Opening your business after mandatory closure or slowdown? Reboot your business and your life with these 5 steps.

Opening your business after mandatory closure or slowdown? Reboot your business and your life with these 5 steps.

As you look to reopen or scale up your business again, follow these five steps to improve your operations and begin to create the work-life blend that is just right for you.

The Five Minute Meditation That Will Keep You Sane

The Five Minute Meditation That Will Keep You Sane

At any given time, my wife and I can have as many as eight (yes 8!) kids from between 12 and 21 living in our house. All of us are now forced to work and study from home, although I have been running my business out of my home for almost four years--with all these kids around! Here’s a quick five-minute meditation that can vent off stress and help you show up as your best self.

Two Things for Entrepreneurs to Reflect on during National Stress Awareness Month

Two Things for Entrepreneurs to Reflect on during National Stress Awareness Month

April is National Stress Awareness Month and it happens that today’s conversation falls on International Moment of Laughter Day, which couldn’t be more perfect given the times.

I have two takeaways for you today: 1) you are not your business and 2) a stoic mindset can make the difference in how you emerge from this crisis.

COVID-19 Special Edition--10 Ways a Business Operating System Can Make or Save You Money in a Crisis

COVID-19 Special Edition--10 Ways a Business Operating System Can Make or Save You Money in a Crisis

A business operating system, a business’s unique way of operating, going to market, creating products, and serving its customers, can be critical to the success of companies that survive and thrive in a crisis. It might surprise you just how effective business operating systems can be at making or saving you money.

Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business - CEO Nation

Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business - CEO Nation

My Story: In late summer of 2016 I was deep into the biggest crisis of my life. I had spent much of the previous decade running other peoples business and it had cost me a lot–a marriage, for example–but I was not going to let it cost me my relationship with my kids, and I was not going to go through life feeling like a drone that someone else was controlling.

Crisis Survival Guide: How CEOs And Executives Are Leading From Home

Crisis Survival Guide: How CEOs And Executives Are Leading From Home

Leading during a crisis is about standing up and modeling the behavior that will get you through it. I am focusing my teams on the few things that truly matter to get through this outbreak, which are the same things that determine the success of the company in the best of times.

Working Remotely is Presenting You With Opportunities To Improve Your Operations

Working Remotely is Presenting You With Opportunities To Improve Your Operations

Your customers are being served. Your teams are communicating effectively. Your meetings are focused, efficient, and fun. Everyone knows what they are supposed to do and workflow is easy to visualize.

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