The old expression “time is money” is even more true when one is running a small business. For the small business, time is a value commodity and has to be carefully managed if the business is to thrive. That makes the need to track the times and payrolls of salaried employees and contractors important. In…
Stress Cutting Into Your Schedule?
Stress impairs your ability to stay physically active. Interestingly enough, exercising can boost hormones that elevate your frame of mind. If aerobic workouts aren’t already a routine part of your day, consider a jog or burst training session before, after, or in between business hours for a mental pick-me-up.
7 Ways to Help You Stay Motivated
Nothing should stop you from preparing budgets and plans of action, but take it one day at a time. Live to the fullest each day, being present to all turns of your business and customers.
Select slowly and surround yourself with positive people; negativity is toxic. The process is continuous; the larger your elite group of positive people is around you, the longer the amount of time you will stay motivated.
A Great Article on Aligning Your Time with Your Goals
The question should always be this: Do you spend enough quality time to move your core goals forward each day? How would you succeed in not only scheduling, but actually spending the needed time to accomplish the items that are most important (and usually not urgent), especially when these are the items that will move you by leaps and bounds into a bright future?
Do You Need to Be Romantic in Business?
Take the first step. Go first. Approach them. Contact them. Ask to know their interests. Invite them over. Be genuine interested in their presence. Open your business to them. Show them around. Let them understand how proud you are for what to have to offer, but most importantly how important it is for you to have them as customers or clients. Take a little time before you make an offer.
What Drives a Business Leader to Success?
Once in a while, I look at the list below to remind myself what characteristics I should master in order to thrive as a business leader. It makes me humble, thankful for what I’ve achieved so far, and eager to master the characteristics I’m lacking. To support everyone who reads this blog, I’m sharing the list:
Would your Audience Listen to You and Take Action?
Speaking is a very serious business, and you should never underestimate the need to practice. My father gave thousands of sermons in his life. Even at his level of knowledge and experience he never skipped spending hours in preparing and rehearsing his weekly message. Practice will enable to deliver your comments the exact way you have planned and to deliver your story and the call to action with grace and inspiration.
Newsflash: Cause-Related Marketing Is Not Philanthropy!
Cause marketing or cause-related marketing refers to a type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a for-profit business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Make no mistake, cause marketing differs widely from corporate giving philanthropy.
Your Next Time Saving Device: Self-Driving Cars?
Google’s not so secret plot to take over the world has given us yet another glimpse into the future. Feel free to join me as we enter the Jetson Age. Rumors of self-driving cars have been leaked through the grapevine for several years now, with whispers of cars adapting a new sort of cruise control feature. Driverless cars reminiscent of those Audi space machines that Will Smith takes into high-speed chases in iRobot have flooded the minds of science fiction enthusiasts.
Your Newsletter / Ezine – What are the risks? What are the benefits?
It’s very likely that you already receive countless “Newsletter” emails from various sources, perhaps daily. In fact, some of these you probably find very annoying. Have you already decided that you would rather NOT include a newsletter in your company’s repertoire of online communication? Especially since you already provide your audience with a plethora of useful info through other social media – like Facebook, Twitter and maybe even YouTube?