I think a lot. Sometimes I come up with good ideas, other times they fail me, but I keep on and write about some of them. Lately I have been interested in the pursuit of happiness as allowed in the Declaration of Independence. I really like that concept and also believe that it is a […]
I have worked with 100’s of small businesses and have seen a few things that cause financial problems for them. I think they are very similar to individuals who have problems. First, some businesses take much more personal compensation than the business can support. Sometime they do this to avoid corporate income taxes but do […]
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I recently wrote on social injustice reflecting on what some churches promote. I believe their intentions are good, but question the result. I also received some comments that these churches think the government has to do the entitlement stuff because the people in their churches do not give enough money to do it. If I were […]
Except for the really rich, we all need to watch our spending. Money management is a very simple concept; spend less than we earn! Easy to say, but difficult to do especially at various stages of our lives. When we are young we are like a growing business, we need to invest in homes, our […]
Do you want to be a consultant? I am a consultant/coach but I never planned to be one. I just fell in to it when my job changed at Norwest (now Wells Fargo) and I didn’t want to find another position there. So, I took my severance and hung up my shingle! My goal was […]
The unemployment thing is a real problem for many. On the other side, I still hear from business owners that it is hard to get good “help”! How can this be in this market? I spoke at a high school a few weeks ago and one of the interests was summer jobs. The students had […]
Listen to your customer! Today I read an article in the paper about a successful, growing business, surviving and getting better even in this recession. The key? The owners listened to their customers! Most of us would say that we listen to our customers, but do we do act on what we hear? In this […]
I was talking with some friends last night and we were noting that some people seem to “figure it out” and do what they have to do to make a living. Others seem to have no clue. We agreed that some of it may be due to parenting, and that the issue was classles, it […]
This video is hilarious, but is there some truth in it? Click on the word ‘survival’ below to see the clip! Survival
