Who do you look up to? It doesn’t have to be another business like yours, it can be anyone or any business. Why do you look up to that person or entity? What have they done that you want to emulate? “If you benchmark yourself against the average you’ll be out of business in 5 […]
Heat comes from energy. Emotion creates energy. Therefore, emotion provides the heat. But, emotion can also cloud our judgement. It can lead us to act irrationally, and even in ways we would not normally behave. Light, however, provides perspective. By illuminating more than what is right in front of our nose, we are able to […]
Push and pull. Passive aggressive. Proactive or reactive? Okay, passive aggressive doesn’t REALLY apply…or does it? A recent conversation with a banker had him using terms & phrases such as: they have no idea what they owe, to whom, or what their payments are; they leave out information in what they send to us; after […]
Seth Godin recently wrote a blog titled The Super Bowl is for losers. In it, he describes the reasons why the only winner in Minneapolis’ bid to host Super Bowl LII is not the city or its residents, but the builder of that new $1,129,000,000 stadium. In this particular piece Godin contrasts the decision to […]
The markets are on a wild ride over the last week. After an elongated bull market, we’ve seen huge drops in the value of the S&P500, which have created ripples in Canada as well as in foreign markets. Right on cue, we hear investment advisors insist that staying the course and not panic selling is […]