Ever heard this story? A man is walking along a beach where thousands of starfish have been washed onto the sand. He sees another man, scooping and bending, then hurling something out to sea again and again. When he catches up, he sees that the man is throwing marooned starfish into the water. “There are too many to save,” said the first man. … [Read more...] about Compassionate Selfishness
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What’s Going On?
I miss you guys so much! The problem with producing one post a week is that if you miss a couple, you go dark for an awfully long time. This is just a quickie to let you know where the heck I've been. I've got some nifty post ideas, so you'll start hearing from me again very soon. Teaching Sells I became a partner in Brian Clark's wonderful … [Read more...] about What’s Going On?
7 Things Dumb Small Businesses Do That You Can’t Afford (Especially Now)
Last time we covered the painful, expensive mistakes made by Big Dumb Companies. That was fun, but the clever Michael Martine had the brilliant idea of talking about what small companies do that's just as dumb. Which saved me all the trouble of bending my brain to think of a post topic, so yay for Michael. This week I'm going to try something … [Read more...] about 7 Things Dumb Small Businesses Do That You Can’t Afford (Especially Now)
Linky Tuesday: Anti Recession-Freakout Edition
Since, let's face it, this dismal economic news is on a lot of our minds (especially if we're trying to start or run businesses), most of my links this week fall into that rough category. Here's a little anti-panic tool kit for you. The sky is not actually falling and we are not all actually doomed to wandering a blackened landscape trying to keep … [Read more...] about Linky Tuesday: Anti Recession-Freakout Edition