...or do you? I think, now more than ever, there is no one way to achieve success (however you define it). In my grandparents day, and even my parents to some degree, (I'm 33) there was an equation you had to go by to achieve what they (whoever they are) called success. The most … [Read more...]
Build Community
I've been up since 5 am, because that's what I do, working on some things in my office. While reading a relatively local paper and cruising through the new bankruptcy page and hearing the stories people tell me very week, I had a thought. It is times like these, that we have to … [Read more...]
Twitter Is Clutter?
You know, I use Twitter and I love it's core premise. The problem: it is a haven for spammers and other "evil-doers". Don't get me wrong, I'm not goiong to stop using it but I can easily see this making some people lose interest. It does get old when someone has 10 posts in a … [Read more...]
How Do You Do It?
I'm very curious to know what you do to battle the times when you're not exactly the happiest? What do you do and how do you handle the times we you aren't feeling super motivated? Are there activities or thought processes you go through to focus again? Or is it music or … [Read more...]
I Need More Hours
I was just taking a moment to look back over my day as to what was accomplished, what needs to be accomplished, and what needs to be outlined for tomorrow. For me that means running my house painting business here in California, as well as a window cleaning business and a … [Read more...]
We Have Two Choices
This will be short; we all have two choices. Do you know what they are? Give up, be ordinary, and settle for what comes...OR; be RELENTLESS, PERSEVERE, and PRODUCE. I have to remind myself of these things fromt ime to time, and I'm really starting to love that word "relentless". … [Read more...]
Get Rich For Free?
You know what I love, people that say they aren't selling anything but they really are selling something. It's just kind of funny. Another thing that has come with social media/ networking is a lot of people that say they are helping you and they're going to give you the answer … [Read more...]
Business As Usual
Business is a funny thing that has gone through a ton of transformations in my 33 years. I remember being a kid watching my grandfather (Papa) run his business in southern California and it seemed really easy, and it seemed like he always had money. The other side of that is that … [Read more...]
Can’t We Just get Along
Recently, I have seen an argument break out on Facebook, one on Twitter, and one in a comment string on a blog. It's kind of amazing to watch, it's like some people don't understand that not everybody is going to agree with them; and than they feel threatened and insecure when … [Read more...]
Eco-friendly? Does Price Matter?
I raise this question because one of my businesses is a full service painting company in the state of California. We do residential and commercial painting, etc. With the big push for "green" (environmentally friendly) products, I had started offering low to no v.o.c. (volitile … [Read more...]