If you want a thing bad enough To go out and fight for it, Work day and night for it, Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it If only desire of it Makes you quite mad enough Never to tire of it, Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it If life seems all empty and useless without it And all that you scheme and you …
If You’re Feeling Like Your Business Needs Redesigning, You’ve Come to the Right Place
Does this sound familiar? You're feeling restless. You yearn for "something new" for your business, but you're not sure what that something is yet. You know you have untapped potential in your, and you're ready to tap it -- big time. You're thinking, "My business model isn't working for me anymore. What's next for me and my business?" …
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Weather Emergency? Tips on Running Your Business Offline
I wrote this blog post years ago, when Hurricane Sandy was upon us, and updated it for Katrina, then Matthew and Harvey. Now we have a new one coming our way: Irma. So I figured this was the perfect time to re-post this! ====== Our offices are right in the cross-hairs of Hurricane Sandy. Here are some tips for running your office "offline" in …
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The REAL Reason Santa is so Jolly – He’s Self-Employed!
Believers and non-believers alike know that Santa Claus is a happy person. For that matter, so are Mrs. Claus and all the elves (even the ones who want to be dentists). In a world of trouble and strife, why are these folks so jolly? The simple answer is that Santa is happy because he is self-employed. He's doing what he loves to do and he has the …
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What I Learned from the Airport Customer Experience
I usually fly out of either Philadelphia or Newark airports. They're both "okay" airports, better than some, worse than others. But when I flew into Las Vegas airport, I was unaware that I'd have the airport customer-centric experience of my life. I'm not naive -- I know that airports are all about moving people and luggage as efficiently as …
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My Favorite (Office) Things: Post-It Dispensers
I wanted to share with you some of the office supply items I use -- especially those items I use daily (almost hourly) and make my work day easier. Today's favorite: Post-It Pop-Up Dispensers. I'm always losing my small pads of post-it notes. They get lost under other papers, or get pushed behind the desk. Then when I finally clean up my desk, I …