Archive for the ‘Business Foundation’ Category

Some Mindset and Foundational Reminders

Some of you guys might know that a few of my “divinepreneur“* colleagues started a 21 Day Blitz last week where there are no pretenses about what we want to get done, how we want to support each other and share valuable ideas and content within our respective areas of expertise in the process. I had this urge to type [...]

Addressing the Fulltime Job Transition to Entrepreneurship

In looking through the list of challenges that were submitted to me over time from my subscribers, I realize that I may have missed a number of issues in some of the telecalls that I’ve done. So I’m going to start addressing some of the challenges (chosen randomly) right here! Take Sheryl for example. She [...]

What Does Productivity Without Effort Look and Feel Like?

It isn’t every day that I get to be interviewer and subject simultaneously, but that’s what happened a couple of weeks ago when Wendy Yellen took me on a powerful (and in some ways, unexpected!) journey using a human technology I’d never heard of–talk about a “best kept secret” in my mind! If you’d like [...]

Your Top 5 Talents Will Increase Your Productivity

Back in December 2008, I’d written a post that implied that always playing to only your strengths wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be and had referenced something that hit a nerve in the book, Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath. Despite my thoughts about playing to your passions no matter what, I have [...]

I Can’t Catch a Break and It’s All THEIR Fault!

You know the type: “They’re just lucky!” they say. “Life dealt me a bad hand.” Says who? If you are perpetually stuck in inertia because the stars just don’t seem to be aligned for you in particular, you might want to check your perception. Or hey, you might know someone who continuously shows up that [...]

Does Time in Effort Necessarily Equal Value?

I don’t believe that it does. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rod Alan Richardson, Business Consultant and Trainer. He supported what I believe and what so many other successful entrepreneurs have proven: That the time it takes to deliver value and the amount of money received for that value [...]

Get Fit and Productive in 2009 – Interview with JoLynn Braley

I had an excellent call yesterday with JoLynn Braley, the expert on Losing Weight from the Inside Out. Not only was my interview with JoLynn great fun, I also learned many things that I didn’t know about weight loss, specifically how imperative it is that you include all parts of yourself in the process if [...]

Playing to Your Strengths Is Not Always What It is Cracked Up to Be

What!??! Okay, let me explain what I mean by that and you are welcome to disagree! Many who know me have heard me say that you should outsource those tasks that you hate to do and don’t do well (or even those tasks you do well but hate to do). But what if something you’re [...]

Are you a (*ahem*) Toilet Paper Entrepreneur?

I truly wasn’t in the mood to read another “Business How To” book, but when Scott Bradley sent me a review copy of Mike Michalowicz’s The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, I was honored. When people take the time and money to send out a complimentary book, I will not let it sit on the shelf. I [...]

Interview with Mari Smith on How She Hired her Team through Social Networks

I was honored to have Mari Smith, who was deemed the Pied Piper of Facebook by Fastcompany.com on Productivity Talk Radio. Listen in as shares strategies on how she grew her team using social networks as her business went to yet another fantastic level of growth. Podcast: Play in new window | Download