You might think shaving off a little extra work here and there will make your life easier, but cutting corners to take shortcuts usually ends up costing you more time and money in the long run. Your clients always notice it, too. Think about the phrase Cutting Corners literally Consider the practice of cutting corners […]
There is no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty by working directly on a project and building something from nothing. I know some people in the trenches aspire to a supervisor or manager role in their industry — and that’s fantastic — but never remove yourself so far from the […]
When you’re in charge of a project there are many different components and team members to manage. It can be overwhelming for even the most organized person because there is the tendency to view the myriad of elements as individual self-contained projects without taking into account that they all need to work in concert with […]
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 […]
When you come up with an idea it can be tough to know if you’re on the right track for success, or if it’s just another idea that you like simply because you came up with it. Here are a few ways to know if you’re on the right track with the idea you have […]