This article is provided by Jason Dirkham.
When people start a business for the first time, they often think that it will be the financial side of the business, or the marketing that will be the hardest thing. But in most cases, the thing that people find the hardest is managing a team of people. Being […]
Guest post provided by John Shieldsmith
Sleep is pretty hard to come by for many Americans, especially those running businesses. In fact, one in three adults aren’t getting enough sleep.
But, what exactly is the cost of all this missed sleep? Can’t you just make it […]
This article is contributed by Jason Dirkham
Keeping yourself out of harm’s way and in the best condition possible is a key feature of being successful in your career. There are many different risks associated with the workplace, and failing to look after yourself will have an affect on the way that you are able to […]
This article is contributed by Jason Dirkham
As a society, we tend to separate the personal and the professional. We tend to divide our lives into “professional time” and time to ourselves. In many ways, this is an effective approach to segmenting our lives. It helps us to create professional and personal personas and […]
The four leaf clover for St Patrick’s Day always gets me thinking about the role of luck in small business. I constantly ask owners: Would you rather be lucky or good?
This question is always asked as a choice and I give the same answer: Lucky. In the business world, luck makes you good. If I […]
I want you to picture my mother, Carole Blum Moltz not as she most recently was but for the first 75 year of her life. For me, she was an amazing mother but also a grandmother, sister, spouse, teacher and friend.
Unfortunately, the last 7 years of her life were difficult when fibromyalgia, heart […]