I'm an introvert who can often appear like an extrovert. I follow a few social media accounts dealing with introversion. Just because. I chuckled over the weekend when I saw an Instagram post by IntrovertDear. - Dentist: Open up, please. -

Was Magic Johnson pushed by the likes of Larry Bird and Isiah Thomas? Were they benefited by competing against him? - Did Phil Mickelson push Tiger Woods? And vice versa? - People playing the same sport, but competing. Peers, but competitors.

A group of business owners is gathered. They're from different industries and different markets. But they're all safe with one another because they share a common existence. They're business owners. Each well acquainted with the strains, struggles,

Safety and encouragement. They're vital to our ability to grow, overcome adversity and battle whatever life is tossing our way. Here's a worthwhile daily admonishment... Help somebody feel safe today. The topic had a genesis over at my hobby podcast,...

Let's start with a press release that came out on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. It could be found at Yahoo! Finance, among other places. Since this is a podcast permit me to share it with you. It’s not terribly long.

When I was about 27 I uttered a statement one afternoon while my team was wrestling with some customer service challenges. "The quality of our questions determines the quality of our business." The statement was provoked by our company's inability to...

Small business owners. - CEOs. - Executives. - Leaders. - Whether you're a #1 or a #2 or a team leader...surrounding yourself with others who are like you is one of THE most powerful learning, understanding and growing tools you can find. -

Today I want to provoke you to take a quantum leap forward. It may be uncomfortable. Maybe it'll be exciting. Let's just give it our best to make it profitable. - Learning. Understanding. Growing. - Let's start with a word. An important word.

Increasingly I'm convinced there is one factor that is far superior to all others in determining our success. - Some of my favorite terms are... - Tenacity - Resilience - Ferocity - They speak to a person's refusal to quit.

Almost 30 years ago I had a conversation with an owner of a small business who was lamenting the smallness of his business (which wasn't so small really since he was generating multi-millions in annual revenue). - "I'm not a neighborhood store,