According to former Harvard Business School professor David Maister, typical marketing practices are not only inapplicable to professional services firms, they can be dangerously wrong. Directors of professional services firms often tell me that they are frustrated with the quality of their marketing materials, concerned about the low profile of their company, or feel pressured […]
Libra enjoys being a couple. Like the scales of justice, which symbolizes Libra, there is the comfort of balance and compromise. All of which requires two heads, two hearts, two brains, and two opinions. A Libra will often find a person to befriend in a crowd, a soul that can transport the two of them […]
I am training for the Rotterdam marathon. That race, held in the Netherlands, is scheduled for April 11, or 103 days from today. I’ll take you on that journey with me, providing inspiration and practical advice along the way. I have run marathons before. This will be my twelfth, not including the five marathon distances […]
There are times when I just can’t get over a song, especially a song with a real message. This song will make anyone cry, I guarantee it. it was around the Christmas vacation in 1989, I recorded this song from the radio. This was before I discovered CDs. I did a lot of radio recordings […]
Numbers are symbols, much like words, with their own intrinsic simple meanings when they stand alone. When they are in context with other numbers, they become much more complex and meaningful. What is often overlooked is the extent to which insights into the ins and outs of your business can be gained by gaining insight […]
People have always relied on visual landmarks or waypoints to help them navigate through an environment. Early humans followed hoof prints and tracks in the grass to track animals in search of food. Native Americans leaned over saplings tied to the ground as trail markers. Large 800-year-old oak trees can still be found in the […]
The over-acceptance of taxi apps driving young entrepreneurs to start and run their businesses on the app might be prompting you to change gears too. But along the same lines, not having a garage full of sedans and minis can bother you to get ahead of your next move. We’ll cover the same problem here […]
Every year youth baseball tournaments are becoming more and more popular. For those of us who run tournaments for a living, this is bittersweet. For one, more tournaments means more teams participate in tournaments. And, if there are more teams participating in tournaments… well, you get the idea. On the other hand, though, the fact […]
Do you remember going to school or college and just not being in the right learning framework on that particular day? Perhaps he found the classroom environment distracting and he wished he could put his head down in peace and be quiet in the library! If so, you could be a great candidate for home […]
The following was originally written on Christmas Day 1992, myself. Today is a good day to describe the role of Independent Christian ministries. Christ spoke of “His Church from him” from him. The man has established churches with names like “First East” of “Second That.” I specifically remember a sermon where the guest speaker referred […]