Business management

How often do you check your email? A lot? Stop checking your email every time a message comes in. Start scheduling time to read and respond to email. Frittering away 15 or 30 minutes several times a day can put you behind schedule. And, most of the time, reading and writing email is non-billable work. […]

Via Lifehack, here’s a list of reasons you’re procrastinating. I spent some time thinking about this one: The inability to make decisions also contributes to procrastination.I don’t have trouble making decisions. (Although, if you’ve ever seen me order from a menu at a restaurant, you might think otherwise.) But I do sometimes have trouble trying

When you go to Starbucks and order a latte, what are you really paying for? Milk, sugar, espresso and a cup? No way! You’re participating in the Starbucks experience. As you hit the door, you smell the aroma of coffee. You’re in a perfect coffee-toned world, where soft jazz and comfy chairs await. In placing your

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.— Warren Buffett He’s not kidding. It’s always easier to see what’s behind you than what’s ahead. We all make mistakes and, in retrospect, it can seem like we should have done something different. When I think back to my early days in

In my post on fear of the phone, I brought up the fact that a phobia can affect your business. Well, it isn’t just a fear that can affect your business. A mere dislike of something can affect it too! How many times have you put off doing something, simply because you don’t like it?

Over the past couple of weeks, I watched as a good friend — a consultant — struggled with delivering her latest project, a new course. I’d seen her go through this before. I’d always come forward to give suggestions and to offer my moral support. But she still felt overwhelmed and uneasy…even when she finally

One of my closest friends took me to task recently. She said I’d got too wrapped up in my earnings and measurable results and that I was losing sight of the big picture. And she was right. See, I’ve been having a great year, earnings-wise. But I kept pushing that bar higher and higher. And

I recently wrote about what Steve Nash can teach you about business. Justin Beller commented that greats like Churchill and Michael Jordan can also offer wisdom. Curious, I decided to check out Jordan. I love this Michael Jordan quote I found on ESPN:I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, you may run into a period where clients are late in paying. Perhaps it’s not your fault that clients have paid late and you’ve been good at giving clients a short credit window. So what do you do when you’re faced with a delay in payment? Take steps to collect

Once in a while, I have lunch at a market near my home. There’s a struggling greasy spoon that has changed owners several times. I’ve never ordered from the greasy spoon because their menu looks like this:spaghettichicken burgers sushi potstickers meatloaf pasta with your choice of 10 sauces and three meats teriyaki with your choice