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If you set the bar too low, it’s not worth doing.
If you set the bar too high, it’s unrealistic.
If you set the bar comfortably where people know they can do it, it becomes a mundane chore.
If you set the bar uncomfortably high where people believe they can do it with some hard work and faith, [...]

People often ask me how the recession is affecting us.  In my most sagely voice, I respond, “I don’t know”.
We’re continually improving our product, our marketing, and the way we do business.  As a result, we’re continuing to do better, despite the trends in the overall economy.  We might come up with a new way [...]

The average Fortune 1000 executive reads 6.7 books per year. Some even says 9 books.
Bill Gates once said he read 30 books during his vacation.
When a total stranger asked Warren Buffett for a single piece of wisdom, his advice was “Read, Read, Read”.
I think you get my point.

If you had two choices:
1) Fix an employee’s weakness so that they become more well-rounded
Or
2) Focus on an employee’s strength so that they become more specialized

Which one would you choose?

The Gallup Organization interviewed over 80,000 managers in 2,500 business units and found that great managers who out-perform their peers chose the second answer.

The answer makes [...]

If someone asked you to describe your business in a few words, how would you do it?
If it takes you a few minutes to describe all the things that you do; you probably need to think more about what’s really important to your business. And your audience will probably be stifling yawns.
On the other [...]

We’re an odd group.  A collection of small business people, non-profit volunteers, and motivated employees going beyond the call of duty.  We’re scattered all around the world, young and old.  Most of us have never met, maybe only shared a few words by email.  And yet, we share the bond of all being sculptors of [...]

I just finished reading Steve Pavlina’s new book called Personal Development for Smart People.  It boils down the teachings of hundreds of self-help books into one framework based on the idea that an individual should consciously strive to live with the three core principles of truth, love, and power.  The book is full of practical, [...]