Do you know what’s holding you down in your business?  It might be your circumstances, the people around you, bad luck…but often at least one of the things holding you back is…you!  Specifically I’m talking about self-limiting beliefs, those sneaky almost unconscious beliefs that we all have and in some cases keep you from reaching […]

  photo by aussiegall There’s a popular business saying that “What gets measured gets done” – it’s attributed to Peter Drucker, Tom Peters and other business management experts. On the surface, it’s a common sense kind of statement – obviously if you aren’t measuring specific results, you can’t manage the outcome…picture playing a fast-paced basketball […]

  photo by kimrose In case you weren’t aware, this is Global Entrepreneurship Week, a celebration of all things entrepreneurial – sponsored in part by KC’s own Kauffman Foundation.  Here’s the official blurb on what it’s all about: For one week (November 15-21), millions of young people around the world join a growing movement of […]

  photo by jurvetson I don’t have a  jetpack yet – but maybe by 2020 I will! Imagine 2020…1/5 of the way through the 21st century!  It’s only 10 short years from now, but just think about the astounding changes that have happened in the last 10 years!  Facebook didn’t exist 10 years ago.  Wireless […]

  photo by Cameron Cassan Sometimes the whole ‘wisdom’ thing is overblown – do a search on quotes and you’ll find more deep thoughts than you can shake a stick at, but sometimes those pithy ideas really have something to say!  I ran across this quote the other day and I was struck with how […]

  photo by Terry Johnston Trust may be the most important thing you can develop when it comes to your business success. If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.   – Zig Ziglar There are lots of ingredients when it comes to success, but trust […]