Recently I was on board a beautiful new boat with a friend. While the boat looked absolutely stunning from everything I could see, the owner told me it was time to pull it out of the water and see what…
Last week I talked with two guys, both in the landscape business. The first complained bitterly about customers who were hard to please, did not pay their bills on time and didn’t understand the big picture of landscaping. He went on…
There’s always more than one solution to your dilemma. Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly,…
Henry Ford once said he didn’t want executives who had to work all the time. He insisted that those who were always in a flurry of activity at their desks were not being the most productive. He wanted people who…
How To Deal With Unwelcome Change I hear from people every week who are upset that things are changing — and they see it as unwelcome change. They really want to just keep things the way they’ve been for the…
In 1998 I published the first edition of 48 Days to Creative Income (content now in No More Dreaded Mondays). In that little 3-ring binder product I addressed the idea of needing a lot of money to start a business. …
The old John Belushi movie, Animal House, really has no positive qualities that I can remember. It glorified the worst of college life, complete with all the abuses immature students can dream up. The Dean shares the latest grade point…
Over the weekend I read several interesting pieces related to the issues we see at 48 Days. I’m including a few here with questions for you to respond to: A new study from Pew Research Center found that 61% of…
In the Escaping Shawshank experience we all went into prison cells – to think about what is holding us back. Many of us tapped into memories of “failing” at something and how we are allowing the feelings associated with that to hold…
I just returned from our Escaping Shawshank event in Columbus, Ohio. And there I was reminded of the profound effect of others in our lives – good and bad. With the growth of the entrepreneurial model I see lots of…