photo by MumbleyJoe  Stand In the place where you live Now face north Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before Now stand In the place where you work Now face west Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before REM – Stand I had an interesting discussion today where the […]

Photo by fabio_pinheiro  This is a bit off the beaten path of a regular post, but it does illustrate the kinds of things you can learn as a business owner (and if you’re not learning something new all the time, you should be…).  Specifically I have learned how to infuse Pineapple (pictured above) into Vodka […]

photo by rhettmaxwell  European countries tend to have at least 6 weeks of vacation per year. Actually the more important point – not only do they have that much vacation time, but they actually take the time off and use it!!! By contrast, the US is averaging about 16.6 days of vacation (according to a […]

One of the blogs that I’ve followed for several years now is Pamela Slim’s Escape from Cubicle Nation – I first found her blog when I was trying to figure out what I was going to do as I was leaving the corporate world and I’ve kept reading her because she is interesting, entertaining and […]

photo by jonrawlinson  Inspiration is a funny thing.  You can’t touch it, you can’t always explain it or where it came from but it’s important to occasionally get it renewed. As a small business owner, if you’re not inspired by something you are likely headed for a long and painful decline.  Unlike the corporate world […]

photo by clearly ambiguous    Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”? Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff. Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly. Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the […]