You’ve talked to someone who is interested in what you do and they seem enthused about buying from you and then, nothing happens. At least not for longer than you expect. What do you do? Is it your message, the timing, how you communicated, your offer…? It could be one of those things or many… Read more »
Recently I spent a week at a remote cabin in Canada without electricity, phone or internet. Now you’d think that spending that length of time in that kind of setting would leave you relaxed and refreshed. However, I found that after the first two days, I was feeling almost as pressured as I am when… Read more »
As I set my goals at the beginning of each year, one of them is centered around learning something new that I want to learn. It doesn’t have to relate to my business. And I don’t mean just learning about something but learning about it and doing it. This year my goal was to run… Read more »
I was having a conversation with my youngest daughter Danie who is a first-year manager at a store in Bar Harbor, Maine. She was expressing some of the frustrations of a first-time manager to me and asking for advice. Since I work with new managers regularly, I’m familiar with the challenges they face and how… Read more »
Recently I did something I’ve never done before; I ran a marathon. For those of you who don’t know, that is a 26.2-mile run. That’s a long way to run, for sure, but with proper training and preparation, it’s something that can be done – even if you’re over 50. While training for and running… Read more »