So I am at the store yesterday picking up a few daily items: shampoo, dental floss, and toothpaste. I get to the dental floss aisle, which took me about 15 minutes to find due to the size of the super store I was shopping at, and the first thing I thought was: I have around […]
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Ghandi If you know that this will be the last time you are going to be doing something make it worth it; it’ll pay off. If your business is moving across the country and you know you have […]
“The best pizza in the world!’ “#1 in quality” “We do our best for you.” If you had to do one or the other, you are better off doing than saying. The problem with most businesses is that they come up with a self-righteous slogan before their doors even open. You are better off using […]
If you could pay a dude $10 for the day to hand out flyers for you, would you? How about if he had 2-inch long finger nails and no shoes? Probably not. Don’t settle for something because it is inexpensive and easy. Inexpensive and easy is sloppy. It scares people away because it shows that […]
Have you seen the new Droid phone from Verizon? Looks pretty sweet and it probably is. But I have a real problem with their ads. They differentiate their phone by stating, “Droid does…in a world that doesn’t” I thought about that for a second and then became pretty offended. Are they calling me lazy? Are […]
In business, many owners seem to have a cut-throat attitude focused towards the progression of their companies at no expense. These people usually take things a little bit too serious and some even live by the over used expression “nice guys finish last”. This type of attitude can be a bit extreme and detrimental. But […]
If you know the next step to take people will follow you. This will make you look like you know what you’re doing, because you do. You have already planned out what will happen next and how it will happen. This is what separates the achievers from the doers. Many people will do something but […]
That’s for the consumer to decide, but you have an important role in their decision. You can decide to have slow follow up to customer service issues or exceed their expectations. You can have a website that is user friendly or a website that makes people feel uncomfortable because it is so terribly designed. You […]
Mediocre: of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary, so-so from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre It is perfectly fine to be mediocre at a certain task as long as you can identify this. Not everyone is amazing at everything. If they were that would suck; the world would be no fun; you would have no purpose. So now that […]
Opportunity is all around us. In business there is always a way to make things better. Technology can be faster and smaller. Water bottles can be thinner and more convenient. Food can taste better and still be healthy. Online shopping can be more efficient and more secure. There are ways to make gains that have […]
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