Every year the days after the Super Bowl are filled with chatter about the ads. For the past several years, that chatter has been overwhelmingly negative. The ads just aren’t as good as they once were. Or are they? Expectations of the ads get higher each year. As the cost of buying an ad goes up, [...]
Why are you doing what you’re doing? What are you trying to accomplish? If you don;t have a specific goal in mind, you won;t know if what you are doing is working. Set specific goals. Rather than “I want to increase sales” make a goal that says “I want to increase goals by 25%.” Goals [...]
When preparing for the future, you need two plans—one you write down, and one that’s unwritten, fluid, and evolving. This blueprint exists in your mind as a living, changing understanding of where you’re going, why you’re going there, and how you’re going to get there—all based on your current understanding of how the future will [...]
Seeing a project through to completion is difficult for many people. Even those with the best intentions get bogged down in other projects, procrastinate, or lose steam. Reaching a goal is mostly a matter of mindset, rather than innate skill. When you focus on how much you’ve accomplished rather than what you still have left, [...]
I often state the need for setting goals and building processes. These are necessary elements to achieving success. However, some people will literally plan themselves into failure. How does that happen? It’s caused by focusing so much on the planning that you never actually do anything. Plans are great but actions speak louder than words. [...]
Yogi BErra once said “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” The statement could be applied to business very easily. If you don’t what your goals are, how do you know if you’re on the right track or if you’ve arrived. Many business owners focus on getting work done, rather [...]
A mjor part of focus is having goals you can focus on. Having a set of goals provides something to focus on as well as something to measure your progress against. To get you started, here are five tips for setting and achieving goals to better aid your endeavors. 1. Be Specific, And Set A [...]
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