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We're past the halfway point and into the second half of 2018. How did July play out for you? Did you accomplish your monthly goals? For me, there was a bit of change in the air…

There you are, listening to your boss (or client) explain an idea or cast a vision and all your thinking is how this can’t happen because of some limitation.  We don’t have t…

It’s commonly known that twenty percent of our client work lead to eighty percent of our revenue. Less leads to more.  When we recognize this, we easily lose sight of or dismiss…

Hand your kids a box of Legos and tell them to build a tower. As they’re building it, take away half their blocks including ones they’ve already used to build the tower.  A few m…

What if effectively leveraging your well-positioned story could make it easier to grow your business?  Ironically, most founders fail to use their story in a compelling way. But…

If there was only one thing you could do in the place you work, what would it be? What’s the one activity where you provide the most value? And the second? The third? Recently…

Don’t take that headline literally. You might end up in jail! But, an ancient hunting strategy does inspire us on how to grow our book of business.  The relevant question is, are…

Years ago, a friend invited me to tag along with him to New York City to meet with his book publisher. It was a lifelong dream to visit the city that never sleeps, and finally, I…

Click here to learn more about the Jump book, including a link to order on Amazon, and details on how to download some free goodies for moving your small business forward. My mas…

As freelancers, we work with companies to help them accomplish an objective. So, what does it look like when we’ve finished our work and arrived at the destination?    Mad Max…

How can you easily curb back your social media usage? Turn off the little red badge notification on your social media apps. You know, the little distracting red dot constantly ca…

I’ve been thinking about the most important metrics to track for growing this blog. Google Analytics and other similar marketing tools provide hundreds and thousands of options, b…