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Standards vs Goals

Standards vs Goals

Change your standards and everything changes. Set goals as a way to challenge yourself to innovate and implement new ideas, tactics and strategies. We should always set goals as there […]

Schedule and Checkbook

Schedule and Checkbook

Nine years ago, a great friend of mine said to me “Show me your calendar and your check book and I will show you what is important to you?”  The comment caught […]

Would people pay you to know what you know?

Would people pay you to know what you know?

Yesterday, I met Ari Weinzweig with the famed Zingerman’s Deli. They have built a relative food empire that has culminated into not only food tours, guides to good eating and […]

The Real Reason there aren’t more Entrepreneurs

The Real Reason there aren’t more Entrepreneurs

What is the real reason more people don’t take on the very difficult challenge of being an entrepreneur? One four letter f-word called fear. Fear of failure, fear of risk, and […]

Letter to Dad

Letter to Dad

Today, I’m about a week from the anniversary of the last time I saw my Dad. I’m nervous… but today I read a poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Do not […]

Partner vs. Vendor

Partner vs. Vendor

5 Tips on Becoming a Partner Rather than a Vendor Be a Good Partner – create obtainable standards Know What it Means to Be a Good Partner – develop a […]

Kathy Jordan – it works!

Kathy Jordan – it works!

Another inspiring story from a Rainmaker… “…I wanted to share a story about why I LOVE what I do. I was working with a buyer casually since April of this […]

Reselling is an Engagement not Taken

Reselling is an Engagement not Taken

Many businesses are built on the idea that the “product” is so powerful that people will flock to it. People will get in line to buy it or even worse…want […]

Go Simple

Go Simple

Many times in life, we face challenges that we perceive as very BIG problems. The reality, in almost every case, is that the challenge consists of little problems we have […]