In the 1960s, it became popular to refer to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday. It was common that for retailers the day after Thanksgiving began the turn to profitability―or what has been called “being in the black.” This year will be a dramatic shift for retailers who have grown accustomed to Black Friday being their most profitable day ...
Dan was frustrated. His franchise business had more prospects than ever before, but his team had only landed one major account, compared to their goal of eight. Despite Dan’s business being ranked as one of the top five in their industry and his team working hard on all the right things, their efforts weren’t bearing fruit. Dan began second guessing ...
Mister Rogers, who ministered to children through television, believed in a philosophy he called “guided drift.” He believed that God had a calling for his life, but he needed to hold it loosely so that God could direct His plan. Originally planning to become an ordained Presbyterian minister, Mr Rogers was introduced to television. Eventually he received his ordination, but ...
An article from Crosswalk says, “If you stop tithing in order to save money, you immediately stop trusting in God and start trusting in yourself and in the world.” Tithing, therefore, is not a matter of money, it’s a matter of trust. It's a matter of where and on whom we place our trust. Deuteronomy 14:23 says, “Bring this ...
Many people who invest time in budgeting give thought to worst-case scenarios as a minimum for their budget. But few worst-case scenarios likely anticipated the coronavirus pandemic. Planning for the future during dramatic change can lead us to error on the side of extreme caution. Slashing payroll to stop the bleeding is often a necessary reaction. But people of faith ...
In this series, we are discussing how to rebuild your reputation. The Apostle Paul modeled three steps he took to rebuild his reputation from being Saul, the persecutor of Christians, to becoming the Apostle Paul, the Christian evangelist. Paul’s second step was to enhance his reputation by doing the hard work of building trust. It’s slow, but we need to ...
The Gallup organization polled Americans to determine in which institutions they had the most confidence. After the military, small business was second in the Gallup ratings, with 68% of the population trusting them more than other institutions. Big business was 12thon the list with only 23% trust. Although there are multiple reasons for the huge gap in trust, it seems ...
A recent “Pew Research Center” poll found that seven in ten Americans say that trust in society is declining. Four in ten think that declining trust is “a very big problem.” Yet, a Wall Street Journal article notes that despite declining trust in institutions, many new digital applications are transforming our trust in each other. Consider the trust required to ...
Recently, Unconventional Business Network hosted a new Leadership Summit. There were far more details and concerns than the events we traditionally host. When I go to bed, normally I fall to sleep quickly and don’t wake up until 7 hours later. As the event drew near, I found myself waking-up after just 5 hours of sleep. It was my internal ...
An article by Small Business Trends claims, “a bit more than half of all startups actually survives to their fourth year.” With this staggering statistic, it is no wonder that the initial years of a start up business can feel like a drought financially, emotionally and spiritually. A season of financial drought can mask the fruit that is growing in ...
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