The Friendly Boss

Nobody wants to work for a jerk.

Would you?

“Nobody else can do what I do”

If you want to grow, you better get that out of your head right now.

Why?  Because it simultaneously means “I can’t do what I have to do to grow”. 

Time Trades

What lower value thing are you doing that you could STOP doing (delegate, hire out) to make room for a higher value activity?

Do it.  Make the trade.  

Then make another…and another…

Commercial Camouflage

Does your company name kinda sound like your competitors? Does your advertising look kinda like thousands of other ads people see each day?  Is your sales presentation kinda like the other guys?

 The enemy of persuasion is obscurity. Don’t camouflage your message to look like all the rest. 

Over your head?

Well then it doesn’t matter how deep the water is – keep swimming!

Learn fast, keep your cool, and do things you’ve never done before.

Friends at work

Do your employees genuinely like each other?  Do they like you?  

If they do, they are much more likely to stay.  If they don’t they are much more likely to leave.

Physical, Intellectual & Emotional Labor

Most business owners are willing to work hard – show up early, do what it takes, and work late.  But it’s the intellectual labor that will make us successful or not; learning, thinking, positioning, evaluating, making the right decisions.

It’s the emotional labor that makes it difficult and drains us.  If we process what’s happening as “I’m suffering”, “This is hard”, and have feelings of self doubt, we will experience a struggle. These are all self generated emotions as we process what’s happening at work against expectations or conflicting goals that we made up.

If we take the emotional labor out by understanding that everything is as it should be for us so far, it’s going to be ok, and we stop suffering over it each day, we can put all that emotional energy into intellectual work.

Get your head straight and enjoy the the ride.

Design Fanatic?

Just the shape, color, style or design otherwise can take an ordinary thing and make it exceptional. 

Are you paying attention to design?

I don’t know. Take a look at your business card and you tell me.

Open the front door

When someone calls your office, what do they hear?  What do you put their embryonic fragile relationship with you through for them to get what they are looking for?

Just talk to them….

Got a problem with someone?  You think they are doing what?  You think they are saying what?  

Just go talk to them directly. Ask questions. Listen. Hear them out.

Often you’ll be amazed what one conversation can do.