has Benefits
Opening and operating a business on the side occurs for lots of reasons. Some side businesses are operated by individuals who already own one business. Yet for others it means starting a business while working another job. A third category are people who have an idea for a business. They may not have another […]
Good Decisions = Strong Businesses
People going into business want to be successful. Lots of tips about success can be found online and in writing. Yet one tip is consistently seen and offers a great track record – Make good decisions, and do it consistently. It may seem obvious that successful business owners are good decision makers. In reality, […]