Greetings! I want to brag on my friend Al Levi (aka The 7-Power Contractor) for a minute. He and I have known each other about 150 years — a long, long time. He is one of the best people I’ve ever met. Al is motivated by helping contractors find more success with [...]
Have you ever walked into your office and been jumped by the bookkeeper? "What's this check for? I can't read your writing. And Jimmy hasn't filled out his time card all week." When you aren't in financial manager mode, these questions can feel like an ambush. Have you ever interrupted your bookkeeper with [...]
Hmmm. Which is worse... hitting your thumb with a fast-swinging hammer or writing your Operating Manuals? For me, I'll take the swollen, broken thumb over writing procedures. Ugh! I've done it, and it is complicated, slow-going work. However, I also know the power, the sanity and flat-out freedom that Operating Manuals can provide. So let's explore the [...]
“She ROCKED my business. She helped me take my company from deep in debt to humongous profits. What could you learn from the lady who gets paid ridiculous money to turn companies around? What could you learn from the lady who took a plumbing service company start up from Zero to $40 million in franchisee [...]
My latest, favorite topic is getting stuff DONE. Leadership involves inspiration, information and implementation. Inspiration comes from asking and answering the big questions: What do I want? Why? It involves thought and journaling and meditation. Information, well, that's usually available isn't it? Leadership involves shifting through information and deciding which voices to heed and [...]
If you can't say something nice.... Well, you can say something nice. You can edit your thoughts before they take flight. You can also say nothing at all. Or you can think nothing at all. In other words, thinking and speaking are skills you can develop. Your unbridled thoughts can be refined or changed or sent packing. A [...]
Once, I was asked to submit a proposal for writing a brochure for a manufacturing company. I was on friendly terms with the president of the company, and he had asked me to take on the project. I put together a proposal and decided to deliver it in person. When I arrived, the president’s secretary [...]
We have 24 hours a day to create the life and business we want. While we can't manufacture more time, we can revisit how we spend it. In my companies (and yours?) we can leverage time by streamlining communication. It's challenging enough to stay in good communication with the ones we love and live with. (Are [...]
In previous conversations, I may have left you with a misunderstanding. Allow me to clear it up. If there is something that you just must do, then you do it. However, it does not have to make money. It may be that your art or gift or skill can be delivered in such a way [...]
I love to travel! Here are my latest, greatest travel tips for making the journey joyful... Healthy food is available! Once upon a time, you were stuck with Auntie Anne's and cold pizza. No longer! There are health food stores and trendy restaurants. There are green smoothies and hummus and fruit, real live fruit, for crying out [...]
