Foundational Pillars: What are the foundational pillars in your business? Foundational pillars are the key points that your business is built on. These can grow and expand and should be developed throughout the life of the business. They can change and evolve along with the business but should always be at the forefront of the […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – The Golden Rule – Mar 30/22
The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Which means treat others how you want to be treated. I grew up living and being taught this rule. This works to an extent but as we have grown and evolved, some people have continued in this manner but on many […]
Business Tip / Opinion – Mergers & Acquisitions – Mar 29/22
Mergers & Acquisitions: A new trend over the past few years is companies merging or buying other companies to become a power house in their industry. Some companies have almost made this a habit and that is their main focus. It is smart business – buying up your competition or becoming more competitive by getting […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – Funny how life is… – Mar 29/22
Funny how life is: You know it is more politically correct to fart or burp in public than it is to sneeze or cough. It has become my mother’s nightmare! If people sneeze or cough in public, you can just see everyone’s reaction – but if you fart – no one even notices anymore… It’s […]
Business Tip / Opinion – Promotional Items – Mar 28/22
Promotional Items: These are things that we really haven’t had to purchase the last little bit as we haven’t had many, if any functions to attend. Now with things opening up, we are allowed to go to conventions and events again – operate booths and hand out promotional items. Questions to Ponder: When you have […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – Normalizing – Mar 28/22
Normalizing: I am not sure where you reside in this world or how it was affected by the whole Covid chaos – here where I reside, things have started to relax for the first time in two years. I am not sure things will ever get back to the way it was before, however, it […]
Business Tip / Opinion – Prize Draws – Mar 26 & 27/22
Prize Draws: Do you ever do prize draws for your customers? Some businesses do and you can have lots of fun with it. Sometimes you can do it around an event or sometimes just for the fun of it! I think things have gotten to the point where we need to put fun first – […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – Time – Mar 26 & 27/22
Time: Sometimes time seems to stand still, other times it seems to be a race and it just zooms by, other times each moment melds into the next and life is a blur, and then there are the times when it keeps going for everyone else and you just want it to stop… Treasure every […]
Business Tip / Opinion – Direction – Mar 25/22
Direction – what direction is your business headed in and is everyone on board? In business, it is important that your team or staff is heading in the direction that management and ownership is wanting to go in. However, there are many times that I have witnessed that everyone is going in a different direction […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – Stress & Sleep – Mar 25/22
Stress & Sleep: I wish we had a magic button that we could press to help us with our sleeping habits and patterns, especially when we are stressed. How stress plays havoc on your sleep is beyond frustrating at times. You can go to sleep early, sleep all night and wake up feeling like you’ve […]
Business Tip / Opinion – RR & E’s – Mar 24/22
RR & E’s: What is a RR&E? Roles, Responsibilities & Expectation…what are y/our roles, responsibilities and expectations on you in your position? Do you even know? Most people I deal with have no clue as to their job description. This leaves people floundering in their roles and they may not be fulfilling the expectation the […]
Personal Tip / Opinion – Long Distance Relationships – Mar 24/22
Long Distance Relationships: If you have ever had to experience this, you know just how hard it is to endure. Loving each other from afar has many challenges. Being away from the one you love is agonizing – it should be – you love them and miss them. It isn’t an easy task. There are […]