“Freedom is what we’re all looking for, and value is the way to achieve it.” Chris Guillebeau, The 100 Startup Freedom. Wouldn’t you say that is a big part of why you want to be in business? In the $100 Startup Chris Guillebeau points out that if we want freedom, we must first focus on value. In fact, [Continue Reading]
My 2014 Success Plan – 7 Questions and Answers
I recently spoke at the Metrolina Real Estate Investor Association in Charlotte about goal setting. The core message of my talk was this: “Goals aren’t helpful unless they are transformed into actionable plans.” For me, the best plans are broken all the way down into tiny, mundane, day-to-day steps that you can actually do. This [Continue Reading]
What’s the Purpose of Your Business?
I am an unabashed capitalist. Over the last 200+ years a worldwide movement towards capitalism has decreased poverty, increased economic and political freedoms for billions of individuals, and brought many amazing societal advances like flight, automobiles, electricity, light bulbs, antibiotics, personal computers, iPhones, and the internet. And most relevant to you and me as small [Continue Reading]
Why Authenticity Influences Best
“All choices are ultimately personal choices and … the most powerful form of influence is always personal … You don’t have to amputate part of your soul to be influential. In fact, your soul tells the most moving story of all. Go tell your story, the world needs it.” Annette Simmons, The Story Factor I [Continue Reading]
How to Build Systems That Make More Profits and Free Up Your Time
My style of business deliberately keeps things small, on the micro-level. I work out of my house, and I run my business with a laptop and mobile phone (more on my philosophy: Why I Keep My Business Small and Simple). But we micro-businesses face a weakness that bigger businesses usually do much better. We (the [Continue Reading]
Why Most Small Businesses Fail
(Hint … It’s a Myth)
“Of the thousands of business people I have had the opportunity to know and work with over the past two decades, few were real entrepreneurs … If the entrepreneur survived at all, it was only as a myth that grew out of a misunderstanding about who goes into business and why … That myth, that [Continue Reading]
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