Being self-employed doesn’t mean that I don’t work with other people. In fact, I’ve had to create numerous different teams throughout my career to help me achieve my goals. These days, my team gets together every morning on Skype because we all live in different...
How to Become a Master Networker
We’ve all heard that who you know is as important as what you know. Frankly, I wish that weren’t true. So much so, that I’ve occasionally resisted the notion in print! But a recent experience has me changing my tune. After years of aggressively banging down doors --...
The 8 Qualities You Need to Look For in a Business Coach
Every entrepreneur needs a coach, because the fastest way to learn any business is to study someone who has been successful at it. This person has already paid the price of experience. You must suck all of the information that you can out of him or her! Over the...
8 Red Flags to Watch Out for Before You Agree to Work With Someone
How good are you at reading people? No one can predict the future, but over the years, I’ve developed the ability to smell a problem from a mile away. That’s because there are always warning signs. Always! My feeling is that life is way too short to work with people...
13 Tips to Create the Perfect Partnership
Creating the perfect partnership takes understanding, significant effort, and above all a sincere desire to make it work. I’m proud to say that I’ve been married for a quarter of a century. A few of my business partnerships have lasted nearly as long. My right-hand...
7 Tips to Help You Pick and then Develop the Perfect Partner
Over the course of my career, I have forged several successful partnerships. My most successful partnership of all time is with my wife Janice, of course. But the truth is that while I love and embrace the independence and freedom that being an entrepreneur brings, I...
The Secret to Connecting With Your Audience
All businesses are fundamentally about people. Maybe you don’t see your business that way. But I think you should. Let me explain why. I think a lot of our success as entrepreneurs has to do with our ability to connect with our audience. Everyone’s audience is...
Need to Vet a Potential Business Partner? Use Google.
People often message me to ask, “Have you heard of such and such company? What do you think of it?” This line of inquiry confuses me. For one, it’s a policy of mine not to badmouth other companies. I know that anything I put in print could come back to haunt me. It’s...
How to Excel at Asking an Expert For Help
One of the first things I recommend to anyone who wants to be successful is to find a mentor. Seeking out the opinion and advice of someone who is doing what you want to be doing will help you in a myriad of ways. You’ll avoid heartache and costly mistakes made out of...
5 Reasons Why You Should Stop Sending Emails and Start Making Better Use of Skype
Communication technologies have never been better. We fire off texts throughout the day. We’re able to respond to emails just moments after we get them. We share intimate parts of our lives on social media. In short, we feel connected. Are we, though? My business is...