Earlier this month, a local shop closed—and I want to talk about it. You see, statistically most businesses are going to fail. Those are simply the facts, and keeping up with the theme of my blog post titled The Road to Success, acting surprised that it was going out of business is, well,…
This holiday, I put some time aside to enhance my skills by going back to the basics of business. I dug out some worn out CDs, books, and programs I had purchased over 10 years ago when I really started getting serious about business. One by one, I listened, read, and digested everything…
Give yourself the freedom of choice. It’s 7:30am on a nice, warm morning as I sit in a coffee shop writing this. If you’ve known me personally, or follow my blog, you know this is my usual morning routine, and has been for quite some time. But today’s different. During my drive in,…
Your ability to keep your eyes on the prize makes all the difference. Last week, my wife and I were out of town doing some Christmas shopping, and the traffic was, well, exactly what is to be expected. Lesson 1 – Don’t be shocked by things that are expected, it’s just silly. …
Are you driving away those you want? One of the very first questions I ask a new client is, “Who are your customers/prospects?” Invariably, a large percentage of people respond with “anyone.” And when I probe further and ask, “What’s a requirement, what must a person have in order to be called a…
Are you handing all your info over to the big man? [contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] Yesterday, after a busy day packed with engaging meetings, torrential brainstorming, and long term planning, I was pretty exhausted, so I went out with my beautiful wife for…
A smile can transform a miserable person into a beacon of joy. Yesterday I was listening to some recordings of a seminar and someone on the recording said something that really stuck with me. I tried to find the author but I couldn’t, so unfortunately I won’t have the source, but it goes like…
Are you the leader of your ship? I’d say once or twice a week I get a call or an email from a business owner that goes something along the lines of this… “Al, I need help. I know I need to be on Facebook, but…. I don’t know where to start/I don’t…
There’s a lie that I hear repeated all the time. I heard it while running my first landscaping business, I heard it repeatedly in my fitness business, and I hear it a lot in my consulting business. And it should be noted that I consult across multiple industries, which means I’ve heard…
You can make it anywhere you want. MLM—Multi-Level-Marketing—has been around for years. We all know someone who’s in it, and have probably been invited to enough “parties,” been involuntarily tagged on Facebook, or pressured in person enough to have developed a real hatred for the industry. Ask the average person what MLM…