The Second Key to Financial Success – Gross Profit Margin Years ago, Randy’s home remodeling business was struggling. Randy hired me to help. In construction, bidding jobs profitably is critical. You need to properly estimate your direct job costs, and add enough profit to sustain your business. The amount of profit you add to a job, compared to your total ...
Over the years our national elections seem to have become more and more contentious. This can spill over into the marketplace as business leaders find it harder to willingly comply with the changing regulations and onerous bureaucracy, especially when they adamantly oppose those elected to office. The Apostle Paul lived in a time when many despised the ruling class, yet ...
The First Key to Financial Success – Revenue Growth In my book “Unconventional Business” I discuss Seven Keys to Financial Success. The first key is Revenue Growth. Knowing the pace your revenue grows from year to year is critical in assessing how well your customers appreciate your products. Unfortunately, some pursue more sales in a greedy and unethical manner. A ...
Gloria and I began working on a project together that typically would require some research and planning before cementing details. I tend to be a Ready – Aim -Aim -Fire kind of person, cautiously gathering facts and analyzing data before making a decision. But Gloria’s style is Ready – Fire -Aim. The project took off like a rocket. Although Gloria’s ...
In 1 Samuel 30, David and his men saddled-up to fight the Amalekites who had plundered and kidnapped their families. Two hundred of David’s men, however, were exhausted from a previous battle and chose to stay behind to protect the supplies. After David was victorious, the men were allocating the spoils when they proclaimed that those who stayed behind didn’t ...
This last year our Presidential race gave us many more opportunities than usual to see private mistakes made put on public display. From both candidates we witnessed errors that became public. On some occasions there was an admission of guilt with little remorse. On other occasions, there was a dismissal of the importance of the claims with no apology forthcoming. ...
The second Presidential Debate of 2016 felt like a street fight rather than a debate as each candidate repeatedly pummeled the other verbally. Then, unexpectedly, there was a moment of graciousness. A man asked each candidate to share one thing about the other candidate that they admired. Surprisingly, both candidates took the question seriously and answered with a legitimate response. ...
Most Saturdays you can find our son, Jeremy, and I at a local thrift store. One of his quirks, related to his autism, is his insistence in buying a VHS video each week from a specific thrift store. Like most thrift stores this store is filled with used, donated goods. As Halloween approached, however, I noticed racks of new Halloween ...
Could it really be this simple? Scientists and researchers say it is. When we study the habits and characteristics of accomplished and successful individuals, we see Gratitude and Optimism at the heart of their behaviors. Their Grateful attitude toward their circumstances and environment creates Optimism, which researchers are discovering are key components towards job satisfaction, making more money, joy, advancement, ...
Sometimes Matt gets up telling himself, “This is the day I start on ………”, but he doesn’t. It’s not due to laziness, lack of money, or time. It’s Fear. Matt says he’s occasionally fearful that, “This might not work.” So he procrastinates, telling himself, “that he’ll start on it tomorrow,” hoping to muster up the courage to face the possibility ...
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