being the boss

The Three Phases of a Small Business Person: Which Phase are You In?

April 8, 2011

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You know that in life, you go through phases.
You start out as an infant, totally dependent on others for what you need. You’re not aware, you don’t have a sense of what’s going on around you, and you scream loudly to get your selfish needs met. It’s all about you — and you don’t [...]

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Small Business Strategy 101: Believe You Can Do It

April 30, 2010

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When I first started my marketing communications firm in 1984, I didn’t think about whether I could do it or not, I just knew the wolf was at my door. The large corporation I worked for was leaving town and I wasn’t going with it. I needed work and I needed it fast, so [...]

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Are You a Good Leader? A Leadership Quiz Part 2

April 27, 2010

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams
Are you a leader?
Just because you own a business or have a team doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a leader. All of us have known someone in a leadership position who wasn’t really a [...]

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Being a Good Leader: What Does That Mean? Part 1

April 27, 2010

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“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” — Vince Lombardi
So what does it mean to be a leader? What does it take, and do you have what it takes?
I [...]

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You Have to Be Crazy

June 26, 2009
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For 18 years I thought I was crazy.
I owned my own business and there wasn’t anything in the world I wanted to do more, but I thought I was crazy to do it. And I thought it was crazy they let me do it. All I knew was that it kinda felt like [...]

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Everyone Isn’t Like You: Entrepreneurs Are Different

May 23, 2009

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My dad always told me I could be whatever I wanted to be, but I’m not sure he realized how much I took his words to heart. Ahead of his time, Dad encouraged his daughters to seek careers that would allow them to support themselves — meaning, getting jobs in any field a man [...]

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“The Boss Myth:” 3 Stories You Bought Into About Being Your Own (and Others’) Boss

May 18, 2009

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Okay, you’ve got your own business. You started it, like most entrepreneurs, so you could have more control over your own destiny, more freedom to do what you’re passionate about, and to “be your own boss.”
Find out anything surprising about being your own boss? Or about being a boss out there on your own, [...]

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How to Make Double the Money in Half the Time

May 18, 2009

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Why did you go into business for yourself? Was it because:

you had an idea that you couldn’t stop thinking about, an idea that you wanted to bring into reality?
you could do something really well, better than anyone else, and you wanted to do it all the time?
you were tired of doing [...]

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