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This is the second installment in the Positive Business series on how to use ideas from positive reinforcement (R+) in your business and your creative projects. My friend Susan, the amazing dog trainer, has a saying: Positive is not Permissive … [Read more...] about Why “Positive Business” Doesn’t Mean Making Yourself a Chump

There are, more or less, two kinds of business owners. Some just want the good stuff. The income, the freedom that comes from calling your own shots, or just feeling like kind of a big deal. And of course, these are all perfectly good things to want from your business. The second kind? They get into it. They love finding out about new … [Read more...] about How to Make Progress in Your Business — Even if You Don’t Feel Like It

If I have a "core value" around marketing, it's probably the principle of positive reinforcement -- the same technique you might use to train an adorable puppy dog. Sometimes folks get concerned when I talk about applying puppy-training principles to business, marketing, or productivity. The worry goes along the lines of: I don't want to … [Read more...] about Drawing the Line between Marketing and Manipulation

So ... in August, after many dogless years, my family adopted a nine-week-old pug puppy. See photographic evidence of cuteness above. :) Now, I'm the kind of person who goes through serial obsessions. (Fellow Scanners, I see you.) And right now, you guessed it, I'm obsessed with puppy training. … [Read more...] about New Series: Treat Your Business Like a Puppy Dog!