I don’t know how it is where you live, but Memorial Day Weekend in
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana means the opening of fishing season. And
like many of my fellow enthusiasts (read addicts) I’ll be taking a fly
rod, some flies, a few grandchildren, and various forms of delectable
nourishment and heading to the Henry’s Fork of the Snake [...]
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who has learned to be truly satisfied with the least.
‘Nough said.
Like many things, the answer to this questions is usually in the eye
of the beholder. If you just got “down-sized,” lost your house when
the ARM reset, maxed your cards and finally had no choice but declare
bankruptcy, it would be hard to convince you that we’re not in a
recession. On the other hand, if you’ve got [...]
A few years back, I was looking at buying an under-performing
business. I had negotiated enough with the owner of the business to
feel he wasn’t bargaining “in good faith.” I hadn’t talked to him for
awhile, and I called him one day to see if he’d come to his senses, and
he announced, “Oh, I sold that business [...]
I came across a great post the other day by Jeff Cornwall over at Entrepreneurial Mind Blog in which he makes the following statement:
We seem to create folk heroes out of entrepreneurs who expend Herculean efforts to achieve success in their businesses.
And while this is good to a point, if entrepreneurial success comes
at the expense [...]
I live in a remote area near Yellowstone National Park. Yesterday,
I had an experience that reminded me why I don’t want to live anywhere
else. My wife and I went out to lunch at Boondocks, a local
restaurant, with some friends. We had been to the place before, but it
was the first time for our friends. We [...]
Seth Godin over at Seth’s Godin’s Blog
has come up with a great list of what marketers must know (and do!)
The list is thought-provoking and will help you see the difference
between marketing and advertising. With his permission, I reprint the
list here.
What Every Good Marketer Knows:
Anticipated, personal and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.
Making [...]
I was reading about open door policies over at Inc. magazine’s Boss School Blog,
and it stimulated some thoughts. Jay Goltz states, “I couldn’t
understand how a company could operate when there are always people
walking into the offices to talk.” He then goes on to talk about how
an open door policy is enhanced by providing other avenues [...]
“Don’t get so busy making a living, you forget to make a life.”
Years ago my wife hung that sign next to the door leading to the
garage. Every day when I left for work, I saw that sign. . . and it
made me think, you know, it’s true. So often we get consumed by our
careers. At [...]
There’s a saying I like that goes, “Whether you think you can or
think you can’t, you’re right.” While that’s certainly an
over-simplification to some degree, there’s a lot of truth in it. When
we start to think negatively, we make what I call “self-preservation”
choices. In other words, instead of making choices to grow the
business and move forward [...]
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