There is an old saying that, “If you want something done, give to a busy person to do.” There is an even older saying that, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.”

I used to be that busy person who got things done…

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Since we are in the middle of summer and vacations and staycations are the things to do, it makes me wonder if anyone else tends to choose vacation destinations that are out of the way. I've been a lot of places over the years, but it took me about 35 years to get to Walt Disney World, and another 13 years after that to get to Disneyland, I guess. Suffice it to say, I don't always pick the most common vacation destinations. I will admit that, most of the time, my annual vacations turn into… Continue

I've been thinking a lot about success lately. We throw that word around a lot - myself included - and yet I'm not really sure we understand what we're saying. Mostly because we don't think far enough in advance...



For instance: I'm in the business of helping business owners strengthen their businesses. One of the ways I do this is by focusing on marketing.



So I could develop a marketing plan that could "succeed" in bringing new clients and new sales. But if the business… Continue

Today’s world is a busy place. We run from home to work to stores and home, sometimes with a stop in there somewhere at a restaurant or fast food place, rarely at a friend’s house to visit these days because we are all frantically trying to cram too much activity into one 24-hour period.

We want our careers, we want our home life, we want our kids to be active in sports (or in my case, our puppies to be well exercised and…

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