The Difference between Having a Lot of Work and Building a Business
Having a lot of work, even if it’s work you love, is not the same thing as building a business. Here's the difference, and why it matters to your long-term success.
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Why Creativity Needs Structure (And Your Business Needs Both)
Without creativity, businesses burn out. Without structure they lose direction. Neither is effective, nor sustainable, nor scalable. Your business needs both.
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It Is What It Is: Turn This Phrase from a Conversation Stopper to an Action Starter
Many people hate the phrase “it is what it is” because it's often used to stop a conversation — and any progress — dead in its tracks. Find out why I LOVE the phrase, and how you can use to ignite action rather than halt it.
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How to Organize Your Business & Systems: 5 Principles for Clarity & Success
Popular advice about how to organize your business and its systems is wrong. Here are 5 Principles on how to get your business systems & organization right.
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What Do I Say? A No-Fail Formula for Communicating In Sticky Situations
The one simple formula for knowing what to say in those difficult, awkward, challenging, “sticky” situations.
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Making Money Is Easy (but here's what flashy numbers won't tell you)
It's not hard to make a lot of money if you ignore profitability. Sustainable, profitable success requires putting the numbers in context.
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Why You Can't Fall in Love with the Hows
It's one thing to develop an internal fire for a particular mission. It's another to fall in love with a specific way of doing it. Success in reaching your goal requires detachment from the specific “hows” of getting there.
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Why The People Who Love Your Idea Aren't Buying Your Product
Demystifying the disconnect between ‘I love this idea' and ‘I will pay for this product,' and why you can't take enthusiasm to the bank.
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What Do You Do When Everything In Your Business Seems Hard?
What you probably want to hear about the days when everything seems hard in your business… and the truth you really need to know.
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