The Fulfillment Curve – How Much is Enough?
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 are most fulfilled. Whereas consuming is like any addiction – we get a...
Color Really Makes Your Financial Reports Come Alive!
I often get told that we accountants must dream in “black and white” because most reports are, well, “black and white”. For me, I love color, and it is amazing how even the two colors “green” and “red” can really make a set of reports come alive and make more sense....
Love Always Trumps Fear in Business (and in Life)
Common sense would dictate that fear as a motivator in business is a really bad idea. Yet, we all know, a gazillion bosses never got that memo! How did that all come about? By people taking seriously a really evil guy’s advice from about 500 years ago – Niccolo...
Single Point of Failure Can Mean Big Trouble
What is a Single Point of Failure? It is when your business can tumble drastically, or even collapse if one major dependency fails. Look carefully at your business. Can it operate without that one person, machine, system, or even one huge client? In various ways...