I don’t particularly enjoy traveling but sometimes it has its perks.  I didn't realize that on this short business trip I would meet someone absolutely fascinating. I woke up at 4am to get ready for my flight from Liberia, Costa Rica heading toward Phoenix, Arizona, with a short pit-stop in Texas. The plan…

Leadership is a subject that has been written about so frequently that I think it may possibly break the internet one day.  I want this article to be different.  From the outset, let’s assume that most of you already have your own preconceived ideas about the word “leadership”.  So, before we begin, let me tell…

When you’re first starting out in business and you’re tiny, it’s very important to  make your business appear like it’s big and successful. However, the problem reverses when you hit it big. Customers don’t like when you seem so big that you don’t care about them. Here’s how to deal with that. You’re small, but…

Will you allow your local competitors to outsmart you? or outwork you? Will you allow the owners of another company to provide a better work experience for their staff than you do? You should win in EVERY single category that exists period. Becoming a nightmare to compete with starts now. There is a guy in my hometown who has…

Noise. It’s everywhere. At home, in the street, in the media, Facebook and at work. Everyone seems to have something to say. It is completely numbing. I think one of the biggest reasons people don’t follow through with their dreams is the fact that there is just too much noise. They get stuck, even paralyzed. Your drunk…

Small businesses aren't unique anymore. Recent economic studies have proven that within what many are calling the “new economy”, more and more people are becoming self employed. In fact, this trend is so powerful that some experts say almost everyone will be self employed in the future. What does this mean? It means you have…