“Only the paranoid survive!” Learn to anticipate problems
Do you know how to anticipate problems? Knowing what needs to be changed is the first step to avoid potential dangers in your business success.
Do you know how to anticipate problems? Knowing what needs to be changed is the first step to avoid potential dangers in your business success.
As our companies grow, or as we rise through the ranks in our business, it’s easy to forget what it’s like to be one of the “workers.”
The virus to which I’m referring is still alive, well and thriving in far too many companies.
Are you getting soft between the ears with your business? As we settle into familiar ways (the rut) of doing things it’s easy to blow off learning new things.
What are you doing to address the natural aging processes that takes place in business and in all of us?
Your comfortable, even boring routine can quickly bring on a “shipwrecked business” if you fall prey to complacency. Consider the tragic Costa Concordia disaster…
Can a small business owner be toooo optimistic in their view of future sales? You better believe it! Chuck warns us of the dangers in “gonna sales.”
Ivan Turner brings this four-part series to a conclusion with a well illustrated summary. Whether you are an experienced or very new business owner, YOU are responsible for painting success in your work.
Here are three examples of well-known successful visionaries that overcame initial self-doubt.
It takes a healthy self-confidence to open and run a small business today. But Chuck Violand reminds you to not let this confidence morph into destructive pride and arrogance.
Once you build your network of “informal” business advisers it’s time to actually listen. For self-made business entrepreneurs this is often easier said than accomplished.
One of our greatest threats is past success. Chuck shares two common “success pitfalls” for cleaners.
Most cleaners invite reviews; but not everyone examines them like they should. Steve revisits the “customer comment card” with a few modern tweaks.
Is your carpet cleaning/restoration company constantly “leaking”? The first road to patching the leaks is to recognize the problem … and its cause. Chuck Violand points where to look for lost energy, profits, … you get the idea.
As children we are really inventive when it comes to making excuses. Then as we mature we improve even more on justifying our behavior. Chuck Violand brings this dangerous crutch home to business owners. Who do we blame? Chuck says one little book can turn these negative “excuse making” actions around …