Category: Links of Interest
What does listening to your employees look like?
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Years ago I worked at a company that talked big about valuing the ideas of their employees. They’d set up meetings or call you in to the office to ask for a feedback on which products to purchase or on how the sales floor should be laid out. Really all that consultation was really just…
Play the big game with your life sentence
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People playing a big game don’t have time for a small game – Dan Sullivan Dan talks about this in reference to people you see name calling and back biting and diving in to guilt. Their game is so small that it includes these things. If you’re playing a bigger game then these things don’t…
Marginal Gains
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You’re going to hit a plateau in your business where it stays about the same for a while. The only way to get through it is to just keep going. Keep trying new little things, even if each thing only improves your business 1% that still 15% when you find 15 things.
The tension of transformation and mastery
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You’re not the same person you were 10 years ago. For me I went from 0 kids and 0 dogs to 2 kids and 2 dogs. Where I once was working many hours to pay my bills I earn three times what I did 10 years ago with less hours put in. With ourselves (and…
Who really owns your business?
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You may think that you own your business, but it might actually be your client’s, or your debt that owns the business. Here’s how I look at who owns your business.
Your Plan to Learn Anything
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Can you learn..anything? I think you can if you first care enough then put a strategy in place to gain the skills you want to gain. Here are the steps I take when I want to learn something new.
Minding your Gaps
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Do you know why you price the way you do? Do you know why you run projects that way? Don’t let those holes stick around in your business. Put the time in to figure them out.
Running faster in the wrong direction is worse than not running
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Being more productive isn’t always a good thing. In fact way too often doing ‘more’ of something is seen as good when it’s anything but. Make sure you’re running in the right direction before you start trying to run faster.
You’re not Sheeple
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Just because someone has an idea for your business doesn’t mean it’s the best idea. Don’t follow blindly and don’t let yourself get in that comfortable space where you just let things roll along without striving for something better.
Go past the initial request
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Behind the initial request the client has a real problem. It’s your job to ask enough questions to get to the real problem. The solution may be totally different.