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How to Find the Right Sales Person

...how do you find sales people who are truly genuine, possess passion and sincerely care about what they sell and to whom they sell it? The good news is, they're out there. The challenge is finding...

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You Think You're Humble? You Don't Know Jack

Humility reminds us of the limits we have and the effort we must make to move beyond them. Rather than deter our potential, humility serves as a constant reminder that we can do more, if that is what...

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To Send or Not to Send

I’ve been speaking up and doing scary things because I made a promise to myself to show up as my true self as much as possible this year. The result is I feel vulnerable a lot.

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Why Your Small Business Marketing Isn’t Bringing You Enough Clients

You’re working your buns off in your business trying to get everything done, including your marketing. But is your marketing bringing the results you want? You don’t have a second to waste so you need...

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Is It OK To Lower Your Fees?

You can start by recognizing that it's NOT WRONG to lower your fees. Like anything else, whether or not to lower your fees is a choice and if the choice is well thought out it can be a good one.

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Still Tearing Down the Silos

If silos are impeding the achievement of your business goals and contributing to a toxic workplace action is needed. There are a number of techniques that can be employed but most important is...

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Don't Waste Your Grease On the Squeaky Wheel

The squeaky wheel always gets the grease but if I were you I'd save my grease because the squeaky wheel is only a symptom of what really ails your business.

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Say Boss Man, Did You Hear What You Just Said?

So, do you know what kind of affect you have on your valuable employees? What's your executive amplification IQ (EAIQ)?

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The First Step to Effective "Boss" Communication

There are times when the mystique of being the boss comes in handy. But if you are looking to have more control over the message you deliver to your employees, these tips are a great place for you to...

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Beware the Escalating Conversation

...the original topic has been forgotten and the one-upmanship battle is raging furiously. But escalating conversations are not confined to the virtual world; we hear them in the workplace too and they...

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Small Business Myths- Fact or Fiction?

The thing about myths is that they aren't always completely false. Sometimes you don't have to dig that deep to see the truths they are masking.

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Copy Your Competitors- They Must Be Doing Something Right

Surely your competition knows something you don’t know and if they got there first (and managed to stay there) I’d say it really is worth paying attention. But the thing is...

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The Sky Is the Limit- I'm Self Employed

If you are fully in control of the outcome then you are fully in control of the rewards. Therein lies the possibility of truth behind this myth.

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Lessons from a Life's Journey

I used to do a lot of traveling and over time, it came to me that I learned as much on the way to different places, as I did when I got there. Here are my own observations...

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If I Build It They Will Come

Innovation is a fickle character but can you imagine where we’d be without it? Keep building. THEY WILL COME!

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Myth #3- I’ll Have More Freedom to Live My Life

To be self-employed inspires many dreams and chief among them is the control you’ll have over your life. No boss, no schedule, nothing but opportunity and happy times...

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Myth #5: I Call All the Shots

...even though everything is not under your control you do get to manage how you react to those things you don't control.

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You Think You're Too Small To Have Ambassadors?

Even if business is booming why wouldn't you want people looking out for you and spreading the word? After all, that's what ambassadors do...

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Take a Break- Have a Laugh!

Living in this world is serious business and we all take it very seriously but once in a while we need to step back and have a good laugh.

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Passion- Fuel to Keep the Business Fire Burning

Are you passionate about your business? Are your customers and employees eager to come back for more or are you constantly searching for replacements?

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