I’ve quite proudly passed on my love of reading to my three young sons. My oldest has recently purchased an Amazon Kindle Fire so he and his brothers can enjoy digital books. One day my middle son, who’s only six years old, with Kindle in hand, approached me and asked, “Dad, how do I spell …
Entrepreneuring Articles and Interviews (category)
As an entrepreneur, you most likely wear many hats in your day-to-day work. Figuring out how to juggle all of the tasks you have to do, while still maintaining a life outside of work can be a challenge. Entrepreneuring articles focus on you, the entrepreneur, and how you can strengthen your areas of weakness when it comes to business and keeping a healthy work-life balance.
What to Do When Owning a Business Is Raising Your Blood Pressure
Although my personality is slightly Type A, always striving to do my best and getting impatient when I feel like I don’t have control, I had never had any health issues because of it—that is, until I became self-employed. Within a year and a half of leaving my job with county government and trekking …
Strengthen Your Character, Strengthen Your Small Business
This article is one in the multi-part series entitled The Entrepreneurial Mindset. In one of my very first trainings as a reserve deputy with our local police department, the commanding officer who was leading the meeting talked about the importance of character. For instance, he explained how, …
4 Reasons Why an Employee May Require Too Much of Your Time
The goal is for employees to work independently and complete tasks. The opportunity to parallel task, using more people to get more done in less time, is one of the primary benefits to growing the team. For many small business owners, myself included, the idea of hiring first comes about when you …
3 Things Never to Say in Starbucks
Starbucks is the de facto office for many entrepreneurs, freelancers and small business owners. It is an ideal place to meet with clients and prospects and to talk shop with partners. As much as Starbucks is a comfortable place to get work done, and as common as it is to see someone set up a …
How to Be Your Personal Best
This article is one in the multi-part series entitled The Entrepreneurial Mindset. Owning and operating your own small business likely means that you spend a lot of time focused on the quality of your products and services. By listening to customer reviews and studying the market, you get a …
