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Will the Real Entrepreneur Please Stand Up?
Webster’s dictionary defines entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” As is the case with many words, the real definition seem to get lost in...
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Do You Know Where Your Business Is Going?
5 Principles of Strategic Planning for Company Growth in 2014 Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up some place else.” January typically marks the beginning of...
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Endurance to Succeed
It Takes Character to Endure the Climb Necessary to Achieve Your Dreams When asked the first requirement for success, Thomas Edison replied, “the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to...
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Weathering the Storms of Life
How to Bring Good from Every Situation “April showers bring May flowers.” The origin of this classic saying dates back to the 1500s when Thomas Tusser wrote the poem: Sweet April showers Do spring May...
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Who is the Person Behind the Mask?
The True Measure of a Leader Warren Buffett once said, “You don’t know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out.” He was referring to individuals and their financial stability during tough times,...
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Cooperation and Collaboration
Advancing to Prosperity Leadership inspires and moves others to action. Cooperation is not about who is right but what is right. It is doing the right thing at the sacrifice of one’s personal agenda....
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Defining Independence
How to Truly Serve the People It is said that he who controls history will control the future. Why do we celebrate Independence Day? Because we do not like “Dependence Day.” Independence is defined...
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The Power of Discernment
Determining the Difference in Truth In an age where information is free, we must learn to prioritize and respond to the proper and most critical of issues. More importantly, we must be able to discern...
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Spreading Success to Employees While it is the entrepreneur who sees the unlimited opportunity or the capacity to build a scalable business, takes the personal and financial risks, seeks additional...
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Common Sense
Where Did It Go? “These are the times that try men’s souls,” so said Thomas Paine, in Common Sense, probably the most influential pamphlet in American history. Published anonymously in January 1776,...
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Who’s in the Mirror?
It All Starts with You A scorpion approached the riverbank and saw a frog and asked, “Can I have a ride to the other side?” The frog said, “No, you are a scorpion and you will sting and kill me.” With...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
By: Jeff Piersall Gift Ideas for Yourself and Others On the First Day: Be a player! Players determine the outcome of the game while fans just pay to watch others determine the outcome. Set your goals...
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Goals for the New Year
Five Ingredients for Success What will the New Year bring? Will you determine your success or will you be the victim of the distractions of life and miss your destination? You are either driving toward...
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Marketing: How to Get Attention
In the Midst of All the Noise The noise of marketing is at an all-time high and if measured in decibels, it would be louder than a jet engine during takeoff. For the consumer, the cry is for someone to...
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How to Benefit from Change
Bringing Forth Growth The leadership virtues of cooperation, collaboration, competition and character are being challenged by the transportation sector of the Central Florida region. We live in one of...
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Issues in Healthcare Today
Who Has the Solutions? The answers to our healthcare problems lie in the power of business. Power is a mysterious value; it can be equally positive or negative. Power linked to bad character fuels...
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Celebrating America
It’s Worth Pausing to Watch the Fireworks As we gather with family and friends to celebrate the Fourth of July it is important to remember how recent this American experiment is on the historic...
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10 Principles to Live and Work By
The Foundation of Trust Fifteen years ago, Eric Wright, Bill Mikler and I began a process to answer a fundamental question: “Is there a better way to do business; one that aligns with our biblical...
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The Glue & the Oil
Relational Priority in a Digital World In a culture where people stand in line for the release of the newest technology, the more apps and devices we create, the more important relationships become....
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10 Principals for Business Success: Principal #3 of 10
Diversity of Expression | Why We Need the Differences Nature teaches us most of the real lessons of life, if we just pay attention. One of those messages is to celebrate uniqueness. In nature, animals...
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