The most successful small business owners and entrepreneurs attend events, are part of coaching programs, and generally invest in themselves to a large degree, and in a variety of ways, because they’re constantly trying to get better in their businesses. As a successful business owner, you’re always trying to figure out what’s the next thing…
Paul Zane Pilzer is one of my favorite authors and I have read every one of his books. This might strike you as odd, especially if you know that Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist (and they are usually boring, full of bad news, and stuffy). Paul Zane Pilzer is anything but any of those…
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The book “Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity” by Hugh MacLeod, is an interesting book about many of life’s topics. I’m not sure who recommended this book to me but it was a quick, fun read with some great points. In “Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity” there really are 40…
In “Love Is The Killer App,” Tim Sanders talks about a topic we, as small business owners and entrepreneurs don’t hear about very often and talk about even less…love, related to business. (if it makes you more comfortable, you can substitute the word caring, charity or compassion for love.) Tim defines love in business as…
“The Laws of Lifetime Growth” by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura of Strategic Coach is another small, quickly read book packed with just a ton of great information that can be very impactful in your life. There are so many great nuggets in this book there is no way to cover them all in this…
Having grown up on a farm in Ohio where we raised all our own meat, eggs, and vegetables, venturing too far from meat and potatoes has been a bit of a stretch for me. But, over the years, I have branched out and tried a lot of new things – and found that I like…
“The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity” was recommended to me by a friend and business colleague who I asked for some mindset books. She gave me a list of a few books I hadn’t already read and said she thought I’d like this one…she was right. Edwene Gaines is a Unity minister now but has…
“The Dan Sullivan Question” by Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach is another small, quickly read book packed with one really powerful strategy that has an amazing impact in the short time I have been using it. Dan talks about what he refers to as ‘The D.O.S. Conversation’ which consists of a few questions you ask…
Plan and prepare is something you hear us talk a lot about and I thought we were well versed in planning, but Ronald Shapiro takes it to a whole new level in “Dare to Prepare.” From understanding your objectives to timelines, to defining your interests, to writing the script, to adjusting and learning from your…
