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Why Noncompetes are Killing Your Business!
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  I love a good mystery. I have an insatiably curious nature. When I am faced with a puzzling problem I tend to look at it from all angels. Before I attempt to solve the problem, I question why the problem exists at all. My latest business conundrum is: the case of the noncompete clause. Oh ...
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How to Make your Business Red Carpet Worthy!
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How to Make your Business Red Carpet Worthy!
It’s that time again, when Hollywood roles out the Red Carpet and everyone who is anyone gets to step upon it; the best of the best, the crowd pleasers and the new comers that are the latest buzz. The throngs of supporters have, in their own way, caste their votes in hopes their favourites will w...
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How Moonwalking with Einstein can Impact your Business
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How Moonwalking with Einstein can Impact your Business
Did you know that a person with average intelligence is capable of remembering, in correct order, a hundred thousand digits of pi, or the career batting averages of every New York Yankee in the Sports Hall of Fame? OK, that might not be on your to-do-list, but you have to admit- that is pretty co...
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To Act or Not to Act…That is the Question!
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To Act or Not to Act…That is the Question!
Are you getting buried under “To Do’s” that keep accumulating? It happens to everyone, particularly when we are dealing with mounting deadlines. How you deal with them could set your business up for success or for failure. Remember when we were in school and had to write a 2000 word essay? We wer...
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Don’t Look Now…but your roots are showing!
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Don’t Look Now…but your roots are showing!
No doubt about it, this year has started with a few challenges. It seems that business owners have a lot of questions- what to do? Wait? Act? Your roots hold many answers that you are looking for. Your roots are an important part of your business success. It’s what fuels your instincts. Your busi...
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Managing the Micro-manager
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Got the feeling you’re being watched? Does it seem like you get more “reminders” on how to do your job, even though you’ve been doing it so long that you could do it blindfolded…with your hands tied behind your back?  Do you ask for simple guidance only to have the task suddenly being done…but no...
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Speak Up, I Can’t Hear You!
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Speak Up, I Can’t Hear You!
So it’s a New Year. There’s a fresh new page in the calendar; You have a new bounce in your step. This time you’re going to get those goals accomplished, by gum! Things are going to be different this year, yes siree! Sort of sounds like something right out of an old Turner Classic movie. You can ...
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Are Too Many Requests Fueling Your Inner Scrooge?
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Are Too Many Requests Fueling Your Inner Scrooge?
Are too many requests fueling your inner Scrooge? With the persistent phone calls and emails requesting a part of you, ‘tis season of the personal stretch (and I don’t mean a relaxing Downward Dog)! Every December, requests come flying in at all directions. It has been shown that generosity is ge...
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The Con Game is Alive and Well!
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The Con Game is Alive and Well!
You’re part of a Con Game, so what are you going to do about it? “Just trust me…” where have I heard those words before? Oh wait…I said that! Don’t look now, but you are part of a con game! Trust seems to be an oxymoron in the business world; It’s the handshake on a deal that accompanies a binder...
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The 4 Letter Word Successful Business Owners Say Regularly
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The 4 Letter Word Successful Business Owners Say Regularly
   Remember when you were a kid and you defiantly exclaimed: “I can do it myself!” You might have been tying your shoelaces or attempting to change your favourite Transformer into its alter-ego or perhaps you were determined to conquer your sister’s brightly coloured Rubik’s Cube. Doing it o...
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Why the Best Leadership Lesson is Over Your Head!
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Why the Best Leadership Lesson is Over Your Head!
Why the best leadership lesson is over your head! Show of hands here: who has attended a leadership course? What if I told you that the best leadership course is available now for a limited time only? Intrigued? What if I also said this course is absolutely free? A tilt of the head and an eyebrow...
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It’s About Time….
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Well! It’s about time! Riddle me this… what feels like a weighty burden when it evaporates? Answer: Time. It’s a powerful commodity that globally holds us together. You may not speak Japanese, Finish, or Malagasy, but you know what time to be at the train station for your departure. Time is impos...
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Time to Take the Leap!
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Time to Take the Leap!
I Double Dog Dare you to Jump-Your Business Depends on it Are you still on the fence? Last week we talked about the virtues of getting up and sitting on the fence. It required you to have enough awareness to realize there is more to business than what you do in your own back yard. If your curiosi...
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Why “Sitting on the Fence” is a critical Business Strategy
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Why “Sitting on the Fence” is a critical Business Strategy
Is it just me, or has the term “sitting on the fence” attracted a negative connotation? We are all familiar with the expression, which generally is relegated to infer a lack of action and indecisiveness. Not a typical characteristic one would strive to embody if focused on being successful in bus...
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Small Business’ Secret Weapon!
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Small Business’ Secret Weapon!
What do the flush toilet, the laser, and infant incubators have in common? They were borne out of collaboration. The original idea, it might be argued, may have come from an individual, but it didn’t become a functioning idea with a valuable purpose until more minds got involved. The first functi...
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