Happy Friday the 13th! Are you superstitious? You believe stuff just because? Today is a great day to take an inventory and re-evaluate your superstitions if you have any. I’ll tell you why it’s important — because you’ve got some assumptions, too.

Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said: “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Did Ben mention these in order of importance? Or was it merely alphabetical? I don’t know. But I do know health is primary because,

Bootstraping. You take no debt and fund it all yourself. Some way. Some how. Family and friends. You take on debt from the people closest to you. The people who believe in you and are willing to help you. Angels.

I don’t know what your roster looks like, but I’m guessing that if you’ve got at least 10 employees the 80/20 rule applies. Not that 20% of your employees are doing 80% of the work, but I’m guessing that no more than 20% of your team are real stars.

If Lt. Joe Kenda were my accountability partner, I’d likely either be too scared to do anything, or I’d get off my butt and get it all done! The police, our laws, and the government are one major form of accountability. Every society needs them.

You’re chasing hard. Like everybody else, you wish you had more time.  To be fair, you also wish you had more customers. More revenue. More profit. More great employees. Lower costs. More sanity in the work, and your schedule.  Time the deal.

I know, I know. It sounds idiotic. Until you stop long enough to think about the truth of it.  Got any young single adults in your life? Maybe your kids? We were kids once. On the dating scene. Like most young people we were focused on what we wanted.

You’re blessed. Here’s the thing about blessings. They’re real and they exist even if you don’t recognize them. But I hope you do – recognize them.  Yesterday was Independence Day here in America. It’s one of those holidays where Americans celebrate wi...

Whenever I’d sass my mom, I’d likely hear, “I don’t care for that tone!” Or, “Don’t take that tone with me, young man!”  Tone matters. But tone can be a lot more than how we sound when we speak. As business owners and leaders, it’s everything.

What you think. How you feel. Thoughts, emotions, beliefs. They belong to you.  I’ve got my own. Mine don’t matter to you. But they could. Just not as much as yours. It’s up to you to protect yours. It’s also up to you to expand yours. Grow yours.