Tidbits From Around the World
We Love Xero Xero is the core accounting software system we use for all our clients. Why do we love it? Because it is soooo user friendly. It is intuitive, and the interface is easy on the eyes. Our Team started using it many years ago, and they learned it quickly...
Four Powerful Topics to Support You in Your Business
This week I will send you detailed information on four relevant topics for your business and organization… Working effectively and productively Cyber-Security essentials Do we as small business owners need Global Password Protection? How Well is Your Website Working?...
Sunk Costs – Do not Look at What You Have Spent, Look at What it Will Cost Later
Sunk costs, like a sunk ship are better left on the shoals to rot… Actually, a sunk ship is a good analogy for sunk costs. Is it better to raise the ship and restore it or buy a new one? A car analogy works great too. We all know how little it takes to wipe out a car,...
Happiness-Based Business, Freedom App, and Other News
The end never justifies the means. The means are the end. How you do one thing is how you do everything. These are the simple secrets to a happy business. I see businesspeople claim to endorse awesome service. They talk nice to strategic partners and customers. Then...
A Few Tantalizing Topics This Week
A colleague of mine recently had a great experience with buying a car online… He firsthand experienced how making things seamless, customer-centric and awesome has tipped his buying decision almost solely on that distinction. Thank you Ryan Lazanis for sharing your...
Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
What is strategy? “A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal”. What is culture? “The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization”. Can you see right there in those definitions how...
The Fulfillment Curve – How Much is Enough?
I wrote the following Blog a few years ago and updated it slightly...enjoy! How much is enough? It is a question we can all ask ourselves, especially when it comes to consumption. The greatest joy in life comes from creating versus consuming. When we are creating, we...
Save Dozens of Hours in 4 Simple Steps
Recruiting and hiring new Team members – if you are like me – is time consuming, a bit excruciating, and, well, just not fun at all… Tasks that are not fun, waste time, and hard to manage can drain your resources. Hiring people is one of those tasks that most people...
How To Be Productive and Focused in Our Wired World
As I have written in previous blogs, I use an app called Freedom to control my app use on my phone… There are a few things I do to limit my online usage. First… Block Your Favorites What? Block your favorites? Yup. Why block where you will never go!? If you have...
Get Focused, Reclaim Your Time, Add Hours to Your Day
Technology is awesome. I love it… Our business could not function without it because we are a remote, online business. We use a dozen or more cloud apps to manage our clients’ finances and our own Team. Technology, specifically cloud-based software has revolutionized...