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If you’re so absorbed in trying to perfect a certain product or process in your business, then you are missing a crucial element that no business can survive without. Do you ever sit for hours (or days or months) tweaking something—a product, an email, an article, a presentation—but no matter how many times you think […]

You only have a limited amount of emotional and mental energy to give in any 24-hour period. What do you want to spend it on? As a person in business, each day can feel like a new rollercoaster of experiences and emotions. One minute you’re engaged in an exciting sales call with a large potential […]

Two lumberjacks were competing in the finals of the annual lumberjack competition. One was older and more experienced, the other a younger and stronger lumberjack. The rules were simple: Whoever can fell the most trees in a day, wins. The younger lumberjack, full of enthusiasm, immediately got to work. He could hear the other lumberjack […]

When you’re trying to grow your business, it can be tempting to say “yes” to every single opportunity that comes your way. But the most successful business people know when to say “no” to opportunities or clients. A friend of mine, the owner of a small business, recently told me that an opportunity came his way that he was […]