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I remember coming out of high school straight into the military as a shy and introverted officer in training. I was so quiet a lot of people thought I would quit. I didn’t.
After studying electrical engineering for five years, I went off to serve another seven years in the Air […]
Startling but true, these success-driven behaviours can be your worst dysfunctional nightmare.
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“You have that enormously positive expectation that you’ll be free, and then you realize that you are in a worse prison than before because it’s one of your own making.” ~ Michael Gerber
Entrepreneurship puts intense pressures on people, and when that happens, we dial up those success traits to the extreme, or take a few shortcuts to survive.
You’ve probably seen this yourself as the business leader or the employee.
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We tend to wrap a lot of who we are up in what we do. For many of us in business, life has gotten more competitive, busy, and stressful, so we don’t need to be sabotaging ourselves on top of it all.
As an entrepreneur, leader […]
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What can happen when people feel disconnected from others and lack a sense of purpose or significance?
If you are aware of events making the news recently, it turns out things can get pretty ugly at the extreme.
The average full-time employee spends one-third of their weekly hours either at work, traveling to and from work, or preparing for work. If you are a […]
Tired of preaching to the choir or confronting your most vocal opponents and seeing no real change or impact from your efforts?
Maybe you are talking to the wrong people.
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The longer you hang out online, the more you realize that society seems to be getting more polarized on just about every issue. Politicians are getting compared to Hitler or Stalin. Vague statements, with little basis in fact, are made to back […]
It is autumn and change is in the air. Not just the seasons but all around us.
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately.
Not just the stuff that directly impacts me, but the stuff that is impacting our business and even more importantly, our client’s businesses.
I’ve talked to business owners directly impacted by some of the macro trends: oil prices, the dollar, globalization, innovation, technology and the competitive landscape.
For many people, this change generates fear or resistance.
Fear and resistance lead to an attempt at maintaining the status […]
Not a lot of snow cover and a dry spring has led to fear of drought and poor crop yields in southern Alberta. Some areas have been hit with flooding during recent thunderstorms, yet on average the rain hasn’t been enough.
Today it is raining. For some that is a good thing. Hope.
Other people see it as an inconvenience, infringing on our already short summers here in Calgary.
Perspective and perception changes how you view everything.
Water is required for growth.
If things are slow for your business […]
Tremendous Life Radio, hosted by Todd Weaver, is an interview format show that brings people to the show on a variety of topics from business to personal development. Guests range from the currently famous to up and coming writers, speakers and entrepreneurs. Todd has been able to get some pretty impressive […]
I’ve met a lot of really interesting entrepreneurs and business owners over the years. Almost every single one of them had either a passion for serving that made them stand out or a product or service offering that had great value.
In marketing people often refer to their unique selling proposition or selling point (USP).
The definition of unique is:
“Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.” ~ Google
Here is the thing.
Unless you […]
In this post on I talk about what you need to do to set your business up so that it can survive a personal crisis on your end. The good news is that doing this today will also make your business much better for you NOW.
Read the article at Entrepreneur "5 Things to Work on to Protect Your Business Before a Crisis Hits"
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