I heard some brilliant advice recently from my friend and former client Craig Dunn, owner of Carolina Office Solutions here in Charlotte. He said, “Now is the time to take small risks. Make small investments in your business, in your employees, and in yourself.” I couldn’t agree more and was delighted to hear him share […]
A One Minute Workday
Ok, yesterday I didn’t actually work for only one minute, but it sure seemed like it. My eight hour day literally flew by. What I was doing is less important than how I was feeling. Or rather what I wasn’t feeling. I was literally unaware of time. I wasn’t hungry. I don’t even think I […]
Distracted by numbers, comments, and Facebook
I have just one question for you today: Are you relentlessly focused on the one or two things that actually make you money in business? Those actions that get you clients and increase revenue? My newest client called me because he realized how much he wasn’t focusing on those things. Social media, his website analytics, […]
Grocery-getting and being organized
After a weekend away, Nelson and I came home to a rather pathetically empty fridge. I headed over to the grocery after work, picked out what I needed and stood in line behind a little girl who was running around using her jacket a Wonder Woman cape. After her mom paid for groceries and they […]
A miracle happens in your office
Happy first day of March! As we begin blasting into spring (was it ever winter, really?), my thoughts turn to spring cleaning and getting organized (of course). I have a question for you and I honestly would love to hear your answer: I’m curious to know…if you went home for the weekend and while you […]
From frustrated to freedom
Last week, I finally moved into some office space. It’s a quiet place to work where I can write, shoot video, and meet with my local clients. It’s a keyman-type building and I’m surrounded by about six or eight other small businesses. I happened to have my door open mid-week and here’s a conversation I […]