A lot of us will keep busy but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re being productive. Unfortunately, business can sneak up on us and before we know it, we have shifted from doing productive work to simply doing work and keeping busy. As a professional and entrepreneur, it’s critical that we make sure we are being
We all want to be as productive as possible, and we’ve never met anyone who was happy filling their time with busy work (once they realized what they were doing at least). Technology has transformed our lives and continues to do so, and our default is to believe we are much more productive than we
While we’ve been promoting the importance of soft skills for years and there have been plenty of studies that substantiate the benefit of soft skill development, today soft skills are the most investment you can make into yourself and your business. Why? What if we told you that AI is going to transform the way
If you want to get heard today, you need to be able to cut through the noise. One of the best ways to do that? Be creative! Creativity and innovation are the fuel for your messaging and branding. In this blog we offer 3 tips to be effective with creativity in your marketing. Embrace Experimentation
It can be said that there are two schools of thought in sales about how clients would like to be treated. 1. Clients want options. 2. Clients want to be told what to do. A savvy business person will recognize that some clients will prefer options and others will want to be told what to
In our most recent podcast, we were joined by our good friend, Steve Frey. Steve’s built a career working alongside business owners and operates both a retail and wholesale distribution model in two of his businesses. Steve has a mantra he lives by and we strongly agree with People. Process. Product. Too often today, people and
You likely know the book and can even picture the drawing. The cat is riding a unicycle, it’s got a cane, it’s juggling plates, a goldfish in a bowl, all sorts of things are flying in the air. Thing 1 and 2 are crashing around the cat and the house is an absolute mess. A
Change is always happening. When we really look hard at our lives, our businesses, our relationships, nothing ever stops changing. We are constantly shifting, adapting and transforming. You’d think with all of that non stop change happening it wouldn’t be so hard. Change is hard though because we all know that change carries uncertainty and discomfort.
A lot of times in business and in life we over complicate things. We try to innovate and build a better mousetrap, and, often there is a better mousetrap that can be built. People, however, haven’t evolved that much since our earliest ancestors. You can go back thousands of years to drawings on a
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison There are any number of ways to grow a business. There are some of the most common that we see put to use today: Social media Networking Affiliate Events – promotional
