This is the story of a struggling business that could have thrived. As the business was struggling, the business owner had some fear, but not a lot. Why? Well, this struggling person has faith that everything will work out.
Do You Know How to Level-Up?
This past week I have been talking with three very different business owners and they are all in the process of leveling up in their businesses. The best analogy I have for leveling up comes from playing video games and I was not a good video game player. I did have a lot of friends
Just Say “NO” to Domain Name Letters In The Mail
Let’s talk about something I take for granted that everyone knows and I am sorry that I did that. This is a really important topic. Just because I have been around website building for a long time, doesn’t mean that everyone else has. I was reminded of this recently when I business friend handed me
WebPTSD™ is a Real Thing
It happened again this week. I had another conversation with someone about how much they feared and hated their website company. They displayed all of the tell-tale signs of WebPTSD ™, a less aggressive form of PTSD that is specific to being lied and cheated to by a website developer. Here’s my most recent example.
That’s a three video learn
We were having a meeting with the co-owners of my app company and they were talking about a programing software and one of them said, “that’s a three video learn.” He knew that within three videos he could have the knowledge he needed to achieve his programming goal. This is the next level of training
Don’t Double Down on a Bad Decision
Four years ago I bought new tires for my car. From that point forward, I spent the winters driving in holy terror as I slid through intersections; I could not take off at green lights and hydroplaned in rain. It didn’t occur to me that it was the new tires. I bought them in the
Website Avoidance – It Happens
People avoid websites. You do it and probably don’t even realize it. Here are some examples of ways you avoid and leave websites before getting what you want: You go to a website and can’t find what you are looking in the first twenty seconds. You land on a web page and it hurts your
Best Way to Handle Reviews in 2017
“What if I get a bad review?” This week I went searching the web for a local photographer that a friend said was great at sports photography. I wanted to see his website and my friend didn’t have his phone number, so I figured I could get it from his website. I couldn’t find him. So
Silent Talking is not Listening
Silent Talking – is not LISTENING I was reading the “Art of Negotiation” by Dr. Henry Cloud and the term just caught me. How often do I silent talk? Gerard I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero describe it on page 52’ “It’s what so many of us are doing when we think we’re listening. Unconsciously,
“When I make my fortune…” – Would you say that out loud?
“When I make my fortune…” Yesterday I was reading through scholarship applications. It is one of my most favorite things to do. In a few paragraphs a student is asked to summarize why they are going to succeed, how they got to this point in life and what a scholarship would mean to them. When