The phrase is “race to the finish”, not “slow down when you see the finish line because the race is almost over”. When you’re in a race against another competitor (and really, when aren’t you?) and you know where the finish line is — you don’t stop running until you cross the finish line. Race […]
I know the majority people no longer know how to drive a car with a manual transmission, but bear with me on this analogy of shifting gears… You can’t just drive your vehicle in 1st gear all the time. It will destroy your transmission and your engine. Neither can you just slam your gear stick […]
Hey! It’s my birthday today and I’m really excited to announce the birth of a new business project on the same day as my own birth. Over the past year I’ve become a little obsessed with the idea of owning a classic street vendor hot dog cart — the shiny silver kind you see in […]
If you know me well, you know I love me some Hawaiian shirts and rum-filled tiki cocktails, so I was extremely excited when my friends at Huli Huli Tiki Lounge invited me to be a guest bartender during their Sippin’ Santa event on Tuesday, December 15th from 5-8pm in Powell, Ohio! I’ll be behind the […]
When opportunity presents itself, are you prepared to pounce on it in order to reap the most rewards? Too many people say they are getting ready to take action, but so few of them actually launch themselves off the mark when the starting pistol is fired. They’re still “getting ready”. Cats are a great example […]
You make outreach calls and send emails to business prospects in your industry everyday. You attend networking events and write articles and record videos week after week. You work at your pet project day after day and week after week. You do all these things on a regular basis, but the pay off seems to […]
There are ideas everywhere. You can absolutely come up with plenty of ideas by simply staying on the well-traveled neatly paved main roads. But… If you want to come up with the really creative ideas the few others have ever imagined, you’re going to have to do a little off-road innovation. Off-Road Innovation is finding […]