Day of Failure 3 – Watching TV 40 Hours A Week

Day of Failure 3 – Watching TV 40 Hours A Week

There I was sitting on the couch watching reruns of Seinfeld. It had been about five months since I graduated with my Associates Degree from a Junior College. The Associates Degree gave me no strategic advantage in the town I was living in at the time. Many people in...
Day of Failure 2 – Hiring My First Employee

Day of Failure 2 – Hiring My First Employee

  About a year after I started my business, I decided to hire my first employee. Hiring that employee overall was a disaster. I made so many mistakes with hiring that employee. That hiring decision burned me so badly I almost vowed off hiring employees forever....
30 Days of Failure

30 Days of Failure

I’m not quite sure what it is about American culture that is so insistent on only shining the spotlight on the “overnight successes.” American culture loves the “overnight success” story. Oh, isn’t it amazing how this person did this or that in such a short period of...
The Source of Frustration

The Source of Frustration

Earlier this week, I was listening to someone talk about the struggles they were having with growing their business. As I was listening to her, it became abundantly clear what her biggest issues. At first, she talked about how tight things were with money. As I...
Getting Back To The Fundamentals of Business

Getting Back To The Fundamentals of Business

When I graduated from college in 2003, my wife and I went on an adventure. I had fallen in love with Major League Baseball. I loved watching the game. I knew how to score a baseball game and kept track of my favorite players’ statistics. If you know anything...
My Early Morning Routine

My Early Morning Routine

Have you ever gotten to the end of the day and felt exasperated because you didn’t get anything done? I’ve certainly felt that way many times in my life. And I still feel that way from time to time. However, now I’m feeling that way less and less each day. Most days...
By Focusing On One Thing, I Avoid Distractions

By Focusing On One Thing, I Avoid Distractions

I’ve attended many business conferences over my thirteen plus years in business. I love attending conferences. I always come away from a business conference with one idea that makes a big difference in my business. The key for me is to just pick one idea to implement...
My Biggest Takeaway from ProfitCon 2019

My Biggest Takeaway from ProfitCon 2019

I’m now in a hotel room in Wilmington, Delaware. While I’ve driven through Delaware before, I don’t think I’ve ever spent any time in Delaware. I live in North Carolina, and we have a city called Wilmington as well. The World War II battleship U.S.S. North Carolina is...

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