Remember the story of “The Little Engine that Could?” This has been a favorite children’s book for generations. According to Wikipedia there have been many versions of the tale over the years. The basic plot is that a long and heavy train begins pulling its load over a mountain when its engine fails. Strong and …
2020 was a weird year. The word “unprecedented” has been used to describe this year more than anyone wanted to hear it. Also the word “pivot.” Some businesses thrived during these first nine to ten months of the Covid-19 era, while others languished or expired completely. As odd as it was, it is still worth …
With so many people working from home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, freelancers and solo business owners may be experiencing a different problem than many. They may be sharing working space with more people than before, not less, perhaps including toddlers on up to college students. This change in working conditions can dramatically …
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Many areas of the world are currently at war with an army of microscopic knobby little balls known as COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus. Like all viruses, we can’t see them but know that they can create a devastating effect. We know that people in our own communities can be carriers and distributors of COVID-19 …
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The new year has arrived. Maybe you already feel like you’re behind. Each January 1st is an opportunity to try something new, get rid of something that isn’t working, recommit to your why, and generally attack anything you are doing with more energy and verve. But so is every quarter, every month, every week and …
A new year. A new decade. In just a few short weeks (over-stuffed ones, at that) we will be closing the books on 2019 and flipping the calendar page to January 2020. How do we cope with such a momentous event? Whether we celebrate the actual turn of the earth that day with friends or …
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Do you have an avatar, or ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) as it is sometimes known in the corporate world? It has taken me a long time to get used to the idea of an avatar, much less embrace it. I fully admit to being a variety junkie. I have a lot of interests. I read …
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What do you think of Black Friday? Black Friday, the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving Day, is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, the day that retailers finally, after more than 11 months of operating in the red, at a loss, finally start making profits. Their balance sheets finally turn around that day …
