Continuing on my rant about perceived problems that really aren’t: Being in business (as well as being a human) means that we’re constantly bombarded with information and interruptions. All day. Every day. But, that doesn’t mean that we’ve got to respond to (or even waste precious mental energy thinking about) every single intrusion into our stream of consciousness. To quote …

We’re all confronted with personal affronts each and every day. Someone says this to us. Another person does that. This entity causes this to happen. This thing makes our life a living hell. Over and over again, we’re being confronted with provocation and outrage. Or, so we think. We generally have little control over the things that transpire day to …

Today is a pretty important date in American history. Something really special happened today. But, if we stop to think about it, throughout mankind’s long and storied history, something really special is bound to have happened on each and every day of the year. Important things happen all the time. What, then, are we waiting for? It’s time to make …

It’s a difficult hurdle for small business owners: finally hiring someone else to do what we’ve been doing all along. We already know the ropes. It’s gonna take too much time to train someone else. No one’s gonna do it as well as me. It’s just easier this way. Why should I trust someone else to do my job? But, …

The customers know. They always know. People know when they’re being hustled. Most of us have some level of “asshole radar” that can detect when we’re being conned. So then, why do so many business owners sink to this level? Maybe it’s just easier for them to be a good-for-nothing than it is to be good at something.

It can be a difficult thing, running your own business. We’ve got to figure out how to get things to break our way without pissing off the very people that we depend on for our business. Learning how to do this is an important skill, and one that takes time to develop. To paraphrase Tim Ferriss (from his amazing book …

Everyone sees things differently. That’s not some great revelation to most of us, but it is something to ponder when we’re working in our businesses. We see things from a different perspective than our clients. This may be the 5000th time we’ve checked out someone’s roof, but it’s likely the first time for our client who’s buying their first home. …

Obsessing over short-term goals is something we all do well. It’s easier than looking to the future. The short-term is right there, in front of us. We can feel it; we can touch it; we can do things now that affect it. The long-term just seems so far away. I’ve got plenty of time before then… And then it’s here …

We’re all afraid of something. Deep down inside us, there’s that one thing that we want to avoid at all cost. We do everything in our power to keep from having to confront it. But it’s still there. Waiting. It’s not going anywhere. So, if we know it’s sticking around for the long-haul, why do we expend so much of …

We often spend an inordinate amount of time fussing over the smallest of decisions: how our logo looks, what our company colors will be, or how we’ll sign our email messages. But, when it comes to the big decisions, we’re often at a loss. We feel so uninformed, so inept, so unprepared to choose what to do that we simply …