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  In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey cites habit seven as “Sharpen the Saw.” The world is rapidly progressing and our businesses are expected to keep up, [...]

  “Nailed It!” It’s a popular expression describing the feeling when you hit your target or your stride. It’s also the name of a popular Netflix® TV show. On Nailed It! amateur bakers come [...]

When you start a business you will no doubt wear many hats. But as your business grows rapidly, you will need to hire more people. That means giving away some of those hats to new people. These [...]

Growth is not a bad thing. But, unmanageable growth presents a set of challenges often overlooked when discussing small businesses. The emphasis tends to center on the marketing and promotion [...]

  When most people think of Ancient Egypt, visions of pyramids usually come to mind. But they built more than pyramids. For example, the above image is of the Ramesseum.  It’s a mortuary [...]

  Design thinking is a 5-stage framework for creative problem solving and its all the rage in many leading universities and enterprises: Empathize –> Define the Problem –>  [...]

  In 1974, Chinese farmers unknowingly discovered what’s described as the “most important archeological finds of the 20th century.” In an attempt to dig a well, they unearthed a [...]

  “If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a thousand pictures.” A videographer once told me this.  At the time, I chalked it up as being part of his sales pitch. I’ve [...]

  My poor plant! As you can see in the After shot above, it’s clearly dying. After four years of care, despite my best efforts, I couldn’t rescue it. But then something happened… Letting Go [...]

  Michael Avenatti, Elizabeth Holmes, Felicity Huffman, Robert Kelly, Robert Kraft, Michael Jackson, Lori Loughlin, Billy McFarland, Jussie Smollett… As the first quarter of 2019 comes to a [...]