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What is Your Story for 2025?
This is going to be a less tactical blog than some of my past ones. Finish with a sprint is not just a title…it’s an invitation to change and tell…
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AI Part 2: Business Owners, What is Your Company’s AI Policy?!?
That title is now one of my favorite questions to ask my personal clients and any other business owner I come across in my travels. This is a different question…
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Burnout and the Successful Business Owner: How to Avoid and How to Recover
I know burnout well. Personally and professionally, I have met this nemesis on the field of battle (our hearts and minds) and the conflict continues. I imagine you know that…
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What is Your AI Strategy for Your Business?
For most small business owners, the answer is a big fat zero. This is a problem that you can’t avoid and will absolutely wreck your company if you don’t get…
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If there is a Quarterback on the Team, Who is the Captain of the Defense
If there is a Quarterback on the Team, Who is the Captain of the Defense?!? How Business Owners need to ‘draft’ the right players to run both sides of the…
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Hey Business Owner: Sales is more than you think it is…
I speak frequently to groups of business owners and professional service providers for businesses. There is a disease, a crippling sort of disease, that has spread throughout to a large…
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Business Owner Perspective on Talent: Expense or Investment?!?
How you look at your payroll reveals a tremendous amount about you and your company. I work with quite a few business owners in my coaching/consulting business and lately it's…
How Can I Afford to Fly Fish During The Work Week?!?
For business owners that have some kind of grasp on reality (you can’t guarantee you will be here tomorrow), it is so absolutely critical that the personal plan for what…
How to Lower Risk When Looking to Sell Your Business
Today I am focused on one way to lower risk when selling your business and it might be one you haven’t thought of. Every week I am talking to business…
How To Grow Your Business and Fly Fish During the Work Week
I can imagine two distinct reactions to this week's newsletter title: How the heck can I possibly do that?!? How can I do it right now?!? Context: I fly fish,…