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 I adopted (again) a vegan diet almost two years ago. In some ways, it was a knee-jerk reaction to learning more information about the meat industry. Going vegan felt like a way to “atone” for years of having essentially chosen to remain ignorant. (By the way, this article is not about going vegan. I’m not going to . . . → Read More: The Ripple Effect of One Small Step Do you think of your goals as something you HOPE to get done or something you PLAN to achieve? How you manage your time can reflect your real view of your goals. When you just hope to get something done, you don’t really plan ahead. You approach your time as sort of an experiment. For example, if . . . → Read More: Plan backward to move forward There seem to be two types of people who buy Nike products: the people who naturally “just do it” and the people who wish they naturally just did it. The first group wears the swoosh like a badge that marks them as part of the elite “doers” club. The second group hopes they will absorb the . . . → Read More: End Procrastination: How to “just do it” Many of my clients want help making decisions—about a new job, a move, a side project or an approach to a problem. On the whole, I feel that they have already made a decision. They don’t really want my help to decide. They want my confirmation or validation that they’ve made the RIGHT decision. Of course, it’s . . . → Read More: Choosing the right path “Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.” —Voltaire We celebrate the Fourth of July as our Independence Day not because that is the day the world recognized our freedom, nor because all of a sudden British rule ended. We celebrate the Fourth of July because that is the day we as a country chose . . . → Read More: Free yourself this Independence Day What is the biggest thing holding you back from achieving your goals? What most often holds us back is fear. Sure, the fear may manifest itself in different ways, such as procrastinating on one hand or overextending ourselves on the other. We don’t think of these self-sabotaging strategies as fear-based. We beat ourselves up for not “just . . . → Read More: Are you procrastinating or are you afraid? In my previous special reports, I discussed three big reasons small businesses fail: (1) lack of a clear vision, (2) lack of a clear plan and (3) lack of a clear market. In this final report, I’ll discuss a fourth reason small businesses fail. There are certainly more than four reasons why businesses fail. But these . . . → Read More: 4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail: Reason #4 In the past two special reports on why small businesses fail, we discussed: (1) creating a clear vision for your business and (2) creating a clear plan for achieving your vision. Today we’re going to discuss the third big reason small businesses fail and the importance of identifying the clear WHO for your business. REASON #3: LACK . . . → Read More: 4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail: Reason #3 In my first special report on why small businesses fail, I wrote about the first reason small businesses fail: lack of a clear vision. I shared with you my business’s vision and guided you through writing your own vision statement. I’d love to read your vision statement if you haven’t already sent it to me. Today we’ll . . . → Read More: 4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail: Reason #2 According the US Department of Commerce, more than 25% of businesses fail in the first year. More than 60% of businesses fail in the first five years. As a small business owner, I find those statistics pretty frightening. On top of that, even though women own 30% of privately-held companies, we account for only 11% of sales from . . . → Read More: 4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail: Reason #1 |
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